James Langton

Beyond the Middle East, scores of towns and cities owe their names to the region's far-reaching influence

Work on ambitious project started in 2002, with plans for a population twice the size of Al Ain

The leaders of six nations met in the UAE capital to join under the Gulf Co-operation Council

The buying power of a dirham has changed since its introduction 50 years ago

Before the UAE had its own money there was the dinar, the riyal, the rupee and a silver coin with the face of 300-year-old dead empress

A year after the UAE President's death on Friday, May 13, 2022, his contributions to society live on

The longest-serving heir apparent will also be the oldest monarch crowned in British history on his coronation on May 6

Charting the major global events that have occurred throughout the life of The National

Mies van de Rohe was ahead of his time with the idea of a building that reached for the skies – so why did it take another 40 years for his concept to become concrete?

First mobile phone call was made 50 years ago in New York

The holy month typically involves shorter working hours and can make worshippers happier

City of Ubar said to be under the Empty Quarter and destroyed by God for its wickedness

The Chinese balloon shot down by the US has everyone looking to the skies

A century after the boy pharaoh King Tutankhamun was unearthed, what remains for archaeologists to uncover?

Fragments of Arabic silver coins uncovered in Norway cast light on Viking trade