A blaze that engulfed a Dubai skyscraper on New Year's Eve has raised fresh questions about the safety of materials used on the exteriors of tall buildings across the region.
Firefighters appeared to have mostly extinguished a blaze that suddenly engulfed one of Dubai's most prominent skyscrapers on New Year's Eve, witnesses said.
US authorities said they had arrested and charged a 25-year-old man over an alleged attempt to launch a New Year's Eve attack in Rochester, New York in the name of the Islamic State group.
Belgian police detained six more people over an alleged New Year attack plot in Brussels and arrested a 10th suspect over last month's jihadist massacre in Paris.
British police said they would deploy more armed officers than usual on the streets of London for New Year's Eve.
