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Dr Al Jaber calls for Strait of Hormuz to reopen with 'no strings attached'

Make it in The Emirates 2025 at ADNEC, Day 1 Key note opening. Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minster of Industry and Advanced Technology, Antonie Robertson/The National

Dr Al Jaber calls for Strait of Hormuz to reopen with 'no strings attached'

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the Strait of Hormuz blockade is 'everybody's problem', in an interview with The National.

InterviewEU's Kallas warns of 'slippery slope' if Iran controls Strait of Hormuz

Foreign policy chief calls for Lebanon to be included in 'fragile ceasefire' and to involve Gulf states in US-Iran talks

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Keir Starmer arrives in UAE for talks on Iran war

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UK campaigns for free navigation in Strait of Hormuz as Trump calls for tolls

Volunteers bury people killed in overnight Israeli strikes at a temporary graveyard in the coastal Lebanese city of Tyre on Sunday. AFP

Displaced southern Lebanese forced to bury loved ones in temporary graveyards

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Iraq investigates attack on Kuwait's consulate in Basra

MENA

Truce gives Houthis opportunity to choke shipping in Bab Al Mandeb strait

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US President Donald Trump, right, and Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office in October 2025. EPA

Trump vents anger at Nato as he meets alliance chief Rutte

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‘I’m left with nothing': Israeli strike wipes out Lebanese man's entire family

Nine members of Hussein Saleh's family killed, including his wife and daughter

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Middle East economic growth to slow to 1.8% this year, says World Bank

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Oil prices fall after deal to pause US strikes and reopen Strait of Hormuz

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Fed minutes: US central bank still sees rate cut despite Iran war uncertainty

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Palestine Museum US to present Gaza tatreez exhibition at Venice Biennale

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National Pavilion UAE announces six-artist show for Venice Biennale

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Israel strikes Lebanon 100 times in 10 minutes

Manus on Markets: How credible are US-Iran talks in Islamabad?

Iran would be 'dumb' to break ceasefire over Lebanon, says Vance

Shock and fear in Beirut after massive Israeli strikes

Mamdani walks 10km home to mark 100 days as NY mayor

How Pakistan came out as winner after ceasefire agreement

Iran would be 'dumb' to break ceasefire over Lebanon, says Vance

Who won the Iran war?

Day 40 of the war in 60 seconds

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Attacks on Gulf energy sites are attacks on the global energy transition

Trump's discourtesy to Britain matters less than the damage to Nato

A new Lebanese civil war is unlikely, despite how things may look

It's only natural that a model as successful as the UAE's would attract heat

The 21-mile gap in international law that could reshape the global order

Distance learning is teaching UAE children one of the skills they need most

Israel strikes Lebanon 100 times in 10 minutes

Manus on Markets: How credible are US-Iran talks in Islamabad?

Iran would be 'dumb' to break ceasefire over Lebanon, says Vance

Shock and fear in Beirut after massive Israeli strikes

Mamdani walks 10km home to mark 100 days as NY mayor

How Pakistan came out as winner after ceasefire agreement

Iran would be 'dumb' to break ceasefire over Lebanon, says Vance

Who won the Iran war?

Day 40 of the war in 60 seconds

15 hours of diplomacy: From ‘end of civilisation’ to truce

QuoteAttacks on Gulf energy sites are attacks on the global energy transition

QuoteTrump's discourtesy to Britain matters less than the damage to Nato

A new Lebanese civil war is unlikely, despite how things may look

It's only natural that a model as successful as the UAE's would attract heat

The 21-mile gap in international law that could reshape the global order

Distance learning is teaching UAE children one of the skills they need most

Attacks on Gulf energy sites are attacks on the global energy transition

Trump's discourtesy to Britain matters less than the damage to Nato