UAE Minister of State for International Co-operation Reem Al Hashimy highlighted the importance of remembering that behind the number of casualties in Gaza and Sudan are stories of people' suffering, in a panel at the 1 Billion Followers Summit in Dubai on Saturday. "My message is that you have the ability, and I hope, the agency, to take your platforms and apply it for the service of others and making things better for someone else," she said. "I think the challenge is always going to be: how do you keep these stories not just relevant, but also at the forefront of people's minds and how they're going to act towards it."

Three brothers and a family maid were killed in a road crash in Abu Dhabi as the family returned to Dubai after visiting the Liwa Festival. https://news.ae/4jpYtAs

US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his desire to take control of Greenland, describing the territory as a ‘great beautiful piece of ice’ that is essential to US strategic security. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Trump claimed Greenland was effectively returned to Denmark by the US after the Second World War, adding: ‘How ungrateful are they now?’ He argued the island is ‘part of North America’ and warned that growing global threats mean ‘it’s the United States alone that can protect this giant piece of ice’. The remarks formed part of a wide-ranging address in which Mr Trump also attacked European energy policies and rejected what he called the ‘great green hoax’, as he positioned US power and economic strength at the centre of global stability | https://news.ae/45mYlfy

In The National's Quiz of the Week, you can test your knowledge of the stories that made the headlines over the past seven days: https://news.ae/4boflWn

Dubai Municipality is to plant 20,000 trees in parks, residential areas and in the grounds of educational institutions. The move is to mark the 20th anniversary of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, assuming leadership of the emirate | Read more: https://news.ae/49Gf3c6

A power outage has hit much of Sharjah causing disruption to residential and commercial properties. Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority said on social media that Sunday’s outage was caused by a localised emergency fault. One resident told The National that electricity had been cut in their building for more than an hour | https://news.ae/450gbF2

President Sheikh Mohamed led tributes to the resilience of the UAE on the nation's Day of Solidarity. The day is being marked across the country on Saturday, four years since an extremist attack on Abu Dhabi. https://news.ae/49EWTX5

Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara on Friday issued a decree affirming the rights of Kurdish ⁠Syrians, formally recognising their language ​and restoring citizenship to the country's largest minority community. https://news.ae/4pJZbu6

"To my horror, what I didn't expect to feel during the film was hope. As the ambulance approached Hind's location, I found myself hoping she'd be rescued until the nauseating reality hit just a moment later that this will never be the case," writes The National's Hala Nasar. https://news.ae/3NFaAOo

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