The UAE is introducing a new law to ban teens from using social media. The resolution was issued in June and communicated more widely this month. 

Dubai Municipality has opened a new integrated pet shelter in Warsan alongside a digital platform where residents can view rescued cats and dogs, learn about their health and behaviour, and begin the adoption process before visiting in person. 

European ministers are now describing climate change as a security threat, after another summer of devastating wildfires across the continent. France is battling its largest fires on record, while blazes in Spain, Greece and elsewhere have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

Greek fishermen are struggling against an invasion of silver-cheeked fish with razor sharp teeth.

And there's an ice cream that Georgia thinks could be the next "Dubai chocolate".