Vetting disruptive technology’s uses

In pictures: The week that was in Arts&Life ending August 17

56 companies found to have broken labourers’ summer midday break rule

Premier League round-up: Ramsey and Wenger hail Arsenal’s desire to win

SRK pokes fun at Aamir Khan’s nude film poster row

Kingman growing closer to joining horse racing’s elite

Sangakkara takes the torch from Herath to lead Sri Lanka on day of milestones

Cooperation is key to reaping rewards from India’s green energy sector

Greenfield FDI in the UAE picks up the pace and tops $6 billion

Shazam tunes in to second-screen advertising in the UAE

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing and Azzam win Round Britain & Ireland Race

Manchester City manager Pellegrini anxious to make fast start to Premier League

Chelsea’s Victor Moses goes on loan to Stoke City

It pays to keep flexible working hours

Headbutt incident mars PSG’s win over Bastia in Ligue 1

Greenfield investment in Iraq is likely to be a casualty of fighting

Day in the life: Dubai club manager prepares to party

Patchwork Aston Villa defence gets job done in Premier League-opening victory

Southampton manager Koeman not convinced Liverpool weaker despite Suarez’s departure

Mawazine sessions: Lebanese singer Wael Jassar talks about new TV talent show and the state of the Arab song

My three close encounters convinced me that we all need fire-safety lessons

Britain should count its blessings as it remembers the war

Van Gaal’s slow and steady approach in Premier League starts with Swansea

Kurds battle to retake Iraq’s largest dam

Dubai International Airport revamp to increase air traffic by one-third

UAE looking at the Youth Olympics through a wide-angle lens

Biggest Indian-made warship goes into service

Clashes as Pakistan anti-government marches advance on capital

Hominis ex machina

David Blaine promises audiences will be amazed at his Abu Dhabi shows this weekend

Voices on Afghanistan: Returnees can create a new future

While Gaza simmers, Palestinians debate best tactics against Israel

Fighting in Tripoli after new UN envoy unveils plans to visit

Modi calls for action against rape in Independence Day speech

Mighty South Africa held back by Argentina in the rain

In pictures: Hair today, sold tomorrow

West’s arming of Iraqi Kurds must be limited

Indians biggest investors in Dubai property market

Emirati singer Balqees Fathi sparks Robin Williams Twitter row

The benefits of attending a silent retreat

Little hope for Iraqi Turkmen who fled Islamic State

Australia hold all-powerful New Zealand but unhappy with ‘hollow outcome’

Children continue to pay the price of Middle East wars

Gaza war illustrates Hamas’s military advances

In pictures: Ferrari, Lamborghini, classic cars on show at Pebble Beach Automotive Week

Al Maliki’s departure is only the first step in securing Iraq

Two UAE Mers patients given the all-clear

New Star Wars costumes surface. New villains revealed?

India bids to harness more green power

Manchester United beaten at home on Van Gaal’s Premier League debut

Today’s lingo is adorkable, but also confusing

Adam Saleh: the rise of a Muslim YouTube star

England build on Root and Buttler as butter-fingered India slip up

12 companies in the fray to build phase of Dubai solar park project

Jumblat: Islamic State should spur Lebanon’s Christians to act

Film review: Singham Returns

Ukraine and Russia foreign ministers to meet as tensions rise

Coffee Planet has good news for coffee lovers

Sunidhi Chauhan plays with notes and jams with drummer at Abu Dhabi concert

Manchester United are ‘smashed down’ by Gylfi Sigurdsson goal

Does the Islamic State pass the test of statehood?