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    My Dubai Salary‘I aim to retire by 55 or sooner by investing in index funds’

  • Thousands of people still live at the Al Karamat camp for internally displaced people. The National

    DispatchThe 'forgotten' Syrians unable to return home inside their own country

  • Rob Reiner, left, and Stephen King stayed lifelong friends before Reiner's death on Sunday. Photo: Boston Herald via Getty Images

    In his own wordsWhy Rob Reiner adapted Stephen King better than anyone else

  • Jebel Faya, part of Sharjah's Faya palaeolandscape. Deposits there reveal thousands of years of continuous human presence despite a harsh climate. Ahmed Ramzan for The National

    Inside Sharjah's World Heritage site where humanity thrived 210,000 years ago

  • The US envoy Morgan Ortagus was responsible for pushing Lebanon to include civilian representatives in the committee negotiating with Israel. AFP

    CommentBeirut is in no state to normalise Lebanon-Israel relations

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  • SyrianAir and Cham Wings Airlines' planes are parked at the Damascus International Airport, after the ousting of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad in December last year. Reuters

    Rebuilding Syria's aviation sector could take up to five years, Iata says

  • A critically important factor in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election win was the role an empowered grassroots movement played in New York City. Bloomberg

    CommentDiversity is at the heart of New York's progressive politics and Mamdani's win


Expanded UAE ban on single-use plastic products to begin in January

The move aims to boost sustainability. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Expanded UAE ban on single-use plastic products to begin in January

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Left: Australian prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Ahmed Al Ahmed at St George Hospital in Sydney. Right: the damaged family house of Ahmed Al Ahmed in the town of Nayrb. AP / Reuters

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The National speaks to family members in Nayrb, a small town devastated by Syria's civil war

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Thousands turn out for Abu Dhabi Festival of Health

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UAE hit by month of rain in a day - with more wet weather to come

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A delivery worker on his motorcycle in Dubai. Pressure not to keep customers waiting is leading to some reckless riding, campaigners say. EPA

Campaigners call for riders to focus on safety over fast food deliveries

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Liverpool parade crash driver jailed for more than 21 years

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President Sheikh Mohamed hails 'bonds of friendship' on Bahrain's National Day

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Cameron Green, left, and Matheesha Pathirana were snapped up by Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi. AFP / Getty Images

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    Manchester City announce revenue of £694.1m despite missing out on silverware

  • Oona Chaplin as Varang. Photo: 20th Century Studios

    Movie reviewAvatar: Fire and Ash is a deeply political epic for the present moment

  • The T100 Triathlon World Tour now has a major stopover in the Gulf region. Photo: T100 Triathlon

    From Dubai to Doha: Middle East becomes new centre of professional triathlon

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    Who is Nick Reiner, son of Rob Reiner arrested after his parents' deaths?

  • The Massless Suns and Dark Suns installation, now open at teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi, resembles a shifting, star-filled sky. Photo: teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi

    From soil to stars: Art museum in Abu Dhabi unveils new immersive installations

  • Mourners stand together near tributes at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 16, 2025. Australia's leaders have agreed to toughen gun laws after attackers killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, the worst mass shooting in decades decried as antisemitic "terrorism" by authorities. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

    Best pictures of the dayTributes to victims of the Bondi Shooting to an airplane crash in Mexico

  • More flights will now take place between Dubai International Airport and the Philippines. Reuters

    UAE airlines given green light for more Manila flights

  • An Amazon Web Services AI data centre. The top five companies in the S&P 500, including AWS's parent company Amazon, make up roughly 30 per cent of the tech-heavy index. Reuters

    Bubble or not, AI spending is keeping the US economy humming


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Sudan's army soldiers celebrate after entering Wad Madani, in Sudan, January 12, 2025. Reuters

Investigation reveals campaign of ethnically motivated atrocities by Al Burhan’s troops in Sudan

Satellite imagery, verified videos and testimonies indicate widespread abuses by SAF and allied Islamist-backed militias

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Dubai uses drones to clean traffic lights

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European leaders and US envoys gather for peace talks on Ukraine. EPA

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PSG ordered to pay Mbappe €61m in unpaid wages and bonuses

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (second from left) with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein attend the India-Jordan Business Forum in Amman. Getty Images

Modi concludes 'productive' Jordan trip focusing on business and tech

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Two men charged in UK with Hezbollah terrorist training

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Mediclinic launches app to usher in new era of digital healthcare in the UAE

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Object 1 expands into UAE capital, launching flagship sales gallery in Abu Dhabi

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    Winter watches: Four designs that settle naturally into the season’s palette

  • 3Fils serves Japanese-inspired dishes, including gyu grab, a beef dish meant to be eaten by hand. Photo: 3Fils

    Japanese restaurant grows from tiny Dubai gem to sprawling Abu Dhabi hotspot

  • New 4K Blu-ray of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure arrives in packaging as considered as the film itself. Photo: Criterion Collection

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  • The first generation of the modern GranTurismo was launched in 2007. Photo: Maserati

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  • Two Arab Sheikhs (1978) by Munira Nusseibeh. Photo: Munira Nusseibeh

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    Brunello Cucinelli lays out his legacy in new film


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Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafra solar project. The UAE’s installed renewable energy capacity reached 6.8GW by the end of 2024. Bloomberg

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New $8.2bn Mercedes-Benz branded project launched by Dubai developer Binghatti

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Rebuilding Syria's aviation sector could take up to five years, Iata says

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How Rob Reiner’s political activism led to film about US invasion of Iraq

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Tyla ready for world's biggest stages after impressive Gulf shows

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