All news on the topic: United Arab Emirates

Tourists filmed themselves laughing at a Muslim woman wearing a niqab at a rooftop restaurant in Dubai.

It was the most popular destination for Brits seeking winter sun last year, but what happens if you find yourself locked up for a ‘crime’ ...

British teenager Marcus Fakana is facing a year in Dubai’s notorious Al Awir prison, where inmates have reported ‘torturous’...

Sarajevo-native Edin “Tito” Gacanin registered the companies in the secrecy havens as he continued to ship cocaine globally, despite being convicted by Dutch courts for narcotics trafficking.

ICIJ previously found that OneCoin’s founder Ruja Ignatova and some of her associates had bought properties worth millions in Dubai while promoting the fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme.

The United Arab Emirates suspended this week operations in 32 of its gold refineries after inspections revealed that its gold sector had committed hundreds of anti-money laundering violations.

Thousands of secret suspicious activity reports offer a never-before-seen picture of corruption and complicity — and how the government lets it flourish.

An Irish air hostess is trapped in Dubai after being charged with trying to end her life following alleged domestic abuse.

UK accused of trying to head off condemnation of Gulf ally over alleged aid to forces accused of genocide in Darfur

Superyacht AK Royalty is a luxurious boat, covered in 24-karat gold dust - and you can rent it in the Arabian Gulf, if you can afford to spend £100,000 per week

The Houthi rebels have claimed their first confirmed shipping victim after a cargo ship sank in the danger-laden Red Sea following a missile strike by the terror group

The passenger on Emirates flight EK614 for Islamabad, Pakistan, became disruptive as he was allegedly drunk, and footage shows staff restrain the man on Sunday

Bridget Taylor, 43, was part of a criminal network that travelled business class from London to Dubai to smuggle illicit cash amounting to over £100million out of the country

Grandad Ian MacKeller, 75, is returning to Scotland after being detained in Dubai for a month, after he was arrested because he asked neighbours to "keep the noise down"

Ian Mackeller, 74 from Aberdeenshire, had travelled out to Dubai to help his daughter and granddaughter settle into their new life in Dubai when an altercation with neighbours left him facing potential jail time

Ian MacKeller, 75, travelled to the UAE to visit his daughter and babysit his granddaughter - but now faces years in jail after asking his neighbours to be quiet

The expansive five-bedroom apartment - covering almost 22,000 square feet - sits at the top of the Como Residences tower, offering incredible views of some of the country's most exhilarating sites

Andy Neal, now 46, was arrested in October 2018 when Dubai police raided the family home while his two children were present, accusing him of being a drug trafficker

Many Brits believe that "following the law" is enough to keep themselves out of trouble in the United Arab Emirates, which is no longer the case, according to Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling

The family of Albert Douglas, 61, believe that he was attacked because the fellow inmate at Al Barsha prison was jealous that he spent so much time on the phone to his relatives - which cost £130 per call

José Roberto Cordeiro de Oliveira, father of the former Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino, had been on a trip in the Middle East with his family during the international break

New York college student Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos was jailed for a year after a search during a transit stop in Dubai, but she's now on a flight home to be reunited with her family

A 21-year-old student was detained after enduring a humiliating strip-search at Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates, where she was accused of "assaulting and insulting" airport staff