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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday warned the international community against allowing “another Nakba” and called for faster implementation of the US-led peace plan for Gaza.

For seven years, Avengers: Endgame ended with Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) dancing at home, finally able to share the life they had been denied.

The UAE on Thursday launched a major relief drive to provide warm clothing to one million people in the Gaza Strip before winter.

Galleries and institutions across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah are marking the start of the new art season with a fresh wave of exhibitions.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has called on the Middle East “not to give up” on ending violent wars, saying “lost opportunities” due to conflict affect everyone.

Dubai remains one of the few major housing markets where buying a home is relatively attractive compared with renting, despite elevated property bubble risks, according to a new UBS report.

Dubai remains one of the few major housing markets where buying a home is relatively attractive compared with renting, despite elevated property bubble risks, according to a new UBS report.

Even as the UN General Assembly wraps up in New York this week, another gathering under the global body’s banner is about to unfold right here in the UAE.

The White House on Thursday continued to bar access to journalists from three media outlets, despite a ruling by a US federal judge to restore their press passes.

The last time presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met, they emerged optimistic, even without a formal deal.

The long-awaited all-British heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will take place at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on December 11.

The award-winning Gaza documentary Naza is set to be released in cinemas across the Middle East, with regional distribution secured as part of a wider international rollout.

The UN-established process to allow vessels carrying fertiliser to pass through the Strait of Hormuz has not faced technical objections, but is being held up by diplomacy, a senior UN official told The National.

As Chinese President Xi Jinping meets US President Donald Trump in New York, the economic relationship between the world’s two largest economies is increasingly a contest over which has more leverage – and where each remains vulnerable.

Actor Ryan Reynolds, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen and Tucker Carlson are among the first speakers confirmed for LIVEX 2026 in Abu Dhabi.

Large artificial intelligence models have lost control of dangerous data when they detect suspicious activity because there is no “magic kill switch” once an enemy has used the information to build weapon systems, an AI safety expert has warned.

Abu Dhabi has extended the period for which entrepreneurs can operate without an office by a year, under its Tajer licensing programme.

Political parties, like businesses, devote a lot of time and money to coming up with defining slogans.

Schools in the UAE are introducing artificial intelligence into lessons while also trying to avoid increasing pupils’ screen time after an AI curriculum was approved this month.

A cryptocurrency exchange owned by an Iranian billionaire has been sanctioned by the US, which accuses it of processing toll payments from ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Leaders of India's 'cockroach' youth movement said on ⁠Thursday they ⁠would launch protests across the country if ⁠the head of the national election authority does not resign within 48 hours.

Lebanon and Syria sought to deepen ties and press on with a new chapter in their relations when Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

US authorities have returned to Syria “extraordinary” Roman mosaics and other looted treasures seized from a suspected Lebanese trafficker and a renowned American collector, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office has said.

Oil prices extended their rebound on Thursday, with Brent briefly topping $106 a barrel as hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough between the US and Iran faded after talks in New York yielded little progress.

Syria plans to build or rehabilitate two million homes by 2035 as it looks to address housing shortages in the country and boost its economy.

Most of us aren’t sure what we want to do with our lives when we are 22, but that’s certainly not the case with Maryam Al Abbar.

Saudi Arabia has sold almost 100 million barrels of oil to Asian buyers since the middle of last week, helping to avert a looming supply crunch.

Syria will host next month's Arab Cycling Championship – the first time a regional sports event has been staged in the country for 19 years.

Hundreds of new homes will be built under a Dh1 billion expansion plan in a growing Dubai community in the latest step in the emirate's long-term drive to keep pace with a sustained population boom.

Ray-Ban Meta unveiled a range of new models at the Meta Connect 2026 conference on Wednesday.

Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has won the most seats in parliamentary elections, putting it at the centre of negotiations to form the next government as the country faces pressure to address youth unemployment and prepare for the 2030 W…

Club football in Europe comes to a halt this week as the season pauses for the first international break of the 2026/27 campaign.

Turkey has agreed to gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zelikan military camp in northern Iraq to the Iraqi government.

There’s something satisfying about going to bed in one country and waking up in another without needing to repack luggage, catch a flight or change hotel rooms.

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander has been killed in fighting with armed men in Iran’s restive south-east province of Sistan and Baluchestan, state media said.

Ferrari star Lewis Hamilton has backed the F1 season to conclude in the Middle East and says he "wants to go" to Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Louis Theroux’s The Settlers, which examines the Israeli settler movement in the occupied West Bank and its ambitions for Gaza, has been nominated for an International Emmy Award.

Five days after pushing Real Madrid into overtime in Abu Dhabi, Dubai Basketball will face them again on Thursday evening, this time to get their second EuroLeague season officially underway.

When Chinese President Xi Jinping sits down with his US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House today, the cameras will focus on the usual subjects: tariffs, Taiwan, artificial intelligence, rare earths.

Today on Trending Middle East, Iran has presented the US with a proposed road map to end the war.

The son of Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the US, has been critically injured in a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said.

A highly anticipated three-day visit by Pope Leo XIV to France will involve prayers at Notre-Dame Cathedral and offer support for Christian communities in the Arab world, The National has been told.

Just over four months after clinching the Saudi Pro League title with Al Nassr, manager Jorge Jesus and captain Cristiano Ronaldo find themselves back in tandem for the Portugal national team.

Katy Perry will return to perform at the New Year's Eve celebrations put on by Atlantis The Palm in Dubai.

Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Endgame Encore has been banned from cinemas in Kuwait, despite the original film having screened in the country with cuts.

For years, Gulf states have faced a familiar problem: how to contain the risks posed by Iran without allowing rivalry to turn into open war.

With a new imported coach and a raft of potential debutants who learnt the game overseas, it might be assumed the latest fresh start for UAE football will be crafted by foreign expertise.

Long before modern literature explored the natural world, Arabic poets wrote verses about bees and honey collectors, the speed of birds, the gallop and gait of horses, and about other animals admired and hunted across the Arabian landscape.