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Special reportAbu Dhabi's Mina Zayed: a historic port at the crossroads of change

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Weekend EssayNew World Disorder means the aid system cannot afford business as usual

In an age of funding constraints, value for money is not a retreat from solidarity - it is how solidarity survives

Comment What I've learnt from running the many marathons of the Middle East

First the millionaires, now the billionaires: Britain's next great exodus

Postcard from AleppoHow Syria’s battered powerhouse city is coming back to life

From the darkness of an eclipse to light shed on a pharaoh, what 2026 may bring

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ColumnParenting is impossible without AI? I'm prompted to disagree
Find out how well you’ve kept up with the news of the past 12 months
From Stranger Things to Kate Winslet directing, new movies and shows to stream
Restaurant of the weekNew York meets the Mediterranean at Dubai's Fumee Steakhouse
Arabic word of the weekHow 'halawa', or sweets, has connotations beyond taste

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What surprised us in 2025?

From geopolitical shocks and shifting alliances to cultural affairs, this year surprised the world

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The year in culture: top reads, movies and moments of 2025

Culture BitesThe year in culture: top reads, movies and moments of 2025

A man walks in downtown Los Angeles during heavy rain on December 24, 2025. A major winter storm rolled into California on December 23, forcing hundreds of evacuations in burn areas while threatening flooding and travel delays through Christmas for much of the state, officials said. A "strong atmospheric river brings heavy rain, snow, and wind to California through Friday," the National Weather Service said in a statement on December 23, warning anyone in northern, central and southern parts of the state to "exercise extreme caution. " (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP)

Pictures of the weekFrom rain in Los Angeles to camel race spectators in Qatar

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 08: People watch soldiers and military vehicles parade through the streets to mark one year since the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2025 in Damascus, Syria. The first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria is being marked today across the country. Former leader Bashar al-Assad was granted asylum in Russia after he fled the country and his government collapsed on December 8, 2024. The fall of the regime, which ended over five decades of the Assad family's rule, came after a rapid offensive by opposition forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). A transitional government, headed by Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly the HTS leader), is now in place and working on the country's reconstruction and political transition. (Photo by Chris McGrath / Getty Images)

Beyond the HeadlinesThe year in impact: our episodes that resonated the most in 2025

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Weekend cartoonShadi's take on disappointment among depositors over Lebanon's new banking law

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The obligation to pay service charges applies once a person obtains possession of their property, not before. Getty Images

UAE Property‘Can I be charged service fees for an off-plan unit?’

The developer says maintenance fees apply as soon as the community becomes operational

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