British teenager Marcus Fakana is facing a year in Dubai’s notorious Al Awir prison, where inmates have reported ‘torturous’ and ‘hellish’ conditions, after he had sex with a girl he met on holiday ...

A doctor shows a hallway at the medical centre of Dubai's Al-Awir central prison (AFP/Getty) In the desert some 30km from central Dubai’s towering hotels and lavish shopping malls is a “hellish” Dubai ...

Call it a bad toke of luck. An American man who allegedly smoked or ingested pot in Las Vegas faces three years in prison in the United Arab Emirates after traces of marijuana were found days later in ...

A student faces being jailed in a UAE prison for a year after she was accused of “assaulting and insulting” staff while transiting through the airport in Dubai. But a charity representing her said she ...

The mother of a 29-year-old influencer is pleading for help after alleging her daughter is facing jail time in Dubai following a public altercation. Dubai, which is part of the United Arab Emirates (U ...

Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos is seen in an undated photo. automation A 21-year-old New York City college student who was recently sentenced to prison time in the United Arab Emirates over an ...

A student who was facing a year in a UAE prison after she was accused of “assaulting and insulting” staff while transiting through the airport in Dubai has been allowed to return home. Elizabeth ...

A 21-year-old New York City college student who was recently sentenced to prison time in the United Arab Emirates over an altercation at a Dubai airport has been freed, an advocacy group said.