Terrorist cell arrests by UAE and Saudi forces makes strong case for GCC

Abu Dhabi municipality takes road to a greener environment

Home Improvements: Entertain with ease this season

Video: Kate Winslet marries, Fontella Bass dies at 72

Oasis: It’s a wild, wonderful world

My Kind of Place: Yangon, Myanmar

Tea plantation workers burn alive boss, wife over labour dispute

2012: looking back on world events

Switch to survival mode once more as Wigan Athletic face Aston Villa

Lukoil cuts Iraq oil output plan by a third

Nelson Mandela released from hospital

Spoilsport winners

Dh55,000 Jimmy Choo shoes are best worn just once

Video: Dog rescued from freezing lake

All that glitters is not gold for Djokovic

Boys and girls get the ball rolling at Abu Dhabi tennis championships

A compliment to Nicolas Almagro's backhand

Video: Aleppo's old city now a ghost town on the front line in Syria

Tottenham Hotspur are striding forward under Andre Villas-Boas

Bright beginnings for Abu Dhabi's landscape

Even a fake celebrity is more attractive than real people

Emirates Airline to sponsor men's tennis tour

Oman car smash ends couple’s world tour

Defectors have a vital role to stabilise Syria

Nando's set to add extra flavour to Abu Dhabi

Al Jazira 1 Al Dhafra 0

Berlusconi might not be person of the year, but comeback is impressive

Fringe players set to face Yemen before Gulf Cup

The Hot List: serve up some style with these tabletop accessories

Egyptian daily's website tops Forbes poll

To curb rise in road accidents, target bad drivers

Some of the best from a really weird year

Ask Ali: Why rubbing noses is more than just a custom

After a scandalous year, China needs political cleanup

Hotel Insider: The Fairmont Jaipur – expect the royal treatment

Road Test: 2013 Aston Martin DB9

Almagro shines but tough test lies ahead

Best of 2012 has us all revved up for the future

Treble Jig dominantes from the front

Glenn Maxwell provides spin option for Sydney Test

De Gaulle to France: buy this place

Tens of thousands of Iraqi Sunnis protest against Al Maliki government

A new year weight-loss programme set in leafy England

The Ali Story: New Year blessings from the heart

At least the criminal credit card fiasco of 1966 had an upside

Dim sums tasty again after unappetising 2011

Cartoon 28/12/12

UAE team were lifted by a little magic from Metsu

Yen hits 16-month low on fresh stimulus talk

Tourist denies insulting and assaulting police officer at Dubai airport

Richard Quest: the fundamental traveller

UAE policeman cleared of having sex with 16-year-old girl

A break from the norm in Catalonia

Graphic warnings unlikely to deter UAE smokers, study suggests

Syria: no plan, no timetable, no peace

India's shame is the antidote to this epidemic of rape

Double vision for two of the UAE's big hitters

The smoking gun of social change

High hopes of capital inflows next year

Novak Djokovic masterclass for David Ferrer in Abu Dhabi

Egypt's opposition to be investigated over 'incitement to overthrow government'

Friday sermon: Greet fellow Muslims and try to do good deeds

Video: Obama back in town, 'cliff' clock ticks

Lucky entrant Almagro steps up when it mattered against Tipsarevic

Bhutto's son launches political career on fifth anniversary of her assassination

The Practical Traveller: A world of accidental entrepreneurs

Al Nasr kicked off football passion in the UAE

Intellectual property forgot about the blind

Experts peer into the 2013 crystal ball

Home decor: make sure your new look is right up to date

Egypt's economic problems will make Morsi think twice

Outstanding vehicles are worth the wait

Former US president George H.W. Bush in intensive care

Pictures will not deter those who want to light up, says UAE smoker

Journey through the sands of time

Israel PM met Jordan king in Amman over Syria

The UAE's salukis are a matter of national pride

Yuvraj Singh raises his game at the right time for India

Trend Alert: Fur and skins

Dubai's DFM Company rises on outlook

Apple's Tim Cook to receive only $4.17m in compensation this year

Serhaal returns to Sharjah but at longer distance

Video: The battle for Syria one town at a time

The mutual appreciation society