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Abu Dhabi, UAESaturday 23 January 2021

New Afghan peace talks expected in Oman but Taliban participation unclear - 09:34
The Taliban political office in Doha opened on June 18, 2013. The office is intended to open dialogue with the international community and Afghan groups for a "peaceful solution" in Afghanistan but now the US wants it to close. Faisal Al Tamimi/ AFP
Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard secure the area outside the Iranian parliament during an attack on the complex in Tehran on June 7, 2017. Hossein Mersadi / Fars News / AFP

Trump likely to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terror organisation

The Americas
A boy carries a Kurdish flag on top of a car with pictures of Iraqi Kurdish president Masoud Barzani and his son, Masrour, on the windows, in the disputed city of Kirkuk on September 25, 2017. The Kurdistan Regional Government's security council has said pro-Baghdad forces are preparing to launch an attack on Kurdish forces in Kirkuk province. Bram Janssen / AP

Iraq court orders the arrest of Kurdish referendum organisers

MENA
Sally Jones became a notorious figure on the internet

Isis recruitment star ‘killed in air strike’

MENA

Harvey Weinstein: The Hollywood stars at the centre of the allegations

The Americas

David Cameron jets in to Dubai diamond conference

Europe

The Turkish intervention in Idlib does not solve the issue of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham’s dominance

Opinion

Hassan Hassan

WORLD

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - November 24, 2018: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces (L), stands for a selfe with a participant in the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, on the second day of the 2018 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, at Yas Marina Circuit. Seen with HE Mohamed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Undersecretary of the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi (R). ( Mohamed Al Hammadi / Ministry of Presidential Affairs ) --- and another change by Ajay here

Researchers unravelling the mysteries behind one of Canada’s oldest English cemeteries x1

The Americas
Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard secure the area outside the Iranian parliament during an attack on the complex in Tehran on June 7, 2017. Hossein Mersadi / Fars News / AFP

Trump likely to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terror organisation

The Americas
A boy carries a Kurdish flag on top of a car with pictures of Iraqi Kurdish president Masoud Barzani and his son, Masrour, on the windows, in the disputed city of Kirkuk on September 25, 2017. The Kurdistan Regional Government's security council has said pro-Baghdad forces are preparing to launch an attack on Kurdish forces in Kirkuk province. Bram Janssen / AP

Iraq court orders the arrest of Kurdish referendum organisers

MENA
Rose McGowan. Joe Scarnici / WireImage

Harvey Weinstein: The Hollywood stars at the centre of the allegations

The Americas
Sally Jones became a notorious figure on the internet

Isis recruitment star ‘killed in air strike’

MENA
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, signs the guest book upon arriving at the White House for a meeting with US president Donald Trump on May 15, 2017. Ryan Carter / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi

Trade between UAE and US reached nearly $26 billion in 2016

The Americas

India's Ashish Nehra set to retire in all formats from international cricket, say media reports

Cricket

Libya's state oil company's budget is 75 per cent short

Business

England cricket star Ben Stokes apologises to Katie Price and son over video

Cricket

UAE

Noor Mohammed, a gardener at Al Maqtaa village, Abu Dhabi, enjoys watering his plants despite fasting. Ravindranath K / The National

My Ramadan: Pakistani father enjoys caring for all Allah’s living things

UAE
Egyptian director Mohamed Shaker Khodeir on the set of La Tutf’e al-Shams. Courtesy Beelink Productions

Behind the scenes: an Egyptian director on what it takes to direct a Ramadan soap

Arts&Culture
The quinoa salad at the iftar at Horizon at Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana. Courtesy Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana

Iftars of the day: Horizon and Sufra

Food

Rania presses her ‘reset button’ during Ramadan

UAE

Ramadan brings a taste of nostalgia to these UAE residents

World

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed meets with Qudwa organisers and Desert Challenge Team

UAE

Drones to keep an eye on Abu Dhabi road behaviour

UAE

Emirates flight grounded after passenger dies mid-flight

Transport
EDITOR'S PICKS
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Only one Indian school rated outstanding in Dubai, report finds

Education
30th, Nordin Amrabat: Born in the Netherlands but represented Morocco at international level, the winger played more than 40 times for Watford after arriving in 2016 and proved a tricky customer to defend against. Moved to Al Nassr in Saudi in 2018. Getty Images

'We're ready for it' - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer relishing table-topping Manchester United's trip to Liverpool on Sunday

Football
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - November 24, 2018: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces (L), stands for a selfe with a participant in the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, on the second day of the 2018 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, at Yas Marina Circuit. Seen with HE Mohamed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Undersecretary of the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi (R). ( Mohamed Al Hammadi / Ministry of Presidential Affairs ) --- and another change by Ajay here

Researchers unravelling the mysteries behind one of Canada’s oldest English cemeteries x1

The Americas
Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard secure the area outside the Iranian parliament during an attack on the complex in Tehran on June 7, 2017. Hossein Mersadi / Fars News / AFP

Trump likely to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terror organisation

The Americas

Videos

New BlackBerry Motion launched at GITEX in Dubai

Technology
A woman sits with her sons while they are treated at a cholera treatment centre in Sanaa, Yemen. Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

Saudi 'presented with window to de-escalate Yemen war'

GCC
An Airbus A380 at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Britain, last year. The company's sales chief is likely to step down in December . Hannah McKay / EPA

Airbus veteran sales chief 'set to retire this year'

Business
Josh Hartnett as Eric LeMarque in the action/inspirational film 6 below. Photo courtesy of Momentum Pictures.

Hartnett takes a cold punt on the real world in 6 Below

Arts&Culture
Podcasts
Saudi Agriculture & Livestock Co. and Al Dahra, the UAE's biggest agricultural company will develop land for food in the Black Sea region. Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia's Salic and UAE's Al Dhara tie up in 5 billion riyal

Comment
Arnaud Fontani at the Territorie(s) pop up store VIP party in D3. Antonie Robertson / The National

Arnaud Fontani's Dubai pop-up store of usable art

Home
Government soldiers stand guard in front of damaged building and houses in Sultan Omar Dianalan boulevard at Mapandi district in Marawi city, southern Philippines. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters

Beyond the Headlines podcast: ISIL and the Philippines

Asia
The official Fifa Club World Cup trophy on display during the official draw in Abu Dhabi on October 9, 2017. Giuseppe Cacace / AFP

Extra Time podcast: Club World Cup draw and more

Football

FOCUS ON JAPAN

Reactors at the Fukushima plant were badly damaged after the earthquake and tsunami in 2011 and the fallout has had a lasting effect on Japanese feelings about nuclear energy. DigitalGlobe via Getty Images

Fukushima: still trying to move on from nuclear disaster
Arnaud Fontani at the Territorie(s) pop up store VIP party in D3. Antonie Robertson / The National

Arnaud Fontani's Dubai pop-up store of usable art
Abandoned houses inside the exclusion zone of a 20km radius around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plan in 2012. Issei Kato/ Reuters / File Photo

Cost of Fukushima repair bill totals Dh20 billion
ABN Amro plans to extend presence in UAE. Philip Cheung / The National

Exclusive: Netherlands’ ABN Amro Bank to strengthen Mena presence
Ashish Nehra, centre, has been on the Indian selectors' radar for the past 18 years. Munir uz Zaman / AFP

India's Ashish Nehra set to retire in all formats from international cricket, say media reports

BUSINESS

ABN Amro plans to extend presence in UAE. Philip Cheung / The National

Exclusive: Netherlands’ ABN Amro Bank to strengthen Mena presence

Business

Week in the Life: Food entrepreneur gains from Ripe market

Business

Abu Dhabi's NAS United Healthcare acquired by Bahraini-consortium

Economy
Al Futtaim Motors, in collaboration with hydrogen provider Air Liquide, have opened the region's first hydrogen fuel station in Dubai. Reem Mohammed / The National

Middle East's first hydrogen fuel station opens in Dubai

Energy
The financial district of Makati City in Manila, Philippines. The country is set to gain even more from the government's infrastructure spending plans. Dondi Tawatao/Getty

Pendulum of economic growth firmly back with Philippines

Business
Emirates and Qantas A380 aircraft at Kingsford Smith international airport in Sydney. Daniel Munoz / Reuters

Emirates cuts Auckland flights as part of renewed Qantas partnership

Aviation

What's at risk for energy If Trump pushes Iran deal to collapse

Energy
The performance of Dubai's largest lender surged on a rise in income from Islamic financing and investing transactions. Source: Dubai Islamic Bank

Dubai Islamic Bank posts 26% rise in third quarter profit to Dh1.1 billion

Banking

Opinion

cat

Muslim western communities must work harder to protect the vulnerable

Opinion
Turkish soldiers stand near armoured vehicles during the Turkish army's Idlib operation near the Turkey-Syria border. Ilyas Akengin / AFP

The Turkish intervention in Idlib does not solve the issue of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham’s dominance

Opinion
Qatar hoped to use the FIFA World Cup to boost its soft power. Instead, it finds itself being buried under a pile of hard truths. Nadine Rupp / Getty Images

Qatar and the soiling of the spirit of sport

Editorial

Arts & Culture

Josh Hartnett as Eric LeMarque in the action/inspirational film 6 below. Photo courtesy of Momentum Pictures.

Hartnett takes a cold punt on the real world in 6 Below

Arts&Culture

Lifestyle

Where will you go this Halloween? Getty Images

A guide to Halloween 2017 in the UAE

Food
The Montblanc Charlie Chaplin 18K Gold Skeleton Pen. Courtesy Bonhams

Is the pen mightier in the digital age?

Luxury

Sport

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SOCCER Brazil Quotes Lead and I'm going to make some changes here

Football
United States failed to qualify for the Fifa World Cup finals for the first time in more than three decades. Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo

US failure to make World Cup to have impact beyond the pitch

Comment
Manchester City have made a flying start to the season and laid out their title credentials with a victory at champions Chelsea last time out. Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP Photo

Can anyone stop Man City? Five big questions awaiting the Premier League's return

Football
Tiger Woods posted videos on his Twitter account hitting some golf balls as he continues his rehabilitation from injury. Jim Watson / AFP

Tiger Woods on the road to recovery again or is he just teasing us?

Comment
Ashish Nehra, centre, has been on the Indian selectors' radar for the past 18 years. Munir uz Zaman / AFP

India's Ashish Nehra set to retire in all formats from international cricket, say media reports

Cricket
Alexis Sanchez missed out on a spot at the 2018 World Cup in Russia with his Chile national team. Juan Karita / AP Photo

Absentee XI: Bale, Sanchez and others missing the World Cup

Football
Rafael Nadal booked his place in the third round of the Shanghai Master, defeating Jared Donaldson of the US 6-2, 6-1. Aly Song / Reuters

Rafael Nadal and ROger Federer through to third round in Shanghai

Tennis

Kyrgios fined $10,000 and deducted prize money for walk-off in Shanghai

Tennis

Support for Zaccheroni to be named UAE manager

Football