United Arab Emirates
Vucic's mission: Can Serbia's longtime leader secure new mandate? - analysis
Former president Aleksandar Vucic is banking on economic modernization, political stability, and an independent foreign policy that has strengthened relations with the US, Israel, and the UAE.
UAE nominates Lana Nusseibeh to succeed Guterres as UN secretary-general
Trump's push for Israel-Saudi relations faces obstacles amid elections, Houthi attacks - analysis
Mandelblit’s testimony raises new questions about Netanyahu’s trial - opinion
Organizations, individuals honored for promoting principles of Abraham Accords
Ambassadors’ Club of Israel recognized groups developing municipal, business, interfaith, and community ties across the region.
IDF expands Personal Security Branch to protect troops, officials from global threats - interview
One of the branch's initial tasks was a comprehensive risk analysis of global flight paths and routes that could pose a hazard to IDF personnel.
Netanyahu did not discuss UAE's October 7 warning at Gaza security meeting week of attack - report
The report comes as the prime minister, as well as UAE and US officials, deny allegations made in a Haaretz report that MBZ warned Netanyahu of a major Hamas attack in the days before Oct. 7, 2023.
US proposes UAE host trilateral meeting with Ukraine and Russia on war, Zelensky says
"The American side has proposed...meeting at a technical level in a three-way format," Zelensky told reporters in a briefing via WhatsApp.
UAE, Oman suspend Iranian airlines' flights until further notice, decision based on US sanctions
The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority said the decision was based on US sanctions imposed on Iranian airlines over the use of airports around the world.
UAE prime minister's brother Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum dies at 77
Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was the brother of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE’s current prime minister and the ruler of Dubai.
Former Palestinian Authority minister says he relayed Hamas’s pre-October 7 warning to Israel
Abu Zaida feared reporting directly to the Shin Bet, but at the same time feared for his life if the information was not passed on, so he decided to convey the message directly to the UAE.
Sharaa secretly building up Syrian military, raising red flags in Israeli security community
Instead of investing in infrastructure, rebuilding the country, or improving the welfare of civilians who suffered through 15 years of war, the extremist regime is focusing on an arms buildup.
US sanctions Iranian financier's crypto exchange, says it processes Hormuz payments
Treasury said BitBank had routed hundreds of millions of dollars to the IRGC and described the exchange as a key component in Iran’s digital assets-based sanctions-evasion infrastructure.
India’s BRICS balancing act is keeping the bloc from becoming an anti-Western alliance - opinion
A stronger BRICS may challenge parts of the existing international order, but the New Delhi summit does not show the emergence of a unified alternative bloc.
