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US President Donald Trump visited the Abrahamic Family House, a symbol of the series of agreements that have normalised relations with Israel. Reuters

Why Trump left Gulf with $2tn investments but without progress on Gaza

Tarzan and Arab Nasser's Once Upon A Time In Gaza focuses on what it is like for people to exist in Gaza. Photo: BAC Films

Review: Once Upon a Time in Gaza is an ode to Palestinian resilience

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool during the Premier League defeat at Brighton. Getty Images

Salah guilty of shocking miss as Premier League record eludes Liverpool star

Palestinians inspect the rubble of Al Lahham family's home, destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on May 15. AP

CommentHamas’s tactics and Israel’s wars have become ends in themselves

Keir Starmer with Ursula von der Leyen in London after the announcement of the new deal. EPA/Bloomberg

Britain and EU sign defence deal for 'dangerous new era'

Heatwave combines a geothermal well, which brings in cool air from underground, with a solar chimney that expels warm air. Reuters

How Bahrain's award-winning pavilion will live on beyond Venice Biennale

KEREM SHALOM, ISRAEL - MAY 19: Aid trucks move along a road near Kerem Shalom Crossing Point on their way to the Gaza Strip on May 19, 2025 in Southern Israel, Israel. The Israeli military has said its expanding ground operations in Gaza as part of what they're calling 'Operation Gideon's Chariots,' aimed at securing the release of hostages still held in Gaza, as well as "the defeat of Hamas." Israel has been escalating its campaign in Gaza and blockade of humanitarian aid after the previous two-month long ceasefire agreement collapsed in March. Meanwhile, over the weekend the two sides reportedly began indirect talks to reach a ceasefire in Doha, the capital of Qatar. (Photo by Amir Levy / Getty Images)

TrendingLimited aid entering Gaza, and Syria cracks down on ISIS

Prominent Syrian intellectual Yassin Al-Haj Saleh at an exhibition about Syria in Beirut, on May 12. Matt Kynaston / The National

'I blame myself': Syrian exile tells of heartbreaking search for missing wife

Five aid lorries for Gaza 'a drop in the ocean', says UN

Latest: UK, France and Canada warn of 'concrete actions' over Israel aid restrictions
Editorial: Israel's minimal aid offer in Gaza is too little, too late
'They were firing in the street,' say Khan Younis residents after Israel's orders to leave

In Iran, regime officials tell of 'serious problems' over US nuclear talks

Chancellor Rachel Reeves leaves a UK-EU summit to agree closer trade ties held aboard Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland in central London. PA

UK says Gulf trade deal next in line after sealing pact with EU

Talks to end Ukraine war to start 'immediately', Trump says after call with Putin

Protests have taken place in Tripoli in recent days calling for an end to militia violence. AFP

Dozens of bodies found at Libyan hospital controlled by Tripoli militia

UAE Defence Ministry agrees military partnership with US

US offers $10m reward over South American Hezbollah networks

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US President Donald Trump's wife Melania speaks during the bill-signing event for the Take it Down Act. AP

How the Take It Down Act signed by Trump works

A fragment of ancient cloth bearing a Christian cross in the Coptic style was among 21 artefacts returned to Egypt. Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Australia and US return ancient artefacts to Egypt

Nargiz Noimann, founder and chief executive of X Technology, earns passive income through real estate investments and equity in health technology ventures. Chris Whiteoak / The National

My Dubai SalaryRussian woman earns up to Dh80,000 to support her children

Kevin de Bruyne is set to make his final home appearance for Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night. PA

Man City face Bournemouth with Champions League hopes on knife edge

Post Malone performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April. REUTERS

Post Malone to perform at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

An AI microprocessor on its motherboard computer circuit. Getty / IStockphoto

Abu Dhabi's MGX partners with Nvidia to build Europe's largest AI campus

Blueberries being grown in Al Ain, which will soon be home to a Dh120 million agritech hub. Photo: Elite Agro

Dh120 million agritech megaproject to launch in Al Ain

Former US president Joe Biden's office said his cancer has spread. AP

'Very treatable, but not curable': Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis explained

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Dh1 billion Emirates Growth Fund to plug SME financing gap

Najla Al Midfa, managing director of the Emirates Growth Fund, explains how the new fund aims to close the small and medium-sized enterprises funding gap and drive UAE industrial growth

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Spanish PM says Israel should be banned from Eurovision song contest

Spanish PM says Israel should be banned from Eurovision song contest

UAE Ministry of Defence agrees military partnership with the US

UAE Ministry of Defence agrees military partnership with the US

Palestinians in Gaza react to Benjamin Netanyahu speech

Palestinians in Gaza react to Benjamin Netanyahu speech

Make it in the Emirates: How manufacturing fuels innovation in age of AI

Make it in the Emirates: How manufacturing fuels innovation in age of AI

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Demonstrators gathered in The Hague, The Netherlands, to protest against Dutch policy on Israel. EPA

Netherlands to rally EU support to increase pressure on Israel

Review of relations may be conducted if enough European countries pressure top EU bodies

President Sheikh Mohamed and King Hamad of Bahrain discuss close bonds between nations

Then-US President Joe Biden at Joint Base Myers-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, in January. AFP

Biden team accused of covering up cancer and other health concerns

Indian travel agencies targeted by US visa bans

Vahid Beheshti holds a placard during his 50th day of a hunger strike outside the Foreign Office in London, calling for the UK government to proscribe the IRGC. EPA

Britain to tackle growing Iran danger with new laws on state threats

Syrian government seeks to restore order after bombing in country's east kills five

Sudan’s army chief appoints ex-UN diplomat Kamil Idris as Prime Minister

Dh120 million agritech megaproject to launch in Al Ain

Alleged Hamas supporter jailed for trying to enter UK illegally

Trump's Gulf visit

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Weekend EssayHow Trump's Gulf visit could transform the Middle East

The announcement comes after US President Donald Trump's visit to the Gulf last week. UAE Presidential Court

UAE Defence Ministry agrees military partnership with US

President Sheikh Mohamed and US President Donald Trump witness the launch of the UAE-US AI Campus. Also present are Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Photo: UAE Presidential Court

Trump AI diplomacy: how security guarantees made the 5GW UAE-US AI Campus deal possible

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the Tehran Dialogue Forum that the US is giving 'conflicting messages' to the region. EPA

US 'sowing division in Middle East', Iran's Pezeshkian says after Trump tour

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed and US President Donald Trump pictured during his two-day visit. Photo: Presidential Court

Trump thanks 'amazing' UAE for visit

President Sheikh Mohamed and US President Donald Trump are welcomed by children at a state visit reception at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. Abdulla Al Bedwawi / UAE Presidential Court

Trump’s Gulf tour marks reset in ties and long-term US engagement

US President Donald Trump attends a business forum in Abu Dhabi on May 16, 2025. AFP.

Beyond the HeadlinesWill Middle East tension ease after Trump visit?

President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a photo at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh on Tuesday. AP Photo

Donald Trump's Gulf tour ends with trillions of dollars in deals

EGA said it expects to produce around 3.75 million metric tonnes of aluminium over the five-year term of the agreement. Photo: EGA

Adnoc signs $500m deal to supply EGA with raw material for aluminum productionio

New Dh1bn Emirates Growth Fund to take minority stakes to help SMEs expand

Mubadala launches pharma company to boost UAE health care sector

Culture

Wayne Wonder talks peace, unity and the Middle Eastern music scene

Music & On-stage

Inside Abu Dhabi's first showcase of contemporary South Korean art

Heatwave combines a geothermal well, which brings in cool air from underground, with a solar chimney that expels warm air. Reuters

How Bahrain's award-winning pavilion will live on beyond Venice Biennale

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The construction site of 20,000 housing units in the Libyan coastal city of Benghazi. The project is part of a national strategy for modern housing in several cities. AFP

A fisherman with his catch in Iraq's Hawizeh Marshes, in the south-eastern province of Missan. There are plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes, of which the Hawizeh Marches are part. AFP

Directors Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser attend the photocall for their film Once Upon a Time in Gaza, at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival. EPA

Palestinian children injured in an Israeli strike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Reuters

A demonstration of a cognitively controlled robotic hand at the Make it in The Emirates 2025 event at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Antonie Robertson/The National

A Chelsea Pensioner examines a punk's head display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London. AP

Shoppers take a nap on massage chairs in a supermarket in Beijing. According to National Bureau of Statistics data, China's unemployment rate was down to 5.1 percent in April 2025. EPA

Pope Leo XIV meets US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican. Reuters

The construction site of 20,000 housing units in the Libyan coastal city of Benghazi. The project is part of a national strategy for modern housing in several cities. AFP

A fisherman with his catch in Iraq's Hawizeh Marshes, in the south-eastern province of Missan. There are plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes, of which the Hawizeh Marches are part. AFP

Directors Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser attend the photocall for their film Once Upon a Time in Gaza, at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival. EPA

Palestinian children injured in an Israeli strike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Reuters

A demonstration of a cognitively controlled robotic hand at the Make it in The Emirates 2025 event at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Antonie Robertson/The National

A Chelsea Pensioner examines a punk's head display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London. AP

Shoppers take a nap on massage chairs in a supermarket in Beijing. According to National Bureau of Statistics data, China's unemployment rate was down to 5.1 percent in April 2025. EPA

Pope Leo XIV meets US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican. Reuters

The construction site of 20,000 housing units in the Libyan coastal city of Benghazi. The project is part of a national strategy for modern housing in several cities. AFP

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