Dubai

Human Rights Watch tells IB Times UK that treatment of prisons, rights of prisons and mistreatment of foreign workers all require urgent attention.

Row over crackdown on Islamist groups said to be reason for exclusion.

Singapore airlines has announced plans to buy 10 percent stake in Virgin Australia

The fan who attacked Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has brought further shame on the image of English football

Kevin Pietersen will return from international exile for England's tour of India, the England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed.

French government opens inquiry after widow claims Palestinian leader was poisoned by polonium.

Andy Murray has been handed a walkover victory in the second round of the Shanghai Masters after Florian Mayer withdraws with a wrist injury.

Bullet removed from Malala Yousafzai's head and she may be taken abroad for further treatment.

Dubai plans to build its own Taj Mahal – called Taj Arabia, a replica of the world wonder located in India. Taj Arabia will be four times bigger than the Taj Mahal.

Kevin Pietersen will resume his international career after the England and Wales Cricket board reached an agreement with the batsman for his reintegration into the team.

Talented 23-year-old signs for west Yorkshire club Frickley Athletic - days after making it through to Nicole Scherzinger’s Judges House.

Bela Chopra took gin to "calm nerves" and apologises - but could be jailed

Qantas moving its European flights hub to Dubai as well as strengthening its Asian network.

Co-owner branded the shop Hitler as tribute to grandfather, and was not aware of Holocaust.

Project aims to create cheaper life-saving drugs for Middle East and North Africa.

Leaving a car's engine running and unattended attracts a hefty penalty of Dh300 (£52).

Dubai police continue search for MacColl three months into his disappearance.

Syria's Prime Minister Riyad Hijab abandons Assad regime as bomb blast rips through Syrian state TV in Damascus.

Peter Wilson produced a superb performance in the final of the double trap as he caused a major upset to secure Great Britain's third gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics.

Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan has warned against a planned Islamist coup to overthrow the regimes of Gulf countries.

Fearing job loss, the 30-year old accountant who works in Dubai marries his fiancé in Egypt over Skype.

The United Arab Emirates launches crackdown on Islamist dissidents with arrest of three more Emirati radicals.

US gunners open fire on small boat off coast of United Arab Emirates.

Prime accused Pervez Tak, Laila's second step-father, spills the beans to the police after they recovered six skeletons near a farm.

British businessman describes his shock at sex assault sentence by Dubai court.

Forensics experts are trying to match the DNA of the skeletons with Laila's family members to determine the identities of the skeletons.

The pullout is bound to have serious impact on the beleaguered investment arm of the government-owned conglomerate.

Pervez Ahmed Tak, the prime suspect in the case, is reported to have informed the police that Laila Khan and her family were killed in February 2011 in Maharashtra, India.

Residents in poorer parts of UAE's glittering city-state fear gang wars on the rise after death of man in revenge attack.

Emirates Air Line, the first urban cable car in the UK, has opened ahead of schedule and in time for the start of the London 2012 Olympics.