Dubai Police play their part in busting eight international drug smuggling attempts

Focal Point: Looming Dragon

Sharjah snatch a point at the death

Seamer-turned-spinner Karamat Ali guides Pakistan to U19 Asia Cup final

Extra Time podcast: What a year 2013 was for UAE sports, not least the football stars – Ep 12

The women’s majlis Proactive steps can improve health

Coast guard in Dubai search for missing diver

Syrian Electronic Army hacks Skype

Novel about English saint reveals a seer and a sage

Video: Bombers target Mogadishu hotel in Somalia

Video: Triple bomb blasts in Somalia kill at least 11

A responsibility to the rest of the world

North Korea faces its darkest moment

Russia bombings prompt security check for Sochi

Video: Pakistan’s Musharraf rushed to hospital with ‘heart problem’

Season keeps getting better for Musabah Al Muhairi

‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ actor James Avery dies, aged 65

Three killed in road accidents in RAK

‘When the window is open anything can happen’ says Mourinho

Video: Antarctica air mission begins

Sandance ticketholders promised full refund

Moyes furious with referee Webb after defeat to Tottenham

Netanyahu offers gloomy assessment for peace prospects

An official complaint

Video: Palestinian envoy killed by explosion at Prague home

Decades of failure prove a good tutor in northern Iraq

Burj Khalifa to mark fourth anniversary with week of events

Teen tourists tap into tai chi

Google regrets missing social media’s advance

Cheating cases reduced at Abu Dhabi University

It’s going to be another busy year for business in 2014

The filthy habit I indulge in that’s worse than smoking

Race to be UAE’s top trainer heats up

Bustling with activities

UAE’s stellar stock markets now face ‘year of delivery’

Ankush Bains bats India into U19 Asia Cup final

Bordering on despair

Watching a movie in 4DX

Rodgers says ‘that was our best win of the season’

Video: A call for democracy in Hong Kong

‘Cardiff has basic ingredients to survive in Premier League’ says Wenger

Kaushal Silva’s wicket gives Pakistan edge in Abu Dhabi Test

In Hassan Blasim’s short story, we see (and hear) dead people

Deal of the decade

Troublemaker in paradise

Warren Buffett’s 44-year winning streak set to end

Frida Kahlo-inspired art by students with special needs in Dubai

Breaking barriers

Al Qaeda militants seize areas of two Iraqi cities

Porsche puts its new Macan SUV on centre court

Video: Timelapse of Dubai New Years eve fireworks

Private sector must be proactive against Mers in UAE, expert urges

Protection of rights should be for all of us

Spectacular image from space shows the bright lights of UAE

How 12 months has made a difference to the US economy

Outrage as Indian girl, 16, gang raped twice and burned alive

Nepal wants clampdown on agencies that are exploiting workers in the Gulf

The need for speed

By 2015, I may be able to complain in another language

College football round-up: Michigan State beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl

Video: Kidnapped French priest set free, welcomed home

AAP’s new faces go from anti-corruption warriors to governors of Delhi

Big, beautiful bungalows with flawless service

Weather is perfect to visit Al Ain’s many attractions

Thank you Khalifa campaign trends on social media

Sharjah blitz on disabled parking cheats

Chinese cook crashes hot-air balloon in trip to reach disputed isles

Grounds for change

Abu Dhabi’s resurgence of sturgeon

The Marrakech insider

Al Ain ready for U-turn in Arabian Gulf League

Season of high hopes fading fast for Baniyas

Brothers ‘assaulted father who accused them of stealing’

McIlroy and Wozniacki ring in the New Year

In Egypt, supporters of the 2011 revolution need to move on

At intermission, Al Ain hope to recover lost plot under Sanchez Flores

UAE has much to thank its leaders for

Tranquil escape

Slowing down away from the car

Experience Yemeni culture at Global Village

Celebrations help us to look forward

Sheikha Lubna praises President as part of Thank You, Khalifa campaign

Right Bite comes to Abu Dhabi: Day 5 of my 5-day, 1,200 calorie test drive

Video: Former Israeli leader Sharon’s condition deteriorating -hospital

Correspondent to combatant

Israel’s ‘Bulldozer’ Ariel Sharon critically ill

Barcelona and Bahrain airports among the first to participate in Emiratis’ visa-free travel to Britain

New laws on fishing cages to protect dwindling fish stocks

Chelsea’s Oscar told me he dived, admits Mourinho

The low-down and dirty truth about denim

The National staff win multimedia awards

FNC demands answers on officers’ medals

True blue

African refugees seeking asylum in Israel met with apathy

In pictures: NHL Winter Classic sets attendance record