Life as an idle writer isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Deepika Padukone opts out of Fast & Furious 7

Video: Fire destroys Jersey boardwalk

When does clock start ticking on my eviction notice?

UN faces crisis of credibility over 8,000 cholera deaths in Haiti

Arabian Gulf League: clubs must avoid musical chairs with foreign players

Emirates Team New Zealand beat Oracle Team USA in America’s Cup again

Passing the torch

Bayern Munich bosses turn up heat on Pep Guardiola

‘It’s only with gratitude that life becomes rich’

Video: Obama shifts focus from Syria to issues at home

Urban planning: Israel’s secret weapon in dividing Jerusalem

Four men sentenced to death for Delhi gang rape

Myanmar tries to save the house where Orwell’s fact and fiction meet

Federer to double up with China’s Zhang at Shanghai tennis masters

UAE find themselves in a battle to remain in Group III of Davis Cup

New York Fashion Week: we spot a flower power trend

Money & Me: a spender alters his ways to become a saver

Dubai woman launches fundraising effort to help save her sight

Banks offer prizes, with conditions attached

Money to burn

Video: US, Russia differ on military force as Syria talks open

On the road to Afghanistan

Death for Delhi gang rapists who ‘shocked India’s collective conscience’

Party is over for adventurer who tried trans-atlantic crossing with helium balloons

McFarlane’s joy to be back among bruises for Abu Dhabi Harlequins

Talks begin with Philippine rebels to end Zamboanga standoff

Palestinian wife’s grief for her husband, killed fighting for Syrian pro-Assad forces

Powerful messages denounce violence

Insightful biography of George Harrison, the ‘recovering’ Beatle

Floyd Mayweather prepares to fight Saul Alvarez as ‘the last of my breed’

Arsenal not alone in reloading

Dozens killed in Russian psychiatric hospital fire

To save your wealth is to share your wealth

Video: UAE mortgage map promises greater transparency

In pictures: Afghan football fans celebrate

Morocco promises ‘profound reforms’ to its justice system

India cricketer Sreesanth guilty of spot-fixing in IPL, BCCI report says

Ogier wins early stages Friday at Rally Australia

Video: 3 dead, others wounded in Afghanistan US consulate attack

Social ties that do not bind

India divided on death sentence for rapist gang

Audio: Four men sentenced to death for Delhi gang rape

Video: Death penalty for four convicted rapists in India

New York Fashion Week: behind-the-scenes at Catherine Malandrino

Reaching for the sky

Video: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend awards ceremony

One for the coffee table

School starts early for Bale at Real Madrid

Orchard of Lost Souls is a beautiful but violent novel set through the eyes of three Somali women