At least 14 people died in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata late on Tuesday when a fire blazed through a six-storey hotel in a congested neighbourhood, authorities said.
A delegation from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was briefed on the latest initiatives of the National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) during an official visit to its headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
The UAE security services have foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons and military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces through an airport in the country.
Motorists in the UAE will be paying slightly more for petrol in May, the UAE Fuel Price Committee confirmed on Wednesday.