Tariq Tahir

Tariq Tahir

Senior Correspondent Investigations & News


Containers on the quayside at Abu Dhabi's Khalifa Port. UK ministers will meet Gulf officials in Riyadh to finalise trade deals. Reuters
UK seeks trade deal with GCC as ministers convene in Riyadh

Talks will take place in Saudi capital aimed at boosting commerce with the bloc

September 15, 2024, 11:01 PM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will discuss Italy's agreement for processing asylum seekers in Albania when he meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. EPA
UK looking at sending asylum seekers to Albania to tackle small boats crisis

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he's interested in how an agreement between Italy and Albania works

September 15, 2024, 12:30 PM
The burning Greek-flagged oil tanker MV Sounion, which has been on fire since the end of August after an attack by Yemeni rebels in the Red Sea, has been taken under tow by salvage teams. Reuters
New effort under way to tow Houthi-damaged oil tanker from Red Sea

MV Sounion, on fire since attack on August 21, secured to supply vessel in first phase of salvage operation

September 15, 2024, 8:05 AM
The remains of the boat that was carrying eight migrants who died while trying to cross the English Channel. AFP
Eight migrants dead after overloaded boat capsizes in English Channel

Incident happened in early hours of Sunday off coast of northern France

September 15, 2024, 7:55 AM
The steel Submariner Milsub Rolex, made for the British Royal Navy. Photo: Christies
Frozen in time: The craze for classic watches - as clocked by their foremost chronicler

A new book by Clement Mazarian explores the enduring human drive to seek out the finest models

September 13, 2024, 6:01 PM
An Iran Air Airbus A330 landing at London's Heathrow Airport in 2022. Getty
Iran Air can keep flying to Heathrow despite sanctions

Air service arrangements have been cancelled but the airline has a 12-month notice period

September 12, 2024, 6:00 AM
Record migrant numbers squeeze on to boats for deadly Channel crossings
Record migrant numbers squeeze on to Channel boats

Analysis from The National reveals more migrants are boarding dangerous vessels, amid overall drop in crossings to UK

September 10, 2024, 6:06 AM
Migrants attempting to cross the Channel get on a boat in Wimereux, France. Reuters
Drive against boat gangs made Channel migrant crossings more deadly

Analysis by The National shows how more migrants are being packed into each flimsy boat

September 07, 2024, 6:30 AM
Emergency services personnel in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, with the bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the English Channel on Tuesday. AFP
Twelve migrants dead after boat 'ripped open' in English Channel

Vessel was believed to be carrying about 70 migrants to the UK in the latest tragedy to hit the region

September 03, 2024, 12:08 PM
Al Faw breakwater spans 14km. Reuters
Iraq told to pay $120m to construction company over Al Faw breakwater

Project is one of the world's longest breakwaters, but its construction was beset by problems

September 02, 2024, 1:11 PM
Health care systems are increasingly coming under attack from ruthless cyber criminals. Getty Images / The National
How cyber hacking gangs steamroll global health care into ransom shakedowns

An industry has emerged to deal with elusive gangs that use threat to lives as ransom bait for worldwide health operators

September 02, 2024, 7:00 AM
Nazem Ahmad has been banned from travelling to the UK. Photo: US Treasury Department
UK imposes travel ban on art dealer accused of financing Hezbollah

Nazem Ahmad abused the art market to fund the Lebanese militant group, the British government alleges

August 30, 2024, 5:00 AM
Mahdy Akil Helbawi, alleged Hezbollah financier, being arrested in Colombia. Photo: Fiscalia Colombia / X
'Key figure' of Hezbollah-linked family arrested in Colombia

Mahdy Akil Helbawi is under US sanctions as a suspected backer of Hezbollah, along with his father and uncle

August 29, 2024, 12:39 PM
Asylum seeker children arriving in the UK. Getty Images
Hundreds of asylum seeker children in UK wrongly deemed adults

Around half of all disputes resolved between April and June resulted in refugees assessed as being children

August 28, 2024, 1:30 PM
Afghan medical student Zahra Hussaini has come to UK to continue studying. The National
Afghan woman restarts medical studies in UK after Taliban ban

Zahra Hussaini, 19, tells The National of her excitement at studying medicine in Glasgow

August 24, 2024, 4:00 AM