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  • People in traditional clothing pose for a picture, as Palestinian scouts march near the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem. Reuters

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  • People enjoy their time at the beach outside the port city of Bandar Anzali in Iran on Tuesday. AP

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  • A computer-generated image of the rooftop pool at the Maybourne Saint-Germain in Paris. Photo: Maybourne

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  • (FILES) Gold bullion bars are pictured after being inspected and polished at the ABC Refinery in Sydney on August 5, 2020. Gold prices broke past $4,500 in Asian trade on December 24, 2025 on optimism that the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates next year, and amid rising tensions between the United States and Venezuela. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

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  • Fatema Al Nuaimi, CEO of Adnoc Gas. Victor Besa / The National

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  • An Airbus 350 at the Dubai Airshow 2025. Few regions have matched the Middle East’s ability to scale capacity, attract premium traffic and operate with regulatory flexibility. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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'This won't be decided militarily': UAE says civilian rule can end Sudan’s war

Sudanese refugees collect water from a tap at the Gorom Refugee camp near Juba, in South Sudan. Reuters

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Narin Guran was eight years old when she was murdered in her home village of Tavsantepe in south-eastern Turkey's Diyarbakir province last year. Lizzie Porter/ The National

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The National examines murder of eight-year-old girl, one of Turkey’s most high-profile child killings

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UAE helps treat more than 75,000 Gazan patients under Dh9.4 billion aid effort

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Balvinder Singh Sahni was at the centre of an international money-laundering scam. The National

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Abu Dhabi’s ADQ closes $5bn financing deal with Asian investors

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Recruitment office in Ajman shut down over domestic worker offences

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Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, at the inauguration of Mleiha Dairy Factory and Farm. Wam

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  • Unsettled weather is unlikely to dampen the festive spirit across the Emirates. The National

    UAE weather: What is the Christmas forecast and will there be rain?

  • Each villa has an expansive backyard, closed in on three sides with shrubbery and leading to a private beach from the fourth. Photo: Ritz-Carlton RAK Al Hamra Beach

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    Arabic version of Jingle Bells and other regional Christmas songs

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  • Tunisia's Elias Achouri celebrates scoring their third goal in a 3-1 victory over Uganda in Group C of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations at Rabat's Olympic Stadium. AFP

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Palestinians walk amid the ruins of destroyed buildings in Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza. AFP

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Iran seizes ship said to be carrying 4 million litres of smuggled fuel

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The Walled-Off Hotel in the West Bank is hemmed in by an eight-metre-high concrete wall built by Israel. Heidi Levine for The National

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Iraq must do more to protect Christians, says country's top Catholic official

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Back, from left: Omid Aminifard, VP of operations at Majestic Marine Investments Group; Abubaker Al Khoori, GCEO of Abu Dhabi Capital Group; and Khalifa Al Mazrouei, GCIO of Abu Dhabi Capital Group. Front, from left: Marios Economides, CEO of Majestic Marine Investments Group; and Suwaidan Al Dhaheri, CEO of Imkan, announce the deal. Photo: Handout

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Abu Dhabi's ADQ continues to boost its portfolio with a string of new deals in the UAE and in global markets. Shutterstock

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