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Sidorjan Lleshi was part of an Albanian organised crime gang which carried out a series of burglaries. Cheshire Police

'Bonnie and Clyde' gang caught after raiding mansions in UK footballer-belt villages

Albanian-led syndicate stole luxury watches, jewellery and other valuables worth more than £1m from homes

UK

Al Shara hosts EU leaders at historic Damascus meeting on reconstruction

Europe
Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian strike on a residential building in Kyiv. EPA

Russia fires hypersonic missile at Ukraine in ‘revenge operation’

Europe

Flights cancelled as 'multi-hazard' Storm Goretti wreaks havoc across Europe

Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace in Paris. EPA

Emmanuel Macron takes Donald Trump to task with warning 'world is coming off the rails'

Europe

First big test for UK 'hard power' as sanctioned Russian tanker transits English Channel

Europe

AnalysisWidespread fallout from US seizure of Russian-flagged tanker begins

Europe


Arab Showcase

  • Nawaf Kabbara with King Abdullah of Jordan at the third Global Disability Summit in Berlin, in April. Photo: Royal Hashemite Court

    Arab ShowcaseNawaf Kabbara's quest to raise the profile of disabled people

  • Vivian Khalaf is a Jerusalem-born lawyer and currently serves as the chairwoman of the board at the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

    Arab ShowcasePalestinian-American lawyer's mission to save Gaza's wounded children

  • Abdul El-Sayed is running for the US Senate in Michigan, trying to increase Arab representation. Ahmed Issawy / The National

    Arab ShowcaseThe Arab American aiming to ‘cure the disease’ in US politics

  • The life's work of the Lebanese-British archaeologist Claude Doumet-Serhal at the Sidon site began from a hunch as to the whereabouts of the mysterious ancient capital of the Canaanite and Phoenician people. Photo: Claude Doumet-Serhal

    Arab ShowcaseArchaeologist Claude Doumet-Serhal unearthed secrets of a lost civilisation

  • Dr Charles Elachi. Photo: Christopher Michel / Wikimedia Commons

    Arab ShowcaseCharles Elachi's stellar career from Bekaa to the great beyond

  • Mark Shrime. Photo: Mercy Ships

    Arab ShowcaseGlobal surgeon Mark Shrime finds purpose in faith and patients

  • Zaid Al-Qassab, chief executive officer of M&C Saatchi Plc, before a Bloomberg Television interview in London. Bloomberg

    Arab ShowcaseThe prime time of new global M&C Saatchi CEO Zaid Al-Qassab

  • Hanan Issa. Photo: Camera Sioned / Literature Wales

    Arab ShowcaseThe fantastic tale of Wales’s first Muslim national poet Hanan Issa


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US seizes two Venezuela-linked oil tankers including Russian-flagged vessel

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‘Lost’ generation of Gazan children at risk of a decade without education

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Military 'always an option' for US to 'acquire' Greenland, White House says

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EU President to make first post-Assad visit to Syria to support recovery

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People attend a vigil for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack in the city in 2017. AFP

MI5 'can’t be trusted to tell truth', say families of Manchester blast victims

Campaigners accuse British intelligence service of failing them and call for greater scrutiny

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AnalysisIs there hope for peace in Ukraine in 2026?

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Starmer tells Trump: 'Hands off Greenland'

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London celebrates a ‘piece of Palestine on British soil’

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Syria and Israel return to France for security talks under US mediation

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Case against Syrians accused of funding extremists dismissed

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UK to confiscate phones of migrants crossing English Channel on small boats

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Palestinian ambassador Hussam Zomlot marks the UK's recognition of Palestine in September. Getty Images

Palestinians celebrate official upgrade as embassy in London to open

Upgrade comes as British government repeats call for better access for humanitarian aid organisations in Gaza

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CommentMaduro's capture bucks US record of messy overthrows in Arab world

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Farah Kaddour, the Lebanese artist trying to put the buzz back into the buzuq

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Sparkler candles blamed for deadly fire at Swiss bar

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Meltdown: Rising price of gold creates new threat for museums and banks

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UK's FTSE breaks 10,000 mark for first time in new year rally

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Second highest number of English Channel crossings by migrants recorded in 2025

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Meltdown: Rising price of gold creates new threat for museums and banks

Artworks have become more difficult to sell on, making gold an easier target

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UK's FTSE breaks 10,000 mark for first time in new year rally

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Second highest number of English Channel crossings by migrants recorded in 2025

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Family of British couple detained in Iran tell of 'void' at New Year celebrations

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