United Arab Emirates
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Shaken US expats advised to ‘vary routines and schedules’ as UAE continues investigation into stabbing murder by veiled woman who planted bomb
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CCTV footage shows a female suspect entering a shopping mall in the UAE capital, where an American schoolteacher was stabbed to death
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Schoolteacher Ibolya Ryan stabbed to death in shopping mall, while unnamed American doctor targeted in bomb left outside his apartment
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Interior minister says suspect also planted makeshift bomb outside house of a US doctor, but did not confirm whether events were considered terrorist attack
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Woman, 37, stabbed in public restroom at an Abu Dhabi mall, while police say attacker remains at large
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UAE projects involving major western museums accused of treating foreign labourers as modern-day slaves
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Concept one of 20 to make semi-finals of Drones for Good competition, intended to steer technology towards improving lives
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Still here: reflections on later life What do the Masai in Tanzania and tenants on Hoxton’s New Era estate have in common?
Michele Hanson: both face eviction by Christmas. Is it any wonder the news is getting me down? -
Marcia Lynx Qualey: Young adults dominate the Arabic book market, but publishers are acutely sensitive to the slightest challenge to conservative etiquette
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Masai told to leave historic homeland by end of the year so it can become a hunting reserve for the Dubai royal family
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The eco apartment block One Central Park in Sydney has been named best tall building in the world, topping a list dominated by the Asia-Pacific region
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Architect Robert Black taken by Abu Dhabi police after breaching rules about what can be photographed in the Gulf federation
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Syrian opposition leader blames Washington for rout as air strikes on Isis seen as aiding Assad crackdown
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Emiratis, who have played a role in US-led attacks on Islamic State, are increasingly assertive in fightback against jihadism
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20-24 October: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week
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Modern-day slavery in focus Beaten, trapped, abused and underpaid – migrant domestic workers in the UAE
Human Rights Watch urges UAE to protect workers by ending kafala visa system after report exposes shocking exploitation
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Philip Spence bludgeoned three female tourists before robbing them and leaving them for dead at Cumberland hotel
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Heavy fighting between Isis and Kurds continues in Kobani, with reports that neither side is gaining ground despite losses
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Raffia becomes first animal to host Street View Trekker camera to capture Abu Dhabi landscape. By Hannah Jane Parkinson
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VP told Harvard audience ‘our biggest problem is our allies’, in remarks for which Turkey demanded and received an apology on Saturday
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Major Mariam al-Mansouri, the UAE's first female fighter pilot, says it is a dream to serve her country in the air force
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City links: We explore Madrid’s radical anti-car initiative, the world’s largest urban park in Athens and the future of crowded metropolises in this week’s roundup of the best city stories
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Hosts crack sexist jokes about UAE’s Major Mariam al-Mansouri, calling her ‘boobs on the ground’
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A contingency of Australian military aircraft arrive in the Middle East as part of the campaign to tackle Isis
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Eight airmen involved in US-led operation, including the crown prince’s son, threatened on Twitter after photographs released
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Survey shows rising enthusiasm for social media
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Military chiefs say strategy batters Isis and disrupts terror group Khorasan yet admit that proxy ground forces remain distant goal
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Air strikes on Isis targets in Syria carried out with support of five Arab nations as military chiefs say campaign likely to last years
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Barack Obama had insisted on a visible coalition being formed with Sunni Arab states before expanding operations into Syria
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Obama says ‘when the world needs help, it calls on America’ before al-Sisi tells AP ‘it’s not a matter of ground troops from abroad’
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Ian Black: Pro-Islamist Doha is quietly mending fences with Saudi Arabia and the UAE as Isis threat looms. It is not clear how deep the rapprochement will go.
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Prime minister cuts short his Arnhem Land visit and suggests it is unlikely that he will return
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Move comes under heavy pressure from Saudi Arabia, UAE and other neighbours, with threat posed by Isis used as lever
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Meeting of 24 countries in Paris sees support for Iraq's new government and urgent calls for action against 'global threat'
Cif belief Most Arab states share Isis’s ideology. They’re trying to have it both ways