CNN — Holiday romances are the stuff of rom-coms and chick-lit — but not for 18-year-old Marcus Fakana, who is facing a one-year prison sentence for his summer fling. The teenager says he’s sorry and regretful for breaking law — but is appealing to the conservative monarchy’s Prime Minister and Dubai ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, to repeal …
Ireland's leader has pledged to intervene after a 28-year-old Irish woman was detained in the United Arab Emirates on charges of using alcohol and trying to take her own life. The flight attendant, who has been living in Dubai since April 2023, was a "victim of the most gross domestic violence", according to Ms McDonald, with her passport destroyed and …
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