A migrant worker who was killed in an aerial attack on the United Arab Emirates on the first day of the Iran war would not have been outside if he had known the conflict had started, his son says.

A drug dealer has admitted beating a vulnerable former chef to death after allegedly forcing him to sleep beside dogs.

Beirut's southern suburbs have been subjected to waves of airstrikes by the Israeli military, but it has been virtually impossible to document the damage they cause.

The Russian flag has returned to the global sporting stage, appearing at the Winter Paralympics for the first time in over a decade.

There are three types of people in Dubai right now: those off to play padel, those rushing to the Omani border, and those waiting for house prices to drop.

More than 300 people, including women and children, have been abducted by Islamic militants who attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, officials have said.