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Dr Sultan Al Jaber spoke at the 'pre-Cop' negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: Cop28

Dr Sultan Al Jaber stresses Cop29 must 'provide the means' to deliver on UAE Consensus

The Singapore-flagged Norman Atlantic ablaze in December 1987 after it was attacked by an Iranian warship in Omani territorial waters as it approached the Strait of Hormuz. AFP

Red Sea crisis stirs memories for Gulf War salvor

(FILES) Chairman of India's Tata Motors, Ratan Tata watches during the unveiling of the Tata Megapixel on March 6, 2012, during a press day ahead of the 82nd Geneva Motor Show in Geneva. Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, has died at age 86, the company said late on October 9, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Ratan Tata: ‘Guide and friend’ of global business mourned

The Amazon could be reaching an irreversible tipping point beyond which it will decline until 'we're just left with scrub', conservationists have warned. WWF

Amazon rainforest 'could turn to scrub' in climate tipping point

Omar Marmoush of Frankfurt celebrates after making it 3-3 during the Bundesliga match between Eintracht and Bayern Munich. EPA

Move over Salah - rising star Marmoush emerges as Egypt's dangerman

A soldier inspects the remains of a missile in Arad, Israel. Getty Images.

PodcastWill Israel strike Iran – and if so, how and when?

Hala Rharrit

CommentI resigned as a US diplomat - I refuse to be the face of its disastrous Gaza policy

luxury cover shoot october shorthand gif

Luxury's October cover shoot: Autumn's armour

Dr Sultan Al Jaber spoke at the 'pre-Cop' negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: Cop28

Dr Sultan Al Jaber stresses Cop29 must 'provide the means' to deliver on UAE Consensus

The Singapore-flagged Norman Atlantic ablaze in December 1987 after it was attacked by an Iranian warship in Omani territorial waters as it approached the Strait of Hormuz. AFP

Red Sea crisis stirs memories for Gulf War salvor

(FILES) Chairman of India's Tata Motors, Ratan Tata watches during the unveiling of the Tata Megapixel on March 6, 2012, during a press day ahead of the 82nd Geneva Motor Show in Geneva. Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, has died at age 86, the company said late on October 9, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Ratan Tata: ‘Guide and friend’ of global business mourned

The Amazon could be reaching an irreversible tipping point beyond which it will decline until 'we're just left with scrub', conservationists have warned. WWF

Amazon rainforest 'could turn to scrub' in climate tipping point

Omar Marmoush of Frankfurt celebrates after making it 3-3 during the Bundesliga match between Eintracht and Bayern Munich. EPA

Move over Salah - rising star Marmoush emerges as Egypt's dangerman

A soldier inspects the remains of a missile in Arad, Israel. Getty Images.

PodcastWill Israel strike Iran – and if so, how and when?

Hala Rharrit

CommentI resigned as a US diplomat - I refuse to be the face of its disastrous Gaza policy

luxury cover shoot october shorthand gif

Luxury's October cover shoot: Autumn's armour

Dr Sultan Al Jaber spoke at the 'pre-Cop' negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: Cop28

Dr Sultan Al Jaber stresses Cop29 must 'provide the means' to deliver on UAE Consensus

The Singapore-flagged Norman Atlantic ablaze in December 1987 after it was attacked by an Iranian warship in Omani territorial waters as it approached the Strait of Hormuz. AFP

Red Sea crisis stirs memories for Gulf War salvor

(FILES) Chairman of India's Tata Motors, Ratan Tata watches during the unveiling of the Tata Megapixel on March 6, 2012, during a press day ahead of the 82nd Geneva Motor Show in Geneva. Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, has died at age 86, the company said late on October 9, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Ratan Tata: ‘Guide and friend’ of global business mourned

The Amazon could be reaching an irreversible tipping point beyond which it will decline until 'we're just left with scrub', conservationists have warned. WWF

Amazon rainforest 'could turn to scrub' in climate tipping point

At least 22 killed and 117 injured after Israeli air strikes pound Beirut

A man uses his mobile phone as flames and smoke rise at the scene of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo / Bilal Hussein)

At least 22 killed and 117 injured after Israeli air strikes pound Beirut

Hezbollah spymaster Wafic Safa reportedly target of Israeli bombings in Beirut
Low appetite for Lebanon ceasefire despite revival of peace efforts
Lebanon's domestic workers left stranded by employers fleeing war

UN peacekeepers monitor the Lebanon-Israel border from a watch tower. Reuters

UN peacekeepers wounded by Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Attack comes after Israeli military drone seen at UN site, peace mission says

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The Club in Abu Dhabi during the 1970s. All pics courtesy: The Club

CommentAn Abu Dhabi club diving into its history lends a peek at the future

Sudan's players before their Afcon match against Egypt in 2022. AFP

How Sudan could be heading to the World Cup despite war at home

Chart of the Week: Environmental cost of Gaza war

Chart of the weekThe environmental cost of the Gaza war

UAE's Etihad Rail project covers a distance of 900 kilometres within the country. Victor Besa / The National

Rail project linking UAE with Oman secures $1.5bn financing

Tesla's robotaxi at an unveiling event in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday. Reuters

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils driverless robotaxi

Ayaan Gandhi, a Year 13 high school pupil, started his business last November. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Schoolboy clocks up $6 million selling luxury watches in Dubai

Lebanese singer Elissa wrote a powerful song addressing her breast cancer diagnosis. Photo: Youness Hamiddine

Why the Arab music industry needs to talk about mental health

Rafael Nadal is set to retire from tennis next month. Reuters

Nadal announces retirement from tennis

The Club in Abu Dhabi during the 1970s. All pics courtesy: The Club

CommentAn Abu Dhabi club diving into its history lends a peek at the future

Sudan's players before their Afcon match against Egypt in 2022. AFP

How Sudan could be heading to the World Cup despite war at home

Chart of the Week: Environmental cost of Gaza war

Chart of the weekThe environmental cost of the Gaza war

UAE's Etihad Rail project covers a distance of 900 kilometres within the country. Victor Besa / The National

Rail project linking UAE with Oman secures $1.5bn financing

Tesla's robotaxi at an unveiling event in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday. Reuters

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils driverless robotaxi

Ayaan Gandhi, a Year 13 high school pupil, started his business last November. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Schoolboy clocks up $6 million selling luxury watches in Dubai

Lebanese singer Elissa wrote a powerful song addressing her breast cancer diagnosis. Photo: Youness Hamiddine

Why the Arab music industry needs to talk about mental health

Rafael Nadal is set to retire from tennis next month. Reuters

Nadal announces retirement from tennis

The Club in Abu Dhabi during the 1970s. All pics courtesy: The Club

CommentAn Abu Dhabi club diving into its history lends a peek at the future

Sudan's players before their Afcon match against Egypt in 2022. AFP

How Sudan could be heading to the World Cup despite war at home

Chart of the Week: Environmental cost of Gaza war

Chart of the weekThe environmental cost of the Gaza war

UAE's Etihad Rail project covers a distance of 900 kilometres within the country. Victor Besa / The National

Rail project linking UAE with Oman secures $1.5bn financing

A Sudanese refugee gets a haircut in Cairo. More than a million people fled to Egypt after civil war broke out in Sudan last April 2023. EPA-EFE

Sudanese refugees risking life and limb to return home from Egypt

Shift follows recent gains by Sudan's military from rival RSF paramilitary and the economic pressures of living away from home

Florida avoids worst-case scenario as hurricane heads into Atlantic

Police said a shooting was reported at the Swedish offices of Israeli defence company Elbit Systems in Gothenburg. EPA

Shooting at Israeli arms manufacturer's offices in Sweden

Suspected leader of ‘Mocro Mafia’ crime cartel arrested in Paris

South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024. AFP

Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to 'innovative' South Korean author Han Kang

UK auction house cancels sale of 19th century Indian skull

Volodymyr Zelenskyy demands greater military support in UK meeting

Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea vow to bring peace to Horn of Africa at summit

UAE and Malaysia conclude Cepa negotiations

October 7 - one year of war

A Palestinian woman prepares some bread in a makeshift tent surrounded by rubble in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Monday. Reuters

Gaza's longest and deadliest war tests the renowned resilience of Palestinians

Palestinian women work at carpentry and stitching workshop to make wooden toys in Gaza City, on December 24, 2018. 24 Palestinian women produce non-toxic wooden toys as they distribute them mainly to United States, Switzerland and Italy. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Businesses key to security or instability of post-war Gaza

US President Joe Biden, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on July 25, 2024. AFP

America’s year of failed diplomacy on Gaza

A protester at a rally in Berlin, on October 6. EPA

The change in the wind that the Israel-Gaza crisis demands

Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched by Iran in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Reuters

CommentThe region's sixth war in 40 years could be its worst

We spoke to Rakan Abed El Rahman, Nagham Mohanna and Thomas Helm to understand how the past year went by and how it affected them. Graphic: The National

VideoOne year of war through the eyes of our journalists

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, right, speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in parliament. Reuters

InterviewEhud Olmert calls for diplomacy to end Israel's war in Lebanon

Gaza children in nov 2023 and sept 2024 gif for shorthand

Special reportChildhoods lost in Gaza a year into Israeli war

A Palestinian woman prepares some bread in a makeshift tent surrounded by rubble in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Monday. Reuters

Gaza's longest and deadliest war tests the renowned resilience of Palestinians

Palestinian women work at carpentry and stitching workshop to make wooden toys in Gaza City, on December 24, 2018. 24 Palestinian women produce non-toxic wooden toys as they distribute them mainly to United States, Switzerland and Italy. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Businesses key to security or instability of post-war Gaza

US President Joe Biden, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on July 25, 2024. AFP

America’s year of failed diplomacy on Gaza

A protester at a rally in Berlin, on October 6. EPA

The change in the wind that the Israel-Gaza crisis demands

Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched by Iran in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Reuters

CommentThe region's sixth war in 40 years could be its worst

We spoke to Rakan Abed El Rahman, Nagham Mohanna and Thomas Helm to understand how the past year went by and how it affected them. Graphic: The National

VideoOne year of war through the eyes of our journalists

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, right, speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in parliament. Reuters

InterviewEhud Olmert calls for diplomacy to end Israel's war in Lebanon

Gaza children in nov 2023 and sept 2024 gif for shorthand

Special reportChildhoods lost in Gaza a year into Israeli war

A Palestinian woman prepares some bread in a makeshift tent surrounded by rubble in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Monday. Reuters

Gaza's longest and deadliest war tests the renowned resilience of Palestinians

Palestinian women work at carpentry and stitching workshop to make wooden toys in Gaza City, on December 24, 2018. 24 Palestinian women produce non-toxic wooden toys as they distribute them mainly to United States, Switzerland and Italy. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Businesses key to security or instability of post-war Gaza

US President Joe Biden, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on July 25, 2024. AFP

America’s year of failed diplomacy on Gaza

A protester at a rally in Berlin, on October 6. EPA

The change in the wind that the Israel-Gaza crisis demands

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Culture

Teaching children about scams early on equip them with the understanding they need to beat the crooks. Getty Images

What are the new financial scams targeting children?

Aldar partners with Expo City Dubai for $476m mixed-use development

OKX launches UAE crypto exchange

Culture

Which Arabic traditions will Love is Blind Habibi capture?

Discovering hidden gems in Busan, South Korea's second city

Christina Aguilera has five Grammys and last performed in the UAE in 2022. EPA

Christina Aguilera is coming to Abu Dhabi

Music & On-stage

Former US envoy says Israel expected Hezbollah to carry out October 7-style attack

Former US envoy says Israel expected Hezbollah to carry out October 7-style attack

Rafael Nadal announces retirement from professional tennis

Rafael Nadal announces retirement from professional tennis

Hurricane Milton rampages through Florida

Hurricane Milton rampages through Florida

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People watch water-flooded streets after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Brandon, Florida. AFP

People, mostly Turkish citizens, rest on board a Turkish military ship evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port. AP

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a bilateral meeting inside 10 Downing Street, London. Getty images

Waves crash over the Tynemouth pier lighthouse at the mouth of the river Tyne in North East England. PA

Dragon dancers perform during the National Day celebration in Taipei, Taiwan. Bloomberg

Coral bleaching on the Southern Great Barrer Reef. The latest WWF Living Planet Report shows monitored global wildlife populations falling 73 per cent on average over 50 years. PA

Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das, centre, pays homage to Indian business leader Ratan Tata, who died on Wednesday night, in the lawns of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, in Mumbai. AP

Abdullah Almohaimeed performs a snatch during the Men's Youth Weightlifting competition at the Saudi Games. Getty images

A Palestinian man who was displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip, washes his horse at the beach of Deir al-Balah. AP

People watch water-flooded streets after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Brandon, Florida. AFP

People, mostly Turkish citizens, rest on board a Turkish military ship evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port. AP

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a bilateral meeting inside 10 Downing Street, London. Getty images

Waves crash over the Tynemouth pier lighthouse at the mouth of the river Tyne in North East England. PA

Dragon dancers perform during the National Day celebration in Taipei, Taiwan. Bloomberg

Coral bleaching on the Southern Great Barrer Reef. The latest WWF Living Planet Report shows monitored global wildlife populations falling 73 per cent on average over 50 years. PA

Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das, centre, pays homage to Indian business leader Ratan Tata, who died on Wednesday night, in the lawns of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, in Mumbai. AP

Abdullah Almohaimeed performs a snatch during the Men's Youth Weightlifting competition at the Saudi Games. Getty images

A Palestinian man who was displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip, washes his horse at the beach of Deir al-Balah. AP

People watch water-flooded streets after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Brandon, Florida. AFP

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