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H.E. Josep Borrel Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice President of the European Commission. Antonie Robertson/The National

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. AFP

Exclusive‘The war must stop’: UN chief fears Gaza conflict will spread

Germany began carrying out checks at all nine land borders on Monday in a symbolic blow to Europe's open-border ideals. AFP

Revealed: Passport checks on two thirds of Europe's 'open' Schengen borders

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Israel declares 'new phase' of war as devices explode in Lebanon for second day

People and first responders gather at the scene of a reported device explosion in Saida in southern Lebanon on September 18, 2024. A second wave of device explosions killed three people in Hezbollah strongholds of Lebanon on September 18, raising fears of an all-out war between Israel and the Iran-backed militants. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

Israel declares 'new phase' of war as devices explode in Lebanon for second day

The Central Bank of the UAE in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Central Bank of the UAE

UAE Central Bank joins Fed in cutting interest rates

The UAE regulator reduced its base rate for the overnight deposit facility by 50 basis points

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CommentLebanon pager explosions show Hezbollah's leaking like a sieve

Borderland Israelis prepared for war as tensions with Hezbollah soar

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ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan in Kyiv last month. AFP

Former UK director of public prosecutions condemns Israeli PM comments about ICC

Frances Tariga started her professional culinary career in the UAE. Photo: Tadhana

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Qamar Abu-Zour, a Palestinian mother from Gaza, who is suffering from cancer, holds her four-year-old son at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in October last year. AFP

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Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. AFP

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UAE Central Bank joins Fed in cutting interest rates

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Randa Maddah’s solo exhibition Hanging Gardens is running at Tabari Artspace in DIFC until October 12. Photo: Tabari Artspace

Syrian artist explores duality of life in occupied Golan Heights

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