World in focus – best photos for September 18, 2016

Samsung sells tech shares to free up cash

Watford, touching the right notes, are mirror opposites of Manchester United at the moment

Spain and Rafael Nadal ‘back to where we have to be’ in Davis Cup World Group

Iran says it supports any move to stabilise oil market

Style file: news from the world of fashion

Ex-hostage tells of terror as friends beheaded in Philippines

Charlie Austin lifts Southampton over Swansea for first league win – in pictures

Late playwright Edward Albee challenged the status quo

FFWD pop-up opens at Galeries Lafayette

Israel arrests Arab party officials in funding probe

In Singapore, Nico Rosberg shows he has the stuff of a Formula One champion

Abu Dhabi schoolboy Sam Relton, 16, given a ‘taste’ with Premiership’s Saracens

Second-quarter debt issuance spikes in UAE

No further school fee increases to be permitted this academic year in Abu Dhabi

Juan Martin Del Potro, with Argentina on brink of Davis Cup final, could sit out crucial fifth tie

Dubai Government crowdsourcing platform set to drive down solar energy costs

Devendra Jhajharia, Indian Paralympian, hit unparalleled heights for his country

UAE’s professional golfers given chance to qualify for 3eActuaries Open in Equatorial Guinea

The basics of value added tax

Behind the scenes at Cirque du Soleil’s new Dubai show Varekai

Britain is not leaving Europe – it is rejoining the rest of the world

Twitter sued over failure to top 500 million users

Warning to Emiratis in New York following explosion

Rashed Al Tayer and Rashed Al Qamzi to represent Team UAE at UIM H20 Nations Cup

We are free and safe: salute those who keep us that way

More parking spaces for women coming to Abu Dhabi

More than 100 cyber crime suspects arrested in Sharjah this year

Crystal Palace pour continued misery on sinking Stoke – in pictures

Fifth batch of female national service recruits begin training

Daniel Ricciardo would have made a deserving winner: Singapore GP talking points

Smoothie Sunday: Chasing the Blues Away recipe

UAE traffic: Gridlock as country returns to work after Eid break

Islam Slimani an astute signing by Leicester City although arrival poses new problems for Claudio Ranieri

Afghanistan inviting foreign investors for its energy sector

Gang ‘used toy gun and tear gas to steal Dh700,000 from exchange shop’

Women shoppers help save life of man being strangled in Dubai Mall car park

Online savvy required in defence against stalkers, Dubai expert warns

UAE-backed documentary on region’s sharks airs, seven years after inception

New York City explosion – in pictures

Two Saudi police shot dead in Dammam

Where Abu Dhabi rents have risen and fallen, H1 2016 – in pictures

Understanding local culture

Forum Group to build Palm Jumeirah luxury villas

The Corintha Hotel London is a five-star experience overlooking the Thames – in pictures

Unsung heroes are at the heart of Cameron Crowe’s rock-and-roll based TV series Roadies

Radamel Falcao, after tough spells at Man United and Chelsea, scores first Monaco goal after 755 days

New York’s Bareburger to open in Dubai next month

America's errors are aiding former Al Qaeda group

Breitling launches the all new Chronoliner Blacksteel watch

The best of New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2016

2,500 listed as critical care patients for rapid police response in Dubai

Gordon Cheung in conversation at Leila Heller Gallery today

Mutakayyef handlers eyeing British Champions’ Day if the ground stays fast

Science and arts are key to development, Sheikh Hazza tells pupils

Sunday cover: Asamoah Gyan gets things going in Arabian Gulf League

Alvarez ‘fears no one’ as clamour for Golovkin showdown increases after stoppage of Smith

Shahid Afridi - rightly - denied the send-off he thinks he deserves: Cricket talking points

Noura Al Ketbi claims silver in shot put F32 class to win a seventh Paralympics medal for UAE

Besieged Aleppo turns to dangerous 'alternative' fuels

Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai comes to Dubai

Asamoah Gyan developing Al Ahli relationships that can make club ‘champions again’

Policeman tells Dubai court he was tricked by CID into admitting drug-taking

Emirati designer treats her handmade dresses like gems

Spurned admirer stalked Dubai resident through online check-ins

Caio, another Al Ain man for the big occasion, helps navigate a tough Round One

Shadi Ghanim cartoon for 19/9/16

Louboutin’s new season bags for men

Nico Rosberg wins Singapore Grand Prix, overtakes Lewis Hamilton as F1 leader – in pictures

Paralympian pride

How a ‘nudge’ can aid health of employees

Capoue and Zuniga fuel Watford shock of Manchester United – in pictures

Norway’s central bank likely finished with easing as economy stabilises

Emirates SkyPharma officially opened at Dubai International Airport – in pictures

The economic cost of Middle East conflict is a daunting thing to calculate

New York bomb is terror, no international link: governor

Almost 3,000 cars without plates impounded in Sharjah

Decline in oil prices weighs on bourses

Ceasefire on verge of collapse after strikes on Aleppo and Syrian troops

Being idealistic has to have some limits

US pushes back decision on Iran passenger jet approval

Lorries pose grave danger

17 Indian soldiers killed in militant attack on Kashmir base

Son arrested after his father is stabbed to death in Sharjah

‘Paralympic family united in grief’: Iranian cyclist dies after crash during C4-5 event

Singapore GP results: Nico Rosberg holds off Daniel Ricciardo, takes F1 championship lead

29 injured in explosion in New York City

Palestinian chef Joudie Kalla serves up a traditional feast with her new book

Stronger enforcement of fire safety rules ‘will give residents more time to escape’

Emirates opens cargo-handling extension

Holly to Bolly: Oprah Winfrey wins trademark lawsuit, Tom Cruise to return in Mission: Impossible 6, and more

Palestinian mushroom farm blighted by Israeli occupation

Pakistan v West Indies, nations bound only by cricket, in need of a hint of meaning

Harry Kane and Tottenham Hotspur eke out win, but not without worry – in pictures

Executive travel: London’s Corinthia Hotel is a true five-star

Exorcism is on the rise and must be addressed

5 things to do: shop for designs by Fashion Forward Dubai designers or reserve tickets to attend Disco Manila

Snowden was naive, but he acted in the public interest

Robin Mills: Oil producers’ spending cuts are deep and savage – but can be quickly reversed