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Twelve hours too late – an expat’s guilt about missing a final goodbye

A reflection on bereavement across borders, the weight of absence and the shock of arriving after everything has changed

Fatima
Al Mahmoud
The writer, seen here when she was nine months old, lost Khalo Hassan, her uncle and best friend, in December 2025. Fatima Mahmoud / The National



UAE troops gave everything to help Yemen - I saw it with my own eyes

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Why we need to design AI for families

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Shadi's take on the US pulling out of dozens of UN, international organisations

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We can deal with a state of affairs in which rules are sometimes bent slightly. But we cannot have a world in which variants of the 'Donroe Doctrine' hold sway. Getty

Trump's Venezuela raid shows it's time to create a new rules-based order

Sholto Byrnes

Don't foul up the Premier League by meddling with its refereeing culture

Omar Al-Ubaydli

Trump's Venezuela move was about taking a decisive step to restore deterrence

Marco
Vicenzino

Do diaspora demonstrations in London and elsewhere carry any weight?

Damien McElroy

When Greenland is just another trophy in the Trump cabinet

Chris Blackhurst

In 2026, 'connected care' will be at the heart of healthcare delivery in the Gulf

Azad Moopen

Donald Trump may as well kiss his dream of winning the Nobel Peace Prize goodbye

Gavin Esler



Trump's coup in Venezuela is a demonstration of a new idea of American power

Hussein Ibish

Is Venezuela the first action in new wave of US military interventions?

Thomas Watkins

Maduro's capture bucks US record of messy overthrows in Arab world

Damien McElroy

No New Year’s resolutions for me this time - I can turn over a new leaf later

Evelyn Lau



After a year of breathtaking changes in the Arab world, 2026 will be a wildcard

Mina Al-Oraibi

Zoos used to be entertainment venues, but now they're central to conservation

Nouf Al Naqbi

What we remember, what we forget and the stories that shape a year

Nick March

A world in search of harmony can find wisdom in this group of countries

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