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CONFLICTBREAKINGSep 26Yemen’s civil war returns and overwhelms hospitals with ‘a very dangerous situation’NBC News
WORLDSep 26Dubai Archives, Al Maktoum Archives, Dubai Heritage: The three projects preserving a rapidly changing city's storyDubai: In a city where the landscape is changing so rapidly that the present almost seems fleeting, Dubai is not only moving towards the future, but is also working to solidify its past in memory. In about a year and a half, three distinct projects have emerged, all converging on a single question: How can the story of a city be preserved? A story not only documented in official records, but also shaped by institutional decisions, leadership biographies, and the tales of its people? From Dubai Heritage to Al Maktoum Archives and the Dubai Archives, three parallel paths or circles of memory emerge: the memory of the community, the memory of the leadership, and the institutional memory. Within these circles, the concept of the archive expands from a mere place for preserving documents to a means of understanding the transformations the city has undergone, and of reinterpreting its present through the documents, testimonies, photographs, artefacts, and experiences left behind by past years. The document is memory In May 2026, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Library Foundation launched the Dubai Archives project, aiming to build a system for managing governmental, semi-governmental, and historical documents and knowledge assets. This system preserves the emirate’s institutional memory and enhances knowledge management and digital transformation. It is based on standardising archiving and document management practices, while employing artificial intelligence technologies in information search, retrieval, and storage processes. The pilot phase began with the participation of five government entities: Dubai Municipality, the Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment, the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities, the Dubai Digital Authority, and the Dubai Government Human Resources Department. This diversity reflects the broad scope of the document, which could potentially be integrated into a unified system, encompassing everything from administrative records to information related to development, services, and government operations. But the importance of the project goes beyond the technical aspect. When a government document moves from a preserved file to a searchable source that can be studied, it becomes part of the city's own narrative, as the researcher can trace through it how institutions changed, how services grew, how decisions were made, and how Dubai moved from one stage to another. History's contribution In another circle of documentation comes the Al Maktoum Archives, which was established under Law No. 28 of 2024, with the aim of documenting the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the rulers of Dubai and the ruling family, and creating an archive of documents, collections, biographies, and intellectual and literary contributions, in addition to documenting the historical and leadership role of the rulers of Dubai in the emirate’s journey and the establishment of the United Arab Emirates. The centre was officially launched in October 2025, to serve as a reference for the history of the rulers of Dubai and the Al Maktoum family, combining documents, artefacts, oral history and historical study. Here, the archive becomes a space for reading history from its sources and understanding the relationship between the decisions and transformations the city witnessed throughout different periods. Photographs, correspondence, artefacts, and personal testimonies do not present a history separate from the city, but rather reveal aspects of how its political, social, economic, and cultural features were formed. People write their own history Dubai Heritage, launched in February 2025, delves into a different layer of memory — the memory carried by the people. The initiative focuses on collecting the stories and life experiences of Dubai's residents, documenting the details of daily life, customs, traditions, and the transformations the emirate has undergone across generations. What is remarkable about this approach is that society does not appear as a recipient of history, but rather as a partner in writing it. The initiative receives narratives from individuals and families, and then the submissions are subjected to scrutiny and evaluation from a historical, social and cultural perspective, before being preserved in an archive that allows for future reference. This type of documentation adds to history what official documents alone cannot provide: details of life as people lived it, a picture of an old house, a story about a market that no longer exists, a profession that has disappeared, a family custom, a daily trip to school or work, or a story about a neighbourhood whose features have changed. All of these details seem small at the moment, but they become valuable when they accumulate and reveal a picture of society at a certain stage. 100 books from the memory of the locals In April 2026, Dubai Heritage announced a plan to publish 100 books of stories from the people of Dubai, in a move that transfers the material collected by the project from the digital archive to the book as a cultural and knowledge medium available to readers and researchers. This step gains importance from the fact that it gives the personal narrative space alongside the official document. History is not made up only of decisions, correspondence, and reports, but also of the people who lived through the transformations, and of their daily memories that sometimes preserve what files do not. Understanding the future If the three projects are placed side by side, the goal can be read as a transition from the concept of “preserving the past” to building a multi-source system of memory. Dubai Archives preserves a part of the institution’s path, document and decision, and Al Maktoum Archives collects materials related to the history of leadership and the cultural heritage of the rulers of the emirate and the Al Maktoum family, while Dubai Heritage opens the way for the community to document its experiences, narratives and living memory. In this sense, these paths do not compete for a single narrative of the past, but can be seen as different layers of it: what the establishment wrote, what the leadership preserved, and what the people lived through. In a city like Dubai, whose name has been associated over the past decades with rapid transformation, these layers become more important as the distance between the past and the present widens. As the place changes, the need to know what it was like increases, and as the city accelerates towards the future, the details of its earlier phases become more likely to disappear from everyday memory. Roadmap When these projects are viewed together, what is happening can be read as a transition from the concept of ‘preserving the past’ to building a system of memory, given that the Dubai Archive preserves the institution’s path and decision, the Al Maktoum Archives documents the history of leadership, while the Dubai Heritage initiative gives the community space to tell its own story. What unites them is the transformation of a document, testimony, or story from a material susceptible to dispersal and oblivion into an organised, researchable, and usable resource. In a rapidly transforming city like Dubai, memory is not the antithesis of the future, but rather a prerequisite for understanding it. A city that knows how to preserve its decisions, document the history of its leadership, and record the stories of its people not only safeguards the past but also builds for future generations a clearer roadmap for understanding the path that has steadily led them to their present. Therefore, archiving here appears to be as much a part of culture as it is a part of administration. It is an attempt to answer a question that is both simple and profound: Where did the city we know today come from? A city doesn't preserve its memory to return to the past, but rather to be able to read it. Documents, photographs, artefacts, and oral histories are not merely relics of a bygone era; they are keys to understanding how Dubai changed, how its identity was formed, and how future generations can read the story of the place from multiple sources, not just a single image.emirates247 · united arab emirates
POLITICSSep 26Iranian president pushes for new deal with U.S. in CBS News interviewCBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian about efforts to continue diplomacy with the U.S. Middle East contributor Courtney Kealy joins to unpack the leader's remarks.CBS News
POLITICSSep 26Iran war live: Tehran offers US plan to reopen Hormuz within seven daysIran's FM says the "choice rests with the US" to approve the proposed seven-day proposal to reopen Hormuz.Al Jazeera [en]
CONFLICTSep 25Iran says it awaits US response on seven-day roadmap to end warAl Jazeera [en]
CONFLICTSep 25Iran: Strait of Hormuz to be reopened within seven days if conditions are metNOS Buitenland
POLITICSSep 25Iran offers US deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz in seven daysIran's foreign minister acknowledges Trump's comments, but adds that Tehran is waiting for the "definitive views" of mediators.BBC World
POLITICSSep 25GOP senators not happy with Trump’s embrace of Xi after China helped IranWelcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  GOP senators not happy with Trump’s embrace of Xi after China helped Iran Republican senators are dismayed over President Trump’s lavish welcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the U.S. after the discovery that Iran used…The Hill
MILITARYSep 25Saudi Arabia Open to Possibly Developing Nuclear WeaponsNYT US
CONFLICTSep 25Iran pitches 7-day plan to US to reopen strait{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  Iran pitches 7-day plan Iran has shared a seven-day plan with the U.S. to end fighting between the two countries, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks for a final peace deal, Tehran’s foreign minister told multiple outlets Thursday in New York City.…The Hill
POLITICSSep 25Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz within a week if US agrees to planAl Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 25Iran leader says "everything will return to the way it was" if U.S. recommits to terms in June dealCBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan interviewed Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in a network exclusive. Brennan joins "The Takeout" to unpack her conversation with the leader.CBS News
POLITICSSep 25Iran pitches 7-day plan to restart US talks, reopen Strait of HormuzThe Hill
POLITICSSep 25Netanyahu calls Al Jazeera a ‘toxic media outlet’Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Al Jazeera a “toxic media outlet.”Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 25Trump told Xi that aiding Iran was totally unacceptable, U.S. ambassador to China saysPresident Trump on Friday wrapped up his multi-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports. Then, former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns joins with analysis.CBS News
POLITICSSep 25Iran proposes plan to reopen Hormuz within seven days: ministerIran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that Tehran had offered Washington a plan that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened to maritime navigation within seven days…Japan Today
CONFLICTSep 25Yemeni leader calls for general mobilization against HouthisDW News [en]
POLITICSSep 25Iran's foreign minister details new offer to reopen strait, and other Mideast developmentssantafenewmexican · united states of america
POLITICSSep 25Iran offers US plan to reopen Hormuz within 7 daysIran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that Tehran had offered Washington a plan that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened to maritime navigation within seven days once agreed. Araghchi met with US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff for talks on Tuesday, and previously set out conditions for ending the war and reopening the vital energy shipping channel. “Iran has conveyed to the United States, through Qatar, a concrete seven-day plan. If the necessary conditions are...South China Morning Post
CONFLICTSep 25Houthi attack on Mecca, Medina would cross ‘red line’, Pakistan PM tells UNShehbaz Sharif speaks as Islamabad, Riyadh and Ankara army chiefs meet to discuss Mecca pact, closer military ties.Al Jazeera [en]
WORLDSep 25France beat Turkey 1-0 in Zinedine Zidane’s first game as coachKylian Mbappe scored the only goal as France won 1-0 away to Turkey in new coach Zinedine Zidane's first game as coach on Friday. The post France beat Turkey 1-0 in Zinedine Zidane’s first game as coach appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
POLITICSSep 25Iran's President says Tehran wants to return to the memorandum with the USIran seeks to resume the June agreement with the US after months of tensions. The Iranian president highlights China's position and calls for reactivating the understanding. Peace talks in the Middle East remain stalled. Iran will not yield to Washington, but wishes to end the conflict initiated by the US.Clarín
BUSINESSSep 25Oil fell due to negotiations between the United States and Iran to reopen the Strait of HormuzBrent closed at US$104.32 and WTI at US$92.41. Tehran proposed opening the maritime route in seven days if certain conditions are metClarín
CONFLICTSep 25Yemen's president calls on his people to mobilise against Iran-backed HouthisFrance 24 [en]
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