UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

It's been a while since the world's tallest building was an American feature. Currently it's in Dubai; soon it will be in Changsha, China.

The path to payback involves banks, processors, insurers, creditors and courts, plus contracts that don't yet cover such crimes.

In search of resources and trade options, China has turned to the Middle East, including volatile areas where the West fears to do business.

In one of the biggest bank heists ever, credit-card processing firms were hacked and ATMs in 27 countries were hit.

Abu Dhabi airport's futuristic "sleeping pods" offer travelers a tiny private place to work or snooze.

The country's tourism minister says the government will not ban alcohol and swimsuits.

Japan and Turkey signed a civil nuclear cooperation pact on Friday, a milestone for Japanese nuclear power program.

A new deadly virus similar to the SARS has claimed five lives, and two other people are in intensive care.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in Russia on Monday on the first leg of an “economic diplomacy” tour spanning Russia, Turkey and the Middle East.

Three British men found guilty of possessing drugs in Dubai were sentenced to four years in prison, reports said on Monday.

Big is in. Just ask the guys who designed these 14 structures, the largest of their kind in the world.

Saudi Arabia may change its weekend to bring it closer to Western standards, and further from its founding principles.

The Boston bombing suspects' Chechen origins have turned the spotlight on a small community. Fewer than 1,000 live in the U.S.

There are some three million undocumented foreign workers in Saudi Arabia.

Two old buddies sharing stories: Fidel Castro and Diego Maradona, who dropped in after paying his respects to Venezuela's Maduro.

Such “contract marriages” for the purposes of sex are illegal under Indian law and forbidden by Islam.

Lürssen, which builds large luxury yachts, has launched the AZZAM, the largest motor yacht in the world.

To mark the two-year anniversary of Syria's civil war that began on March 15, 2011, here’s a look at some of the conflict's statistics.

It's not a well-known side effect of an encroaching war, but it's happening: People in Damascus are gaining weight.

Ninety-four Emirati citizens, said to be members of an Islamist organization, were put on trial Monday on charges of plotting against the United Arab Emirates government.

The club has been subjected to scrutiny over ownership.