World Cup Diary Day 5: ‘Quaint’ Curitiba plays amiable host to World Cup

Tiki-taka San Antonio Spurs dethroned King James with a new kind of basketball

Gonzalo Higuain open to playing alongside Lionel Messi at Barca

UAE road safety: even giving away child seats for free failed

Audi win Le Mans as UAE’s Khaled Al Qubaisi makes strong class showing

Middle East investors to sink $180bn into commercial property in markets elsewhere

Tenants have mixed view about child safety locks on windows

Ramadan is a time for giving thanks

Tesco’s F&F brand taps into UAE demand for budget clothing

Travelling to Brazil to cheer on Japan all in day’s work for Masaki Toda

World Cup round-up: Argentina’s Gonzalo Higuain fancies move to Barcelona

el Seed at Zayed University

Portugal must gel as a team to improve on a string of third-place World Cup finishes, say fans in UAE

Obama’s ‘no more war’ policy leaves America vulnerable

Dubai landlord insists on rent rise at any time if ‘Rera calculator says so’

Children’s hospital that is home to Sheikh Zayed Institute ranked as one of the best in US

Spain raids militant cell ‘led by ex-Guantanamo inmate’

Pakistan jets pound North Waziristan targets

Video: Fabien Cousteau speaks out from underwater

Dubai Dinner Theatre Group brings murder mystery to dinner table

Joel Campbell hoping Arsene Wenger has noticed his World Cup form

Halle defeat could be a good thing for Rafael Nadal

In pictures: Messi nets, finally, and Argentina squeak by Bosnia

Iraq conflict keeps Gulf stocks down

In pictures: World Heritage sites being considered by Unesco

Iraq struggles to retake northern territories from ISIL militants

Another alleged gang-rape in India’s troubled state

Lebanon’s massive own goal in attempt to secure TV coverage of World Cup

Iran and six powers resume nuclear talks in Vienna

Five things to do today: hear The New Orleans Jazz Band and take part in thejamjar’s quiz-night challenge

Litter-picking Japan fans win global hearts at World Cup

Abu Dhabi consumer confidence rises

Miss India Worldwide 2014 beauty pageant to be held in Abu Dhabi this weekend

Martin Kaymer pleased ‘to keep it together’ to win US Open

Abdelmonem bin Eisa Alserkal on the expansion of Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue

American DJ Casey Kasem passes away at 82

In pictures: Footballers who’ve turned to the silver screen

‘No pressure’ says Wilmots, lauding ‘hungry’ Belgium

Palestinian killed as Israel intensifies hunt for kidnappers

In pictures: Alserkal Avenue expansion

Video: Rio police stop protesters from reaching World Cup arena

Brilliant Benzema and France side-step aggressive Honduras

Photos: Nigeria’s ‘Super Eagles’ making training look cool

Why patients being ‘awake’ during brain surgery can boost survival rates

Tunisia eyes two elections in October, November

Feeling tense and nervous? It must be exam season

Jazira target Fenerbahce striker Sow as replacement for Ecuador’s Caicedo

Long wait for another taste of sweet success over for Spurs’ big three

India’s Ambassadors Autos by Manjunath Kiran / AFP

Finding peace in Dubai homes using Vastu

Nine new beaches for Dubai with Deira Islands project by Nakheel

Video: Syrian migrant sea rescue drama

Attacks on Sri Lankan Muslims kill three

Five things to do today: try Filipino baked sweets at Max’s and see the exhibition Ireland Art Month

Germany v Portugal preview: Germans prepared for Ronaldo - and rest of Portugal

Pogba proving Ferguson’s biggest Manchester United mistake – France v Honduras takeaways

German fans in UAE hoping for more World Cup success

I no longer recognise the country Libya has become

Sony Xperia Z2 review: Plenty of tricks and pizzazz but wait for the Z3

In pictures: The life of Casey Kasem

Ratko Rudic aims to ignite Brazilian water polo ascent in Dubai

Casey Kasem: the voice of a generation

Dh35m plan to protect Dubai’s beaches

30 sites including Inca trails, ancient French cave vie for World Heritage status

Regulation of horse-racing industry, plight of farmers and camel concerns to dominate FNC session

Ramadan surge in questions for muftis

Southampton appoint Ronald Koeman as manager on a three-year deal

Michael Schumacher leaves French hospital, out of coma

Germany flatten Ronaldo and Portugal: ‘Another perception-shifting demolition’

Taliban spreads the propaganda of fear

‘It’s glorious’: Thomas Muller and Germany open World Cup with a Portugal pummelling

Peter Odemwingie ready to go for Nigeria: ‘He was dying to play’

In pictures: Germany’s World Cup 2014 living room

Barcelona sign ‘exceptional talent, undisputable leader’ Ivan Rakitic

Southampton have appointed former Dutch international Ronald Koeman as manager, the English Premier League club said on their Twitter feed on Monday. Koeman, 51, who left Feyenoord at the end of this season, replaces Argentine Mauricio Pochettino who joi

Neymar, Beats by Dr Dre, and the future of advertising

In pictures: Russia hosts Olympics of oil and gas industry

Americans in UAE hope to see US make it out of group stage in Brazil

Man City’s Vincent Kompany finally gets to grace globe’s biggest stage

Qatar Airways A380 delivery delay extended

Appleby’s cart is delicately balanced ahead of Royal Ascot

Polanco’s promotion shows Pittsburgh Pirates’ youth movement starting to pay dividends

LeBron James on Heat loss: ‘You win some, you lose some’

Messi on the mark: Leo strikes as Argentina beat Bosnia

Grigor Dimitrov slowly stepping out of Roger Federer’s shadow

Saudi Arabia warns against foreign intervention in Iraq

In pictures: Hat-trick Thomas Muller and Germany thrash Portugal

Plans for taxi village stall as cabbies live in labour camps

10 things you might not know about Casey Kasem

Security guard cleared of sexually assaulting one of his staff

Australian woman breaks down in tears after being cleared of drug charges in Dubai court

Man triggered explosion cutting through gas cyclinders to get drugs concealed inside

British tourist jailed for molesting Emirates attendant on Bangkok to Dubai flight

Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel set for ‘Jekyll’ turn for Nigeria

In pictures: Karim Benzema with top-notch World Cup bow as France dust off Honduras

Lionel Messi has scored a World Cup goal. Now what?

Arabtec losses on Dubai bourse hit lower limit for second day in a row

Apache Indian is coming to Dubai