UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Hila Sedighi was arrested at a Tehran airport Friday as she returned from the UAE where she lives with her husband.

Once completed, the project could eventually connect gulf countries with the European power grid.

The past year saw deals worth nearly $4.3 trillion — significantly above the previous peak, before the financial crisis, according to a Thursday report.

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have heightened after the Sunni Muslim kingdom executed a top Shiite cleric.

The New Year’s Eve conflagration at the 63-story Address Downtown Dubai hotel was the emirate’s third high-rise fire in three years.

Muslims make up the majority of victims of war in the region, but minorities, including Christians, have been disproportionately affected.

Firefighters had mostly extinguished flames at the 63-story Address Downtown Dubai hotel, but smoke still emanated at daybreak Friday.

A New Year's Eve blaze ignited in the 63-story the Address Downtown Dubai hotel ahead of a fireworks event.

Iranian Revolutionary Guards were running a live-fire exercise Saturday near the USS Harry S Truman.

The men were arrested at the international airport in Nagpur city in the Indian state of Maharashtra Saturday.

After more than 500 days in jail in Iran, reporter Jason Rezaian was allowed to see his family in prison Friday.

A new video shows a fighter encouraging the beheading of Shiite citizens in Saudi Arabia, followed by the gruesome execution of an alleged Saudi spy.

Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday a newly formed, 34-nation military alliance to fight ISIS. Nigeria was among the countries named that was caught off guard by the announcement.

Islam is both a religion and a form of government, the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania argued during Tuesday's "undercard" Republican debate.

France, which has been involved in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Iraq since September 2014, on Tuesday hit targets in the west of the country.

Saudi Arabia announced the coalition Tuesday, releasing a list of 34 predominantly Muslim countries from as far as Malaysia.

The 34-nation group is said to include Arab countries such as Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and Islamic nations Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan.

Both sides -- Houthi rebels and the Saudi Arabia-led coalition -- have increased attacks before a U.N.-brokered ceasefire begins Monday midnight, local time.

The airline's last flight from Washington Dulles to Dubai will take off Jan. 25.

The Pentagon's proposal would ensure a U.S. military presence in some of the world's most volatile regions for the foreseeable future.

The mogul's business deals in Muslim countries could suffer if those nations respond in kind to his proposal.