Fujairah libraries seeing more new faces as UAE’s Year of Reading takes hold

Al Nusra split from Al Qaeda marks change of strategy, not ideology

Regional troops recapture Nigerian town from Boko Haram

Moral education cornerstone for addressing challenges, Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed tweets

Sharjah Police evacuate residential tower following report of suspicious bag

Australia face uphill task to save first Test as Sri Lanka’s spinners excel on Day 4

Few civilians take Russian offer of safe exit from Aleppo

Man United champions? Arsenal to miss top four? The National’s Premier League predictions

Military shake-up and Turkey purges the dead as well as the living

Dubai employee intimidated into handing back earnings while passport is being withheld

Joel Campbell and Chuba Akpom fire Arsenal over Didier Drogba-led MLS stars – in pictures

‘Highly likely’ Tanzania piece is from missing MH370: Australia

Who will win the German Grand Prix? – poll

Man United’s Bastian Schweinsteiger closes book on ‘indescribably beautiful’ Germany career

Tycoon detained as Turkey widens coup probe to business sector

Chuba Akpom takes MLS challenge ‘seriously’ for Arsenal and it pays

Watch: Xabi Alonso, Franck Ribery feed alley-oop to DeMarcus Cousins

Diego Forlán: Vale Paul Pogba 120 millones de euros? El centrocampista del Juventus vale lo que clubs como el Man United estén dispuestos a pagar por él

Money & Me: British executive consultant has lessons learnt early in life

15 days to Premier League season: Time for Crystal Palace to deliver on all that talent

IMG Worlds of Adventure by the numbers

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid named Civilisational Personality of the Year

For Denver Broncos, retaining Von Miller was like Super Bowl victory 1A

‘We need Messi’ as Argentina FA hope to convince Barcelona star out of international retirement

Budapest is the place to be for property investors

Hillary Clinton accepts historic nomination: ‘I’ll be president for all Americans’

Ways to cash in on your summer travel

Gonzalo Higuain: ‘Personal ambitions’ motivated Juventus switch from Napoli

Deadly Taiwan tour bus crash driver ‘was severely drunk’

Girl, 7, killed by elephant hurling rock in Morocco zoo

Sir Bani Yas back in Qatar International Stakes but menacing Al Mourtajez looms

Thousands of children detained and tortured for “security reason” says Human Rights Watch

Abu Dhabi Police has conducted an evacuation drill at Al Qudra School in Falah on July 29

Manchester United ‘have to deliver’ for Jose Mourinho, insists Wayne Rooney: ‘The pressure is on’

Man jailed for groping woman in lift

The grim reality of easy UAE loans – and the debt nightmare that comes with it

Merkel insists on keeping Germany’s door open to refugees

World’s largest indoor theme park prepares to open in Dubai

Imams condemn extremists in joint service with Christians

Government negotiators say Yemen peace talks are over

A five-year-plan was launched to protect women and children and promote efforts to combat human trafficking.

World in focus — best photos for July 29, 2016

Husband of Dubai resident killed in Pakistan calls for justice

Friday’s cover: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and ‘dirtiest race in history’ at 1988 Seoul Olympics

Be aware before you sign on the dotted line

Hillary Clinton’s Democratic convention speech key quotes

IMG team puts final touches in theme park ahead of opening

Arsenal to ‘look outside for one more’ striker after failed bids for Vardy and Lacazette

Dubai theme park sets European safety standards as benchmark

UAE sports car builder drives fast and furious into video games

Pope Francis is silent at Auschwitz “because there are no words”

This year’s Liwa Date Festival, which opened on July 20, attracted 60,000 visitors so far.

Minding out to match Songbird’s American success at Goodwood’s Nassau Stakes

Societe Dubai’s Pokemon Go party: catch em all before the theme nights craze passes over