Hitchcock DVDs

Peres warns Israel’s hawks over Iran strike

Israel's president has warned that a military attack would not tackle the threat and could even provoke a broader conflict

Putin set to bait US with nuclear aid for Tehran

Russia is considering increasing its assistance to Iran’s nuclear programme in response to America’s calls for Nato expansion

Abu Dhabi: the Sheikh's real goal

Manchester City’s sale to a desert prince is about turning a nation that has sat in Dubai’s shadow into a world player

‘Marry me for $50m – or you’re dead’

The husband of a pop diva found stabbed to death tells The Sunday Times that police in London were warned of the threats

Gaddafi welcomes 'darling Leezza'

The Secretary of State and former 'Mad Dog of the Middle East' have met in a final, historic act of rapprochement

Mother of missing girl questions boyfriend

Kerry Winter’s mother, Carol, questioned Mark Arnold over the phone and asked him if he killed her in Dubai

British aid workers risk arrest in Gaza

Volunteers risk arrests after Israel banned five UK-based charities operating in Gaza for their alleged links with Hamas

Galloway's BB charity back under police glare

Interpal, which distributes aid in the Palestinian territories, is at the centre of a police investigation in Australia

Briton 'confesses to beating former girlfriend'

Mark Arnold insists that Kerry Winter was alive and well when he left her in the Dubai desert on the day she disappeared

Briton among seven killed in Dubai helicopter crash

Seven workers killed, all foreigners, when helicopter crashes in Gulf en route to offshore oilfield

Palin's son heads for conflict zone

Track Palin, the son of the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, will take on al-Qaeda insurgents in Diyala province

Blair's sister-in-law stuck in Gaza Strip

Lauren Booth refused entry by Israel and Egypt after entering Gaza without permission by boat on a peace mission

Dubai 'sex on beach' woman tells of her ordeal

Michelle Palmer says she is innocent of charge brought in Gulf state and was pressured to sign document in Arabic

Dubai claims record for world's tallest building

The Burj Dubai skyscraper has now topped 688 metres, developer claims, as work due to begin on giant building's interior