United Arab Emirates
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Dubai appeals court has thrown out a public indecency conviction and a month's prison sentence for a Pakistani couple accused of having sex in their car after the pair claimed they were together in a private place, their lawyer said Tuesday.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A string of steamy text messages has resulted in a jail sentence for an Indian couple, local media announced Wednesday, in the latest case of passions clashing with the law in the cosmopolitan, yet occasionally conservative, Gulf city of Dubai.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Emirati host of an "Apprentice"-style reality show and former owner of cash-strapped Premier League team Portsmouth said Wednesday he plans to cut short an overseas trip to clear his name amid reports he is wanted in Dubai over an unresolved property dispute.
AL AIN, United Arab Emirates - A member of the United Arab Emirates ruling family being tried in connection with the videotaped beating of an Afghan man has been cleared of all charges.
AL AIN, United Arab Emirates - A drug expert testified Monday that a combination of drugs used by a member of the Emirates' ruling family could have triggered aggressive behavior that led him to torture an Afghan man five years ago.
