Mohamed Ramadan in Asad. Photo: Good Fellas Media Production

What to watch in UAE cinemas during Eid Al Adha 2026

Major Arabic, Indian and Pakistani releases are heading to the big screen for holiday season

Film & TV

ExclusiveEgypt steps up diplomatic efforts to curb Israeli expansion in Lebanon

MENA

Egypt bars alimony defaulters from leaving country as family law reforms loom

MENA

Four of Gaza's Palestinian committee offer to quit over slow progress

MENA

AnalysisWashington leads on Iran in Lebanon but Israel may yet spoil the plan

MENA

Egyptian actress Yasmina El Abd joins Dior in rare three-division ambassador role

Fashion & Beauty

Five Arab and North African treasures still held in French museums

Art & Design
Sudanese refugees ride to a temporary shelter after receiving food at a camp in Chad. Getty Images
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Hate and despair: Sudan's fault lines widen as civil war enters fourth year

Mass killings and humanitarian crisis bring Sudan to watershed moment

MENA

S&P sees lower UK and Egypt GDP growth on war-related disruption

Economy

Salah's Liverpool exit: Slot blamed in Egypt, fans hope he picks Europe over SPL

Football

Eni discovers two trillion cubic feet of gas off Egypt's coast

Energy

Israeli gas exports resume – but Egypt is counting cost of energy crunch

Energy

Saudi non-oil business activity weakens for first time since August 2020

Economy

Hamas: No disarmament discussion until Israel fulfils obligations of Trump plan

MENA
A petrol station in Giza, Egypt, where authorities are tackling a surge in energy costs. Bloomberg

Israeli gas exports resume – but Egypt is counting cost of energy crunch

Cairo seeks solutions to crisis from Libyan oil deal and drilling of Western Desert well

Energy

Saudi non-oil business activity weakens for first time since August 2020

Economy

Hamas: No disarmament discussion until Israel fulfils obligations of Trump plan

MENA

When football chants turn toxic: Spain’s uncomfortable night in Barcelona

Football

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