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      Ali Al Shouk

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      Ali is a Senior News Reporter at The National, overseeing daily news coverage in the UAE, breaking news, police, courts, crime, laws and foreign assignments. He studied chemistry in Baghdad but turned his passion for journalism into a career after the Iraq war in 2003. An Iraqi national and bilingual in Arabic and English, he worked for the Xinhua news agency and several newspapers in Iraq during one of the most dangerous and controversial periods of news coverage in the history of the Middle East. He has lived in the UAE since 2006 and worked with several English-language newspapers in the Emirates before joining The National.
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      UAEJanuary 05, 2026
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      Balvinder Singh Sahni was at the centre of an international money-laundering scheme. The National
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      UAEDecember 28, 2025
      A driver in Dubai is accused of ignoring a stop light and causing a crash while under the influence of alcohol. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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      UAEDecember 25, 2025
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      UAEDecember 24, 2025
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      UAEDecember 24, 2025
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      UAEDecember 23, 2025
      Dubai project manager Monty Guhathakurta, right, hopes to travel to the US for the World Cup, depending on ticket prices. Photo: Monty Guhaehakurta
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