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As well as traditional warfare, some in Gaza are fearful of the role artificial intelligence is playing in Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory. AFP

Israel's AI war machine and Hezbollah's disarming conditions

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

Palestinians carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid, unloaded from a World Food Program convoy that was heading to Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo / Jehad Alshrafi)

Gaza 'concentration camps' and Red Sea attacks

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

A handout photo made available by the Lebanese Presidency press office shows Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack (L), at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, 07 July 2025. Barrack is on an official visit to Lebanon to meet Lebanese leaders. EPA / LEBANESE PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES

US and Lebanon discuss Hezbollah disarmament and Houthis hit Red Sea ship

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

Smoke rises following an explosion near destroyed buildings inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Photo / Ohad Zwigenberg)

Gaza ceasefire negotiations and Hezbollah split over disarming

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

Fighters keep watch after dissent in the city of Homs, north of Damascus, in December. The Assad regime fell earlier that month. Reuters

Damascus hunts down Assad loyalists

Yasmeen Altaji rounds up today’s top stories

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

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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

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

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The vehicle drove past lines of cars stuck in standstill traffic. Dubai Police

Dubai Police release footage of driver overtaking on hard shoulder at high speed

Surgery is carried out under a battery-powered light during a power cut at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city. AP

No respite for Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital from Israeli attacks and fuel shortages

The 10th-century poet Abu Al Tayeb Al Mutanabbi. Poetry is often considered to be the favourite class of art among Arab societies both today and throughout history.

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UAE artist and graphic designer Hannan Arshad explores storytelling through material fabrication and historical research. Photo: Admaf

Indian artist's edible brick installation wins Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award

Parkin manages more than 200,000 paid parking spaces across Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

New 24-hour paid parking zone introduced in Dubai

City Football Schools and Al Jazira Club have linked up to help the development of players as young as six. Photo: City Football Schools

Man City and Al Jazira hope to produce UAE stars through academy collaboration

General view of crowds of people crossing the road in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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