His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has issued a law defining Dubai Municipality's mandate to build a future-ready city.
Beaches in Sharjah have reopened to the public, with authorities confirming that an offshore oil spill involving a tanker in October has been contained.
Abu Dhabi Police have arrested eight people for fighting at the entrance of a hotel in the Emirate, and two more for filming the brawl.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged attacks on each other's capitals early on Thursday, a day after peace talks ended and shortly before US envoys arrived in Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin.
A bomb alert temporarily disrupted train services at Calais-Fréthun station in northern France on Thursday morning, affecting both domestic and international rail travel.
A three-story building next to a construction site collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, killing at least two people and sending more than 10 others to hospital, New York City officials said, as rescuers searched the rubble for possible additional victims.