Dubai court documents say that a verdict in the trial of a British couple accused of having sex on a beach will be pronounced next week.

At least three complete, unedited video tapes demonstrating Abu Dhabi police involvement in Shiekh Issa’s extreme torture were secreted out of the U.A.E. Check...

With its world’s tallest building nearing completion, Dubai said Sunday it is embarking on an even more ambitious skyscraper: one that will soar more than 10...

New York University has appointed the president of Swarthmore College to run its Abu Dhabi campus in the United Arab Emirates.

A U.S. Navy spokesman says a weapons shipment on a Ukrainian ship hijacked by Somali pirates was headed to Sudan, not Kenya.

The UAE values freedom of expression and has safeguarded it by banning imprisonment of journalists. While Malaysia government under UMNO/BN leaders has been using all...

In a report, the agencies said the Quartet - which comprises Russia, the US, the EU and the UN - had failed to make progress on a number of fronts.

The international shipping industry must take on more responsibility to protect vessels against pirate attacks and kidnappings in the dangerous waters of Somalia rather...

Macy’s Inc. has announced plans to open its first Bloomingdale’s stores outside the United States, in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Oil prices edged just slightly higher Wednesday after OPEC vowed to abide by its quotas but decided not to take the more dramatic step of slashing production targets.

Oil prices sank Tuesday as Hurricane Ike appeared less like to strike Gulf of Mexico energy installations and Saudi Arabia suggested OPEC will not cut output later in...

Oil prices rose above $109 a barrel Monday as Hurricane Ike took aim at the Gulf of Mexico, delaying efforts to bring oil and gas production back online, and...

The operator of the oil rig involved in last week’s deadly helicopter accident off the Dubai coast said production remained halted on the platform Sunday.

Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is now the world’s tallest man-made structure, after reaching a record height of 688 metres, its developer real...

Two Britons have appeared in court in Dubai after allegedly having sex on a beach in the Muslim emirate. What would happen if a couple got frisky on a beach in the UK?

Oil companies say a helicopter carrying contractors has crashed into an oil-drilling platform off the coast of Dubai, killing seven people.

TWO foreign women have been jailed for a month for kissing and fondling each other and engaging in

Iran on Tuesday banned the Tehran bureau chief for the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel and told him to leave the country as soon as possible, the network said.

A British couple on trial for allegedly having sex on a Dubai beach asked the judge on Tuesday to be allowed to leave the country.

The developer of a Dubai skyscraper set to become the world’s tallest building says the rising tower now stands at a “new record height” of 2,257...