Nickolay Mladenov is currently the director general of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi. Ruel Pableo for The National

Who is Nickolay Mladenov, Trump pick for Gaza board director?

Former UN envoy has worked to ease tensions between Israel and Hamas in previous roles

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Putin offers to mediate between Israel and Iran as tensions simmer

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What next for Gaza as Trump peace plan enters second stage?

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Gazans 'cling to hope' of reconstruction in phase two of Trump's peace deal

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Gambia's Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar shows states have responsibilities

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Palestinian factions agree on formation of 12-man committee to run Gaza

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UK police force missed 'global consequences' of ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

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Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meets Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi. Israel chose to recognise the breakaway African region last month. Photo: Gideon Saar / X

Egypt expands military goals in Somalia after Israel's Somaliland recognition

Cairo fears breakaway region could herald Israeli-Ethiopian axis in Horn of Africa

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CommentIn Lebanon, the US has been reduced to playing good cop to Israel's bad cop

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Gaza faces 'unprecedented' flu crisis amid health system collapse

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Three killed as buildings damaged in Gaza war collapse after rain

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CommentIn the new world disorder, international law is bordering on the irrelevant

Opinion

Children make up 40% of dead in Israeli violations of Gaza ceasefire

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Palestinian factions expected to finalise Gaza committee

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A temporary camp set up in a pagoda in Cambodia's Siem Reap province last month, amid clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border. AFP

CommentIn the new world disorder, international law is bordering on the irrelevant

New norms and laws are necessary as the world transitions away from a rules-based order

Opinion

Children make up 40% of dead in Israeli violations of Gaza ceasefire

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Palestinian factions expected to finalise Gaza committee

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Araghchi says Iran seeks improved relations with Lebanon despite differences

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