Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in Dubai on Thursday night, but with the block evacuated and only minor injuries reported authorities went ahead with a New Year's fireworks display at the world's tallest building a few hundred meters away. Tongues of flame shot skywards...

Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, recent recipient of one of Europe's most prestigious human rights awards, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health because of a lengthy hunger strike, his wife said on Thursday. Ensaf Haidar, who was granted asylum in Canada...

Saudi air defense systems shot down a ballistic missile, state media reported, which the Yemeni army allies of the country's dominant Houthi group said had been fired towards oil installations in the southern part of the kingdom. Saudi Arabia's state news agency SPA quoted a...

The United Arab Emirates has secretly sent some 300 Colombian mercenaries to fight for it in Yemen, paying handsomely to recruit a private army of well-trained, battle-hardened South American soldiers, sources told AFP. The sources, who spoke on condition of...