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FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Ilam, Iran, June 12, 2025. Iran's Presidential website / WANA (West Asia News Agency) / Handout via REUTERS / File Photo

Iran suspends IAEA co-operation and Israel closer to ceasefire

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Umm Haytham, an elderly Alawite woman, stands near a grave containing a family of three Alawites buried at the Hmeimim Air Base, in Latakia, Syria, March 20, 2025. Witnesses said the three were killed by a government drone strike while fleeing deadly attacks by pro-government factions from March 7-9. REUTERS/Stringer To match Special Report SYRIA-SECURITY/COASTAL-KILLINGS

Disappearances of Alawite women, and a 'terrorist cell' in Beirut

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

The flag of Hezbollah is flown amid the rubble of a destroyed building in Beirut's southern suburbs. AFP

Lebanon pressured to disarm Hezbollah and crackdowns in West Bank

Ban Barkawi gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Rescue workers and locals at the scene of an airstrike in the town of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, 27 June 2025. The Ministry of Public Healthâ€™s Emergency Operations Center on Friday announced that an Israeli airstrike targeting an apartment in Nabatieh resulted in the death of one woman and injured eleven others, according to preliminary figures. EPA / STR

Israel strikes Lebanon and Trump says Gaza ceasefire close

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

The Iranian magazine Tejarat Farda, with the headline 'The benefit of peace' and an image of Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian and Donald Trump. EPA

Iran's conditions for US talks, and nuclear damage

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

ELYAKHIN, ISRAEL - JUNE 25: Israeli soldiers mourn during a funeral for IDF Staff Sgt. Niv Radia on June 25, 2025 in Elyakhin, Israel. Radia was one of seven Israeli soldiers in the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion who were killed yesterday in Gaza. (Photo by Amir Levy / Getty Images)

US and Iran to hold talks and Israeli troops killed in Gaza

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

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BEERSHEBA, ISRAEL - JUNE 24: Shop fronts are damaged near a building where four people were killed by an Iranian missile strike on June 24, 2025 in Beersheba, Israel. According to Israeli authorities, Iran launched a barrage of missiles in the early hours this morning, before the start of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the two countries. The Iranian foreign minister said that, if Israel stopped its attacks as of this morning, Iran would also end its strikes. (Photo by Erik Marmor / Getty Images)

Fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire and aid site violence in Gaza

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JUNE 23: Civilians retrieve personal belongings from the rubble of their house after a ballistic missile fired from Iran struck the city yesterday morning on June 23, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Iran and Israel have continued to exchange aerial attacks in the days after the United States bombed several Iranian nuclear sites. (Photo by Amir Levy / Getty Images)

Iran attacks US airbase in Qatar, and church bombing in Syria

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

A satellite image shows Iran's Fordow nuclear site after it was hit by US strikes. Reuters

IAEA holds emergency meeting and Gulf countries monitor radiation

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a meeting with ambassadors in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025. Iranian Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Iran's Araghchi heads to Geneva, and Israel's secretive nuclear programme

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

(FILES) This handout picture released by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking to members of Iran's air force in Tehran on February 7, 2025. Khamenei vowed on June 18, 2025 that his country would show no mercy towards Israel's rulers, hours after US President Donald Trump demanded Tehran's "unconditional surrender". (Photo by KHAMENEI. IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI. IR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===

Iran 'won't surrender', and ruins of Hezbollah strongholds

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

Shiite Muslims take part in a protest against Israeli air strikes on Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan. EPA

Middle East calls for de-escalation and G7 summit wraps

Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s top stories

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A range of measures have been introduced to tackle traffic congestion in the UAE. Stephen Lock / The National

What can be done to solve UAE traffic congestion?

India captain Shubman Gill celebrates after reaching his century on the opening day of the second Test against England in Edgbaston. Reuters

Gill emulates Bradman and Kohli after century in Edgbaston Test

Facial reconstruction of the individual from Nuwayrat using 3D scan data of the skull and analysis of the bones. Photo: Caroline Wilkinson, Liverpool John Moores University

Skeleton of man from ancient Egypt gives up its secrets in scientific first

Deepika Padukone made her Hollywood debut 2017 film xXx: Return of Xander Cage in. Getty Images

Deepika Padukone becomes first Indian to receive Hollywood Walk of Fame star

UAE airports and airlines are operating at full capacity this summer. Chris Whiteoak / The National

UAE airfares rise by up to 20 per cent as travel hits summer peak

Roony Bardghji has made quite an impression in the Superliga for FC Copenhagen. Reuters

Roony Bardghji – from the streets of Kuwait to the hallowed turf of Barcelona

An aerial view shows burnt fields outside the village of Rihaniya in the Latakia province amid efforts to contain wildfires sweeping through the area in Syria's Mediterranean west on July 1, 2025. Syria is suffering from the worst drought in decades amid a heatwave already hitting the region in the early weeks of summer. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

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