A 14-year-old Arab schoolgirl has been detained on a charge of adultery for the past two weeks and forced to undergo a virginity test in the United Arab Emirates, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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The number one tag still eludes them but newly-crowned world champions India have closed the gap on top-placed Australia even as the team's in-form players moved up in the individual standings of the

Auction house Christie's will put one of the world's largest pearls on the block at its Dubai spring jewelry sale on April 20 in a nostalgic reminder of the Emirate's pearl diving past.

The auction h

Somali pirates have come very close to Indian territorial waters off the Lakshadweep island, a top Indian admiral has said, calling for a joint and sustained efforts to contain and eliminate them.

Somali pirates have come very close to Indian territorial waters off the Lakshadweep island, a top Indian Admiral has said, calling for a joint and sustained efforts to contain and eliminate them.

The United Arab Emirates, a key US ally, said it has committed six F-16 and six Mirage fighters to help enforce the no-fly zone over Libya, despite reservations linked to unrest in Bahrain.

Insurance issues relating to the space industry will take centre stage at a conference to be held in Abu Dhabi next May, it has been revealed.

Elections to the Federal National Council, the UAE’s Parliament, will be held on September 24, the Gulf nation's poll body has announced.

An Indian national was sentenced to death and 11 others were given life imprisonment for torturing and killing a compatriot here.

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has slammed the appointment of banned former Pakistan captain Salman Butt as a television pundit during the World Cup.