US imposes sanctions on Syrian military prisons and Assad regime figures
Sites have been setting for 'horrific torture and thousands of murders', Treasury Department says
Covid-19 latest: Pfizer third dose 'strongly' boosts protection against Delta variant

Coronavirus
Extremist threat expected to spread across Africa as terrorists consolidate power

UK
Russia beefs up Tajik base and raises alarm over ISIS fighters in Afghanistan

Asia
'Gigantic' bushfire threatening lives in north Lebanon, Red Cross says

Lebanon
Revealed: Iranian charged over 1988 prison massacres ‘duped’ by ex-inmate

World
Egyptian court upholds life sentence for leader of outlawed Muslim Brotherhood

MENA
EDITOR'S PICKS
CORONAVIRUS
Emirates airline extends ban on passenger flights from India until August 7
Passengers who have transited through India in the past 14 days will also be barred from travel

UAE

UK to start sending vaccines to Caribbean, Asian and African nations

UK
Pfizer’s Q2 profit up 59% on strong Covid-19 vaccine sales

Markets
AstraZeneca second jab does not increase risk of blood clots

Coronavirus
OLYMPICS
Emergency measures weighed as Olympic host Tokyo sees record virus cases
Covid-19 infections spiked to a record high in the Japanese capital

Asia

Biles opts out of all-round event and sparks new conversation about mental health

Olympics
Saudi rower Alireza's Games voyage and life in Olympic Village

Olympics
Fiji celebrate after retaining Rugby Sevens with victory over All Blacks

Olympics
WORLD
Britain's lifeboat service defiant after being called a 'migrant taxi service'

UK
US officers at commission hearing reveal 'medieval' January 6 Capital violence

US
Two Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq clash with PKK

Iraq
PAID CONTENT
How technology helped Adnoc Drilling to be one of the region's most efficient operators

Business
UAE
Nine jailed for 10 years by Abu Dhabi court over Dh18m cryptocurrency scam
The men were also found guilty of money laundering and each fined Dh10 million

UAE

US consul general in Dubai 'optimistic' about F-35 deal

UAE
UAE residents urged to get travel insurance that covers Covid

Health
Abu Dhabi doctor issues sanitiser safety plea after child suffers serious eye injury

Health
BUSINESS
Dubai-based Swvl to list on Nasdaq through $1.5bn SPAC deal
The Cairo-born tech-enabled mass transit company is set to go public through a merger with female led-blank cheque company Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital

Business

Mubadala invests $250m in biosimulation software company Certara

Markets
Etihad Airways unveils Iata Travel Pass on seven routes

Aviation
Emirates NBD profit up 22% as economy continues to recover

Banking
EXCLUSIVES
Revealed: 100,000 pass through UK hotel quarantine

UK
South Sudan’s Mama Rebecca on being a woman in politics

Africa
Energy poverty puts 2050 net-zero target at risk

World
Investcorp looks to double assets to $75bn in seven years

Business
OPINION
Tunisia faces a new future

Comment
Combat troops or training advisers, the US is maintaining its footprint in Iraq

Comment
What does it take to counter the fakes in the market?

Comment
Is Malaysia really on the path to becoming a failed state?

Comment
Closing the Lebanon tribunal would set a terrible global precedent

Comment
LIFESTYLE
Cardboard beds and recycled medals: 8 ways the Olympics are green

Lifestyle
Four new cafes to open in Abu Dhabi's Al Qana

Food
Celine menswear spring / summer 2022 show is all sequins and motorbikes

Fashion
Who is Oksana Chusovitina? The Uzbek star gymnast retires from the sport at age 46

Lifestyle
Ronaldinho in Lebanon to meet rescuers from Beirut port explosion

Lifestyle
ARTS & CULTURE
Inside two Dubai projects named finalists at the World Festival of Interiors

Arts & Culture
Beirut's Sursock Museum director on city's appetite for culture

Art
‘Stayin' On Yas’: the story behind the Bee Gees classic that's now a Yas Island anthem

Music
Cambodia's bullets and bombshells are transformed into art

Responsible Tourism
Three Arab films make it to Venice Film Festival's 2021 selection

Film
PODCASTS
SPORT
Biles opts out of all-round event and sparks new conversation about mental health

Olympics
Virgil van Dijk nears return - and it can't come soon enough for Liverpool

Football
Varane the specialist in silverware Manchester United need

Football
'If I die, are you going to be responsible?' Medvedev struggles in Tokyo heat

Olympics
MONEY
The Debt Panel: 'Can I pay off my personal loan from India?'

Money
Here are five lessons millennials are teaching their children about money

Money
UK financial adviser sentenced to four years in jail for fraud

Money
Why consumers will continue to embrace finance apps in a post-pandemic world

Money
Al Fardan Exchange ties up with neobank Jingle Pay to offer instant remittances

Money
TRAVEL
Abu Dhabi adds Bahrain, Czech Republic and Maldives to travel green list

UAE
Moussaka burger? This Morocco hotel is reimagining fine dining

Hotels
Croatia and Montenegro introduce new restrictions to boost summer travel

Covid-19 Travel
Phuket will continue to welcome tourists despite Covid surge

Covid-19 Travel
Cambodia's bullets and bombshells are transformed into art

Responsible Tourism
TECHNOLOGY
Twitter launches e-commerce pilot programme in US

Technology
Dubai summit to attract venture capitalists to support start-ups

Start-Ups
Billionaire adventurers need to be more than space cowboys

Opinion
Saudi Arabia's WeDeliver start-up raises $2.4m to fuel regional expansion

Technology
Alphabet’s profit soars on strong advertising sales

Technology
MOTORING
See Toyota's all-new Corolla Cross in detail

Motoring
Road test: Toyota Corolla Cross proves itself on UAE terrain

Motoring
10 cars that went to space, if only in a movie

Motoring
The Mercedes EQS 580 4Matic – in pictures
Road test: the Mercedes EQS 580 4Matic rewrites the rules for battery-powered cars

Motoring
LONG READS
The fight for Lifta: the last Palestinian village standing in Israel

MENA
100 days to Expo 2020 Dubai: from design to reality and beyond

UAE
New age of the train: UK puts disused rail stations back on track

Europe
Israel and Palestine: What prompted the 11-day violence and what comes next?

MENA