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Special reportThe renaissance of Arabic typography

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Weekend EssayFuel cartels are adding darkness, pollution and cancer to Lebanon’s misery

A young Dona outside their home in Sanaa, Yemen. Dona Cheriyan / The National

CommentFrom Yemen to the UAE via India, my sense of home is defined by people, not places

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Going, going, gone: Why the wealthy have had their lot with the UK

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. UAE Presidential Court

UAE will not back post-war plan in Gaza without Palestinian state

Statement by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed addresses the UAE's policy the 'day after' the war

Israel-Gaza war liveHouthis strike central Israel in rare attack

Numan Kurtulmusz, Turkey's Parliament Speaker, joins relatives of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi to carry her coffin in Didim, Turkey. Reuters

'She fell as a martyr': US-Turkish activist shot dead by Israel laid to rest

Centcom says four ISIS leaders killed in US-Iraq raid

Refugees being rescued off the coast of Balikesir, Turkey after a failed attempt to reach Europe by boat. Many Iraqis who fled their home country after receiving threats from militias are waiting for resettlement to a third country. Getty Images.

Special report‘Twelve years of my life are gone’: The Iraqi refugees waiting in desperate limbo in Turkey

Russia and Ukraine swap 206 prisoners in UAE-brokered deal

Can Libya function without a central bank?

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The advent of disruptive tech is exposing financial institutions to vulnerabilities they never had to contend with in the past. PA

Cyber security: The new-age risk bankers are struggling to mitigate

Omani rock rose being harvested for Amouage perfumes. Photo: Amouage

How Oman's Amouage is preserving 'the magic of perfumery'

Hanan poses for a portrait outside her hut in the Tiamushro displaced persons camp in Kadugli, Sudan. AFP

Lives in limbo: The human stories behind the statistics of the Middle East refugee crisis

Saudi Arabia's Fahad Al Muwallad in action with Australia's James Jeggo. Reuters

Saudi footballer Al-Muwallad in hospital after fall from Dubai balcony

Saudi football player currently in intensive care

Hezbollah launched rockets at north Israel in response to south Lebanon strikes

France bids final farewell to Olympics with Champs-Elysees parade

Biden and Starmer meet as Russia warns of potential 'direct war' with Nato

Does German migration crisis spell the end for Olaf Scholz?

Masyaf attack: Did Israeli special forces raid Syrian research site?

UAE announces projects in Chad including $10 million UN contribution for refugee women

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The advent of disruptive tech is exposing financial institutions to vulnerabilities they never had to contend with in the past. PA

Cyber security: The new-age risk bankers are struggling to mitigate

Can Libya function without a central bank?

UAE plans to establish green aviation centre to reduce carbon emissions

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Controversial Donald Trump biopic is coming to UAE cinemas

How and what time to watch the Emmys in the UAE

Dubai Design Week will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Antonie Robertson / The National

What's new at this year's Dubai Design Week

Gazan child amputee dreams of becoming a pilot after evacuation to Qatar

Gazan child amputee dreams of becoming a pilot after evacuation to Qatar

'Run from the heart' a charity race to fund Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation

'Run from the heart' a charity race to fund Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation

Aysenur Eygi's father calls on US to 'listen to its conscience'

Aysenur Eygi's father calls on US to 'listen to its conscience'

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Artist Nikola Faler creates a sand drawing during the fourth Sand Art Festival near Ploce, Croatia. Reuters

A firefighter extinguishes a burning car during a protest in Ayotzinapa, Mexico. Students from Ayotzinapa set fire to vehicles and vandalised the Guerrero state congress during a protest for the upcoming commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 classmates in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. EPA

A firefighter extinguishes a burning car during a protest in Ayotzinapa, Mexico. Students from Ayotzinapa set fire to vehicles and vandalised the Guerrero state congress during a protest for the upcoming commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 classmates in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. EPA

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