The Federal National Council - the UAE's consultative parliamentary body - recently heard that a regulatory policy had been issued that would lead to a ban on non-citizens appropriating Emirati attire ...

Sharjah launches guest of honour programme at Rabat International Book Fair Morocco ...

Lebanon's Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador after he described plans to disarm Tehran-backed militant group ...

Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs Haneen Sayed told The National she is seeking international support to sustain Lebanon’s Aman cash transfer programme, which aids over 800,000 citizens ...

Rajasthan Royals' Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Royal Challengers ...

Fifty world leaders and 10 monarchs are flying in to pay their respects and attend the requiem mass for the late pontiff ...

The United Nations has urged India and Pakistan to show "maximum restraint" as the nuclear-armed rivals imposed tit-for-tat diplomatic measures over a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir.

Palestine's top leadership body has approved the creation of a vice president position, marking the first such change since the organisation’s founding in 1964.

Our readers have their say on the passing of Pope Francis, a new social media policy in the UAE and an Olympics boost for ...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he may deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for advancing the Abraham Accords under his first term, and that he would be “filling it up” with more countries.

The Lebanese parliament has approved a law aimed at removing banking secrecy in the country, a key reform demanded by the ...