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Schools throughout Gaza have been turned into shelters. EPA

Interview'Many obstacles' for Palestinian education one year into Gaza war

Abdul Qader Al Rais, the first Emirati visual artist who features in the book. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

Balancing tradition and modernity to explore Emirati art's identity

Oman Air is carrying out a restructuring and recovery plan that outlines a return to breaking even by 2027. Getty Images

Oman Air needs to 'shrink' before return to growth, CEO says

Peacekeepers man a watch tower ‏in the town of Marwahin, southern Lebanon. So far, five UN troops have been injured since Israeli forces invaded. Reuters

EditorialIsrael's peacekeeper attacks cross another red line

A Middle East Airlines plane takes off from Beirut airport as smoke rises over the city's southern suburbs. Reuters

Beirut airport perseveres amid Israeli bombs and GPS jamming

Israel's air defence intercepts rockets after Iran fired a large salvo of ballistic missiles. Reuters

Billion dollar attack: Can Iran's missile barrages drain Israeli defences?

Protesters at a Stop The War Coalition demonstration against Israeli strikes on Gaza and Lebanon in central London. Getty Images

UK's 'remarkably cautious' Middle East policy fails to appease critics

The ruins of homes along the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Milton passed through the area in Manasota Key, Florida. Getty Images

Why West must prepare for climate migration

Schools throughout Gaza have been turned into shelters. EPA

Interview'Many obstacles' for Palestinian education one year into Gaza war

Abdul Qader Al Rais, the first Emirati visual artist who features in the book. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

Balancing tradition and modernity to explore Emirati art's identity

Oman Air is carrying out a restructuring and recovery plan that outlines a return to breaking even by 2027. Getty Images

Oman Air needs to 'shrink' before return to growth, CEO says

Peacekeepers man a watch tower ‏in the town of Marwahin, southern Lebanon. So far, five UN troops have been injured since Israeli forces invaded. Reuters

EditorialIsrael's peacekeeper attacks cross another red line

A Middle East Airlines plane takes off from Beirut airport as smoke rises over the city's southern suburbs. Reuters

Beirut airport perseveres amid Israeli bombs and GPS jamming

Israel's air defence intercepts rockets after Iran fired a large salvo of ballistic missiles. Reuters

Billion dollar attack: Can Iran's missile barrages drain Israeli defences?

Protesters at a Stop The War Coalition demonstration against Israeli strikes on Gaza and Lebanon in central London. Getty Images

UK's 'remarkably cautious' Middle East policy fails to appease critics

The ruins of homes along the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Milton passed through the area in Manasota Key, Florida. Getty Images

Why West must prepare for climate migration

Schools throughout Gaza have been turned into shelters. EPA

Interview'Many obstacles' for Palestinian education one year into Gaza war

Abdul Qader Al Rais, the first Emirati visual artist who features in the book. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

Balancing tradition and modernity to explore Emirati art's identity

Oman Air is carrying out a restructuring and recovery plan that outlines a return to breaking even by 2027. Getty Images

Oman Air needs to 'shrink' before return to growth, CEO says

Peacekeepers man a watch tower ‏in the town of Marwahin, southern Lebanon. So far, five UN troops have been injured since Israeli forces invaded. Reuters

EditorialIsrael's peacekeeper attacks cross another red line

The UNRWA offices in Jerusalem, where the Israeli deputy mayor wants to build about 1,400 housing units for settlers. Lizzie Porter / The National

'We'll enter with helicopters': Israeli official threatens Jerusalem UNRWA offices

Israeli government orders Palestinian refugee agency to leave compound as part of plan to build settler houses

'No one could save them': Witnesses describe horror of Israeli strike on Gaza hospital

DP World London Gateway container port. DP World, the parent firm of P&O Ferries, will be attending the Government's international investment summit on Monday, according to reports. PA

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Emirates president Tim Clark said the airline has had to make 'highly expensive' amendments to its fleet programme due to Boeing's 'contractual shortfalls'. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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Hala Rharrit

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

Iraqi-American musician and researcher Mark Gergis, who co-founded Syrian Cassette Archives, began collecting cassette tapes during visits to Syria in the 1990s. Photo: Syrian Cassette Archive

The archival project introducing new generation to traditional Syrian music

Nick Kyrgios competed in the inaugural World Tennis League in 2022 at the Coca-Cola arena in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Kyrgios to return with 'deep motivation' - starting at Abu Dhabi's WTL

Columbus landed in the present-day Bahamas in 1492 and is credited with the discovery of the New World. Getty Images

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Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli racing yacht took part in this year's America's Cup in Barcelona. Photo: Prada

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Iranians in German exile protest in Berlin against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be designated a terrorist organisation. Reuters

Iran accused of using gang crime to pursue regime opponents in Germany

Bernard Arnault, LVMH chairman and chief executive, is the world’s fourth-richest person with an estimated net worth of $190 billion. AFP

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Reggio Calabria is one of Skyscanner's top trending destinations for 2025. Photo: Antonino Trimboli / Unsplash

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Hala Rharrit

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

Iraqi-American musician and researcher Mark Gergis, who co-founded Syrian Cassette Archives, began collecting cassette tapes during visits to Syria in the 1990s. Photo: Syrian Cassette Archive

The archival project introducing new generation to traditional Syrian music

Nick Kyrgios competed in the inaugural World Tennis League in 2022 at the Coca-Cola arena in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Kyrgios to return with 'deep motivation' - starting at Abu Dhabi's WTL

Columbus landed in the present-day Bahamas in 1492 and is credited with the discovery of the New World. Getty Images

Christopher Columbus 'was Sephardic Jew from western Europe'

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli racing yacht took part in this year's America's Cup in Barcelona. Photo: Prada

Fashioning milestone moments at America's Cup with Prada

Iranians in German exile protest in Berlin against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be designated a terrorist organisation. Reuters

Iran accused of using gang crime to pursue regime opponents in Germany

Bernard Arnault, LVMH chairman and chief executive, is the world’s fourth-richest person with an estimated net worth of $190 billion. AFP

Billionaires: Bernard Arnault set to buy stakes in Paris FC

Reggio Calabria is one of Skyscanner's top trending destinations for 2025. Photo: Antonino Trimboli / Unsplash

Travel UnpackedTrending destinations for 2025 and Halloween fun in the UK

Hala Rharrit

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

Iraqi-American musician and researcher Mark Gergis, who co-founded Syrian Cassette Archives, began collecting cassette tapes during visits to Syria in the 1990s. Photo: Syrian Cassette Archive

The archival project introducing new generation to traditional Syrian music

Nick Kyrgios competed in the inaugural World Tennis League in 2022 at the Coca-Cola arena in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Kyrgios to return with 'deep motivation' - starting at Abu Dhabi's WTL

Columbus landed in the present-day Bahamas in 1492 and is credited with the discovery of the New World. Getty Images

Christopher Columbus 'was Sephardic Jew from western Europe'

Paramedics with the Lebanese Red Cross transport a body unearthed from the rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the northern Lebanese village of Aito on Monday. AFP

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks at a press conference with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad, part of his regional tour. AFP

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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

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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

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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

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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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Born under fire: Lebanese newborns in crisis as war rages

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Visitors line up at the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City. AFP

Minima Sherpa, carries his son, 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks, as they celebrate with relatives upon Nima's return home from China at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. AP

Pigeons fly past a statue of Guanyin, a deity venerated in Buddhism for her compassion, at a temple in Keelung, Taiwan. Reuters

A visitor inspects a Saudia Airlines electric vertical take-off and landing Lilium jet on display during the Global Logistics Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AFP

Resident Kerry Flynn, right, and a friend walk past a damaged home and the displaced roof of their mobile home community's tiki hut after Hurricane Milton blew through Manasota Key in Englewood, Florida. AP

Revellers ride on the Diamond and Flower ferris wheel at sunset in Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo. AFP

A Palestine mountain gazelle in the wilderness near the village of Dura Al Qara, north-east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. AFP

Taiwanese Navy Kuang Hua VI-class missile boats sail into Keelung harbour in the north of the island. AFP

Nasser Al Dhuwayyan of Team AlUla, left, faces Abdullah Almushraf of Team Al Shabab in the Youth Men's Taekwondo -48kg Round of 16 bout on Day 12 of the Saudi Games 2024 in Riyadh. Getty Images

Visitors line up at the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City. AFP

Minima Sherpa, carries his son, 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks, as they celebrate with relatives upon Nima's return home from China at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. AP

Pigeons fly past a statue of Guanyin, a deity venerated in Buddhism for her compassion, at a temple in Keelung, Taiwan. Reuters

A visitor inspects a Saudia Airlines electric vertical take-off and landing Lilium jet on display during the Global Logistics Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AFP

Resident Kerry Flynn, right, and a friend walk past a damaged home and the displaced roof of their mobile home community's tiki hut after Hurricane Milton blew through Manasota Key in Englewood, Florida. AP

Revellers ride on the Diamond and Flower ferris wheel at sunset in Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo. AFP

A Palestine mountain gazelle in the wilderness near the village of Dura Al Qara, north-east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. AFP

Taiwanese Navy Kuang Hua VI-class missile boats sail into Keelung harbour in the north of the island. AFP

Nasser Al Dhuwayyan of Team AlUla, left, faces Abdullah Almushraf of Team Al Shabab in the Youth Men's Taekwondo -48kg Round of 16 bout on Day 12 of the Saudi Games 2024 in Riyadh. Getty Images

Visitors line up at the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City. AFP

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