Pune city centre rocked by blasts

UAE to stop issuing work visas to Ethiopian labourers and domestic help

The spirit of the Holy Month captured in photography

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Striking the wrong note at Games is telling for Lebanon

SAP to invest millions to create jobs in Middle East and North Africa

How to cremate a loved one

The real Mad Men and women at TBWARaad

Tabreed posts a cool profit in quarter

Cutting-edge ads bring dividends for brands

Waiting for the beach volleyball on Tehran TV? Don't hold your breath …

The Rivington Bar & Grill has a passion for expansion

Art and sport collide at London

Launch of UAE’s first domestic airline stays grounded

Ramadan beggar arrested in Dubai with more than Dh19,000

Sayed Haider Raza: Ninety years lived for the love of art

Olympics: The teenager who will give sport a lift

Inside an Asian-themed holiday home in Anguilla

Italian guard kidnapped at gunpoint by Yemeni tribesman

Olympics: Faster, taller and stronger over time

Syria's Assad urges his army to step up fight

Godolphin hopes to end victory wait

The Ramadan drummer, a sleepless family and Turkey's sectarian fears

Syrian soldier executed after graveside 'trial'

Unhappy meals: Chile bans toys with fast food

Palestinians brace for repercussions over UN bid

King George Stakes intended to be a dress rehearsal for Ortensia

Olympics: Peter Wilson's shooting gold has a UAE shine to it

Olympics: Oscar Pistorius has made a compelling case

Australia star Pat McCabe ruled out of Rugby Championship opening

Tenant assaulted over brothel complaint, Dubai court hears

Syria's conflict spills over into Lebanon's muddled politics

Bangladesh bans foreign charities helping Rohingya refugees from Myanmar

Push for jobless Emiratis to be paid unemployment benefits in UAE

An unlikely pairing makes The Guard a treat of a film

Shoppers in Saudi Arabia and UK snap up UAE dates

Controversial Omar TV drama a big hit across the Arabian Gulf

Klingon fails to catch on in the UAE

Swiss town becomes world's cinema capital every August

Asma Al Assad: Syria's thorny rose

No funny business in Le Chef

A Damascus district destroyed as Syria's protest turns to war

Are trilogies Hobbit-forming?

France will find new levy galls investors

Get a kayak, or captain's hat, to get ahead

Abu Dhabi workers kept waiting for iftar meals

Bid to protect Arabian oryx from deadly goat plague

Everyone makes mistakes; don't punish them

In Pictures: London 2012 Olympics - Day 5

DIFC restructure points to broad financial reform

Arabic and western taste meets in sweets at Gourmandise

Plunging asset income cuts Investcorp Bank's full-year take in half

Video: Olympics turns London into ghost city

Rewarding memories of mum's kachoris

Video: Aftermath of Typhoon Saola

DP World rides global storm with volumes up 7.5%

Moroccan monarch over Arab Spring but is set to face far more challenges

Pirates free 7 Pakistani hostages from MV Albedo

Video: Olympic fans 'appalled' at badminton scandal

Brendan Gleeson doing well in post-secondary career

Video: Chinese badminton coach makes public apology

Business etiquette a Chinese principle

Olympics: Sun shining on Indian boxing

Olympics: Chinese badminton star to quit sport over match-throwing disqualification

Olympics: Future looks bright for UAE team after London 2012 experience

New Korean restaurant coming to Muroor

A new date for your diary

Dead ball, rain and a century

Ned Kelly's bones returned to his descendants

Iranians held by Libyan militia

Olympics: Bellamy helps Brits forget about Beckham

Al Qaeda, the Taliban and Iran should pay US$6bn compensation for 9/11: judge

Morsi's pardon of 26 Islamists suggests where his sympathies still lie

Video: Official says power completely restored in India

Mahesh Bhatt discusses his new film Raaz 3

Dubai police seize 55.8kg stash of hashish bound for Iran

El Hijo del wacky goal celebrations

Iftar's magic touch shows UAE orphans are not forgotten

FA have made the right call in choosing Mahdi Ali for national coach

Olympics: London calling, where are you?

As my father fled Aleppo, we became the 'lucky' refugees

Diamond trade sparkles in Dubai at DMCC

Tricky work web to untangle

Dubai food inspectors out in full force during Ramadan

MLB: Texas Rangers back in lead after stunning 11-10 comeback

Beastly trades on Twilight's well-worn teenage supernatural angst

A Lonely Place to Die is not afraid of cinematic stereotypes

Drinking coffee by numbers on Abu Dhabi's Corniche

Rihanna and Drake lead the pack at the MTV VMAs

Transfer talk: August 2 - Fresh Debuchy bid, Wigan to sign Ramis

Siemens targets a shift in Qatar in run up to World Cup

Jani and Khosla inheritors of a great Indian fashion tradition

The word on Sanaa's streets? Plenty of food few can afford

India's blackouts are beacon for reform

New UAE labour laws threaten heavy fines

This week's food news: new flavour at Bubbles & Boba

Waha Capital's first-half profits drop 90 per cent

Thirst for luxury goods sends Abu Dhabi Duty Free soaring

Challenge to keep UAE's champion horses in shape

Investors pile on Drake & Scull International as Dubai market rises