Iran: Quake kills at least 40 near Pakistan border

Iranian state TV says at least 40 people have been killed by a major earthquake near the Iran-Pakistan border.

Iranian state TV says at least 40 people have been killed by a major earthquake near the Iran-Pakistan border.

The United Arab Emirates has rejected a request from Egypt for the release of 11 of its nationals detained for suspected links to Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood, the Gulf News paper reported on Saturday.

A Dubai court has sentenced an Irish man and British woman to three months in jail for an intimate tryst in the back of a taxi.

Rescue crews in Dubai have evacuated a 34-story residential tower after a fire gutted portions of the building. There was no immediate word on casualties.

After appearing at Tuesday’s hearing of the Senate inquiry into election fraud, former Philippine Ports Authority General Manager Alfonso Cusi flew out of the country. Cusi left for Dubai shortly after midnight via Emirates flight EK 335, according to Connie Bungag, public affairs chief of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA). Cusi was with seven [...]