DUBAI — UAE authorities on Wednesday announced busting a cell of Saudi and Emirati members plotting "terror" attacks in the two countries and other states.

The suspects "imported material and equipment with the aim of committing terror acts," said an official statement on WAM state news agency. The arrests came after coordination between security authorities in the two Gulf states.

The suspects were described as members of a "deviant group," a term usually used in Saudi Arabia to refer to Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists. — AFP