TheNational hamburger logo

Abu Dhabi, UAEWednesday 27 January 2021

Prayer timing hamburger logo Prayer Times
Weather hamburger logo Weather
Shadi Ghanim's take on the upcoming impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump in the US Senate

Cartoon for January 27, 2021
Shadi Ghanim's take on Syria's decision to float a new bank note amid soaring inflation

Cartoon for January 26, 2021
Shadi Ghanim's take on the Lebanese cabinet games

Cartoon for January 25, 2021
Shadi Ghanim's take on US President Joe Biden's vision to take the rest of the world along

Cartoon for January 24, 2021
Shadi's latest take on Covid-19 and the vaccines

Cartoon for January 22, 2021
Shadi Ghanim on the two main challenges facing US President Joe Biden. Shadi Ghanim

Cartoon for January 21, 2021
Shadi Ghanim on what vaccines are doing to Covid-19. Shadi Ghanim

Cartoon for January 20, 2021
Shadi Ghanim's take on security in Washington ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Shadi Ghanim

Cartoon for January 19, 2021
Shadi Ghanim's take on the difficulty of forming a cabinet in Lebanon. Shadi Ghanim

Cartoon for January 18, 2021
View More
EDITOR'S PICKS
Lebanese anti-government protesters burn dumpsters to block al-Nour Square in Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli on January 26, 2021, as anger grows over a total lockdown aimed at stemming an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases. / AFP / -

Second night of unrest with riots in Lebanon

MENA
Then and now: An archival image of Qasr Al Hosn taken at some point in the 1950s and Qasr Al Hosn in 2021. BP Archive / Victor Besa / The National 

Then and now: Centuries go by but Qasr Al Hosn remains the heart of Abu Dhabi

Heritage
Newly confirmed Secretary of State Antony Blinken is seen as a long-time confidant of President Joe Biden. AP Photo

Antony Blinken confirmed as US Secretary of State

The Americas
A woman clutches her daughter as she weeps in front of the ruins of her house in Bhuj, Gujarat state, in western India, on January 27, 2001. AFP 

Twenty years on, painful memories of India’s 2001 earthquake still haunts survivors

Asia
Nurse Jewel Tangullig checks documents before examining a patient. Antonie Robertson / The National

Health ministry in drive to recruit more ICU nurses on Dh9,000 monthly salary

Health