A fire broke out in Tehran's Evin prison, where many of Iran's political and dual-national detainees are held, on Saturday night and witnesses reported hearing gunfire.

A Noida-based man named Praveen Kumar, who returned to the city after being wrongfully detained at the Abu Dhabi airport, said, "They kept me overnight, forced me to accept I was someone else."

A Saudi man has claimed to have married 53 times in 43 years, saying he was "looking for peace of mind and stability".

The United States said it is sending fighter jets to assist the United Arab Emirates following missile attacks on the Gulf state launched by Yemen's Houthi movement, including a foiled attack aimed at a base hosting U.S. forces.

The United Arab Emirates will ban non-vaccinated citizens from traveling abroad from Jan. 10, the state news agency WAM reported on Saturday, citing the foreign ministry and the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority.

Bahrain appointed its first ambassador to Damascus on Thursday since it downgraded ties early in the conflict in Syria.

Dubai International Airport is fully operational for the first time since its closure due to the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will no longer censor films released in theatres, Emirati Media Regulatory Authority announced on Sunday.

Theoretically, there is a case for twin tolerances— if Taliban gives up some violence and collaborates with the West to fight radical forces such as the ISK.

The delegations of the Taliban and the United States on held their first meeting in Qatar's capital Doha, in a bid to turn the "new page on their relationship".