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          During a speech he gave in Davos this week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world shouldn’t mourn the old order’s passing. AFP

          Critics of ‘the West’ shouldn’t rejoice its swift collapse

          CommentJanuary 22, 2026
          The UAE is an ambitious middle power seeking to contribute pragmatically to a geopolitical landscape marked by uncertainty, polarisation and disruption. Khushnum Bhandari for The National

          In a fragmented world, strategic autonomy is the UAE's North Star

          CommentJanuary 22, 2026
          A Ukrainian serviceman fires a field gun at Russian positions in Donetsk. A former Nato official has warned that the Greenland debate must not divert support from Ukraine. EPA

          Nato pressed to ensure Ukraine goals take priority over Greenland ‘sideshow’

          EuropeJanuary 22, 2026
          A government building in Tehran that was burnt during recent public protests in Iran. AFP

          More than 3,000 people killed in Iran protests, according to state media

          NewsJanuary 21, 2026
          An observer is detained by ICE agents after they arrested two people at a home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AFP

          ICE's rampage is a visual representation of how Trump has sullied American politics

          CommentJanuary 21, 2026
          Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio has said the US is acting in its own self-interest. Reuters

          Dalio fears Greenland dispute could cause global capital war

          USJanuary 21, 2026
          The US and Nato flags in Washington. Tension has risen between Washington and European allies amid disagreements over Greenland. Reuters

          Trump's men quietly quitting Nato as crisis sweeps alliance

          EuropeJanuary 21, 2026
          Iranians walk near the wreckage of a burnt bus in Tehran. EPA

          Iran arrests 470 alleged 'key figures' behind unrest

          NewsJanuary 21, 2026
          King Hamad of Bahrain will join other regional and global leaders on the board, aiming to enable a transition in Gaza. Abdulla Al Bedwawi / UAE Presidential Court

          Bahrain's King Hamad accepts Trump's invitation to join Gaza Board of Peace

          GulfJanuary 21, 2026
          Greenland, left, and the Chagos Islands have come to symbolise US President Donald Trump's willingness to challenge traditional allies. AFP / Getty Images

          Trump's genius ploy was to find an unseen link between Chagos and Greenland

          CommentJanuary 21, 2026
          Traffic rolls along a main thoroughfare in Tehran under a banner with images of past leaders and Donald Trump that reads, in Farsi, 'dominos fall'. AFP

          'World on fire' and 'wipe it off': Iran and US trade harshest threats

          MENAJanuary 21, 2026
          Syria's military reclaimed the country's main energy-producing region of Raqqa and also Deir Ezzor, which houses the Al Omar oil field. EPA

          Syria’s energy sector set to get a boost after Kurdish oilfield takeover

          EnergyJanuary 21, 2026
          Nasrin Roshan in London, campaigning for Iranian women and her late niece, Sara Tabrizi. Lemma Shehadi / The National

          Freed Evin prisoner demands ‘action now’ in hunger strike at US London embassy

          UKJanuary 20, 2026
          Protesters hold up portraits of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration against the US and Israel near the Iranian embassy in Baghdad. AFP

          A managed US-Iran conflict will pose a constant challenge for countries like Iraq

          CommentJanuary 20, 2026
          Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani said his government is in contact with the US and Iran. AP

          Iraq seeks to mediate US-Iran tensions in Baghdad, PM says

          MENAJanuary 20, 2026
          US troops patrol near oil wells in Syria's north-eastern Hasakah province. AFP

          Al Shara expected to pay Washington for abandoning Kurdish ally, Syrian sources say

          MENAJanuary 20, 2026
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