Podcast: Beyond the Headlines

Pro-Palestinian supporters hold a picket line outside Columbia University, Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo / Yuki Iwamura)

Palestine and pressure on campus

Academic freedom comes into question as quiet firings and pending lawsuits carry into the new year.

People gather for Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Bashar Al Assad. Reuters

What next for Syria and the region after Assad?

How will the power balance in Syria shift?

Will the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah stick?

UAE news

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid visits Hatta on December 26. Photo: Dubai Media Office

Sheikh Mohammed hails Dh3.6bn master plan to transform Hatta

During visit, Vice President and Dubai Ruler reviews 65 projects aimed at boosting tourism and investment in popular nature spot

UAE

UAE convoys carrying 445 tonnes of aid enter Gaza

UAE

Minister urges Emiratis to 'think big' to drive entrepreneurial vision

UAE

Antibiotic demand rises despite fear of overuse causing spread of resistant bacteria

UAE

Plane sent by UAE full of winter clothing for Palestinians arrives in Al Arish

UAE

President Sheikh Mohamed meets Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan to discuss regional conflict

UAE

Churches in UAE ask faithful to promote peace and healing in Christmas Day services

UAE

Today's cartoonShadi's take on the internal unrest gripping Syria

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dies, aged 92

Sheikh Mohammed hails Dh3.6bn master plan to transform Hatta

Chelsea miss chance to keep pressure on Liverpool as Fulham snatch victory

Azerbaijan Airlines flight was likely hit by Russian air defence, sources say

Why Ethiopian Americans shifted to political right this year

AI energy demand creates nuclear renaissance, but it's not without critics

Israel hits Yemen's Sanaa airport in retaliation against Houthis

At least 29 survive Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan Airlines flight was likely hit by Russian air defence, sources say

Canadian court gives thumbs-up to using emoji as valid signature on contract

MSC launches Red Sea summer cruises from Saudi Arabia

Iraq unearths remains of Kurds in Saddam Hussein-era mass grave

Spoils of war: Fight to recover Ethiopian prince's gold medal from Swiss auction block

Darktrace mourns Stephen Chamberlain as divers search for backer Lynch after yacht sinks

Death on Turkish Airlines flight deck reignites row over need for two pilots in cockpit

Azerbaijan Airlines plane with 67 people on board crashes in Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan Airlines plane with 67 people on board crashes in Kazakhstan

Protests erupt in Damascus over burning of Christmas tree

Protests erupt in Damascus over burning of Christmas tree

The National reports from the delivery of another shipment of UAE aid to Gaza

The National reports from the delivery of another shipment of UAE aid to Gaza

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