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Yasmeen Al Maimani has become Saudi Arabia's first female first officer to fly a commercial plane in the Kingdom. Photo: Instagram 

Saudi's first female commercial pilot wants others to take her flight path

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Dubai tourists to be given free Sim cards on arrival

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New Rove hotel opens at Dubai Parks & Resorts with Dh199 special offer

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Muslim pilgrims on Hajj in the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. EPA

Emirates to launch 46 additional flights to Saudi during Hajj

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Etihad took the top spot in the Best Airline for Blowing your Budget category at the first annual Fodor's Awards. 

Emirates is best international airline, and Etihad is top for luxury - awards

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Visitors buy souvenir T-shirts on the road leading to the Tham Luang cave, in which 12 boys from the "Wild Boars" football team and their coach were trapped last year. AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA

Thai cave where football team were trapped becomes tourist draw - in pictures

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Taj Mahal to fine tourists who overstay their welcome

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Ashleigh Stewart is an expert at getting more bang for your buck when it comes to carrying luggage on the plane. Getty

8 hacks for making the most of airline carry-on luggage limits

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The Arabian leopard is currently listed as critically endangered. Pawan Singh / The National

Arabian leopards given $20 million lifeline in new deal

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La Sagrada Familia has been granted a building permit after 137 years. AP

Sagrada Familia finally has building permit after 137 years

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Divers from around the world gather to retrieve abandoned fishing nets from sea. Courtesy Magnus Larsson

World Oceans Day 2019: The Myanmar resort that's cleaning up the sea

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Jean-Michel Cousteau is the first son of notable ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. Courtesy Jean-Michel Cousteau

World Oceans Day 2019: Jean-Michel Cousteau on diving in Dubai

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Both Dubai and London have plans to build 360-degree infinity pools which will be among the tallest in the world. Nakheel / Compass Pools

Dubai vs London: the battle of the 360-degree rooftop infinity pools

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The Arabian leopard is currently listed as critically endangered. Pawan Singh / The National

Arabian leopards given $20 million lifeline in new deal

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La Sagrada Familia has been granted a building permit after 137 years. AP

Sagrada Familia finally has building permit after 137 years

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Divers from around the world gather to retrieve abandoned fishing nets from sea. Courtesy Magnus Larsson

World Oceans Day 2019: The Myanmar resort that's cleaning up the sea

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Jean-Michel Cousteau is the first son of notable ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. Courtesy Jean-Michel Cousteau

World Oceans Day 2019: Jean-Michel Cousteau on diving in Dubai

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Both Dubai and London have plans to build 360-degree infinity pools which will be among the tallest in the world. Nakheel / Compass Pools

Dubai vs London: the battle of the 360-degree rooftop infinity pools

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Take a weekend evening cruise around some of Dubai's best landmarks on RTA's new ferry service. Courtesy RTA

New evening ferry will sail around Dubai's landmarks

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Tourism is now more evenly spread around Krabi's many attractions. Courtesy Ronan O'Connell

Paradise found: Why Thailand's Krabi should be at the top of your travel bucket list

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A visitor takes a picture at a wreckage of a bus in the ghost city of Pripyat during a tour in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Courtesy AFP / Genya SAVILOV

'Chernobyl' fans urged to show respect at nuclear site

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Monsoon clouds fill the sky in Mumbai as Cyclone Vayu gathers strength in the Arabian Sea. AP

Travel warnings issued as Cyclone Vayu rolls towards India

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Preparations begin to sink a decommissioned Boeing 747 in to the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Bahrain. Courtesy PADI

Underwater theme park in Bahrain under way: Boeing plane being sunk in waters

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Passengers flying from Heathrow Airport will be able to keep laptops and liquids inside carry-on bags when new security scanners are introduced. Courtesy Heathrow Airport

Passengers flying from London will soon be able to keep liquids and laptops in bags

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Spend next summer spotting dolphins and island-hopping in Croatia.

Travellers wanted for all-expenses paid summer in Croatia

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The special livery on Emirates' A380. Courtesy Emirates

Emirates unveils Rugby World Cup 2019 livery on Airbus A380

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The new spa villas at The Anam, Vietnam mean you don't even need to leave your abode to indulge in wellness therapies. Courtesy The Anam Hotel

Global Wellness Day: 9 blissed-out breaks for every budget

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Wild Tented Coast Lodge is the brainchild of Malik and Dilhan Fernando, heirs to the Dilmah Tea Company. Courtesy Nomadic Resorts 

Exploring Sri Lanka's wild coast in Yala National Park

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A number of airlines in America use facial recognition when boarding. Getty

Passengers can now identify which airlines use facial recognition with new tool

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The Flying-V is more sustainable than today's most advanced aircraft, but is designed to be able to use existing airport infrastructure. Courtesy TU Delft

KLM’s new Flying-V jet will take test flight in October

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Emirates turned its billboards into schoolbags as part of a World Environment Day project. Courtesy Emirates

Emirates upcycles billboards to turn them into schoolbags

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Lisbon's cheery yellow trams. Courtesy Getty

Head to Lisbon for the best value-for-money shopping in Europe

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Britain’s capital has overtaken Paris as the world’s most popular city among tourists. Getty

Roman ruins and quirky museums: an offbeat guide to London

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Exploring Bahrain's 'Little India' in Manama. Sophie Prideaux / The National 

Discovering the old and new in Manama, Bahrain

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Varadero Golf Club is attached to the Melia Las Americas Hotel. Courtesy Stuart Abraham

Revolutionary approach: a tour of Cuba's two golf courses

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Emirates has introduced A380 superjumbos on flights from Dubai to Boston, Amman and Muscat. Courtesy Emirates

UAE airline news: Etihad's new cabins, Emirates' superjumbo routes and other regional firsts

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Sara Baras. Photo by Sofia Wittert

Flamenco dancer Sara Baras' guide to Cadiz, Spain

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Nyungwe House in Rwanda. Courtesy Nyungwe House   

The 10 best summer holidays for 2019, by month

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To announce its proposed plans behind a global cryptocurrency, Facebook released a whitepaper on Libra on Tuesday. AFP

Facebook's new cryptocurrency Libra will hit the market in 2020

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epa07621922 Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi during a joint news conference with Czech Prime Minister Babis after their meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, 03 June 2019. Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is on an official two-day visit to the Czech Republic. She is expected to make a speech during the Czech-Myanmar business forum on 04 June in Prague. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK

UN's failure in Myanmar worsened by Suu Kyi's emergence

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan June 15, 2019. Reuters

Iran will not wage war against any nation, Hassan Rouhani says

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BeIn employees work in a broadcast control room in Doha, Qatar. Reuters

Qatar's BeIN blames piracy for job cuts

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Retirement account balances are not increasing fast enough to cover rising life expectancy, the World Economic Forum warns. Getty Images

The retirement time bomb: retirees risk outliving their nest egg by a decade or more

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