The family of an 18-year-old jailed in Dubai for sleeping with a 17-year-old girl is accusing the UK government of failing to intervene and secure his release.

"I am asking His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum to please forgive me and pardon me."

Dubai's government has sentenced Maurice Kevin O'Rourke, a 64-year-old Canadian man, to life in prison after he was caught during an airport layover with CBD oil used to treat chronic pain caused by Addison's disease.

An 18-year-old British teen faces jail time for beginning a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old, while on vacation in Dubai, officials say.

Emirates, Dubai's state-owned flagship airline, and sister carrier flydubai resumed check-ins after telling passengers to stay away on Wednesday, when thousands of delayed passengers clogged the airport.

In the end, nearly 200 countries adopted on Wednesday a deal stating that the world will be "transitioning away from fossil fuels" in order to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Simon Stiell urged countries to preserve the "highest ambition" to check warming at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Humanity faces an "unprecedented" risk from tipping points that could unleash a domino effect of irreversible catastrophes across the planet, researchers warned Wednesday.

As countries try to hammer out a response to climate change at the COP28 talks in Dubai, here are some key figures about how fossil fuels have warmed our world.

Dubai's glitzy skyline was obscured by a blanket of smog rated as "unhealthy" on Sunday as thousands of delegates attended a COP28 conference dedicated to the harmful effects of air pollution.

More than 200 major corporations including the likes of Ikea, Coca-Cola, Sony, DHL, Heineken and Nestle have recently called on national leaders to set a timeline for phasing out unabated fossil fuels

The two-week-long climate negotiations being held this year in the glitzy Gulf city come at a pivotal moment, with emissions still rising and this year likely to be the hottest in human history.

Facing record-shattering temperatures and a geopolitical tinderbox, countries are scrambling to lay the groundwork for crucial UN climate talks next month tasked with salvaging global warming goals laid out in the landmark Paris deal.

The EU will seek a global phase-out of fossil fuels and for their use to reach a peak in this decade, according to the member states' common position adopted unanimously late Monday.

The cramped spaces, frequently split by improvised partitions made of plywood, drywall, or shower curtains, provided significant risk.

Airplane tickets leaving Russia have skyrocketed after Vladimir Putin's partial military mobilization announcement, with prices up to US$5,000 for a one-way ticket out of the country.

An Asian man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his girlfriend in his car and then bringing her dead body to a police station in Dubai.

The scheduled boxing exhibition of Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Dubai has been rescheduled following the death of UAE President Sheikh Kalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Floyd Mayweather will return to boxing on May 14, facing Don Moore in an exhibition clash in Dubai.

Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez posted adorable snaps of their kids kissing her baby bump on her Instagram. 

Cristiano Ronaldo made time playing and training with his son, sharing Instagram snaps of himself with Cristiano Jr. in Dubai Sunday.

England’s Ben White was spotted exchanging sticky smooches with a tanned beauty while at a pool party at the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai.

Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo is in Dubai for the Premier League winter break along with partner Georgina Rodriguez and their children.

Cristiano Ronaldo found himself with his family in Dubai on Thursday, lighting up the Burj Khalifa in honor of his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez's new show and birthday.

Novak Djokovic is expected to play in Dubai as his name appeared on the ATP 500 entry list which was released Tuesday.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum from Dubai has been ordered by British courts on Tuesday to pay his wife Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein over $730 million in what is considered one of the largest divorce settlements in the U.K.

A British chef was wrongfully arrested and jailed after police initially thought he was dealing drugs.

British millionaire remains trapped in prison for a bouncing check tied to his son. He has been getting beat up and made to drink water from the toilet per reports.

A British influencer embroiled in a sex work probe by police in Dubai is vowing to clear her name after being accused of soliciting for sex and posting on a site for wealthy men seeking “friends with benefits.”

Former Metropolitan Police cop Kashif Mahmood is facing eight years in jail after colluding drug operations with traffickers to steal money from rival groups in East London, United Kingdom.