MADRID (AP) – Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content.
CAIRO (AP) – The United States and the United Nations are seeking to rally international support for humanitarian aid to war-ravaged Sudan, kicking off a new Sudan Humanitarian Fund with $700 million in contributions from the United Arab Emirates and the U.S.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, while the value of Iran’s currency reached a new low a month since the start of protests that soon spread nationwide and sparked a bloody crackdown.
BEIRUT (AP) – A conglomerate based in the United Arab Emirates said Monday it will take legal action against Lebanese authorities over a dispute regarding its investments in the crisis-hit country, saying it has suffered $1.7 billion in investment losses.
Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys met in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washington’s push for progress to end Moscow’s nearly 4-year-old invasion.
NEW DELHI (AP) – India and the UAE finalised a series of agreements on Monday, hoping to double bilateral trade to $200 billion by 2032. The United Arab Emirates president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, met with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital as part of a visit aimed at bolstering bilateral and strategic partnership.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Yemeni politicians met Sunday in Saudi Arabia’s capital in their first public gathering since a southern separatist group backed by the United Arab Emirates was disbanded following weeks of clashes.
ADEN, Yemen (AP) – A large crowd of protesters rallied in southern Yemen on Friday to call for the secession of the south and to show support for an Emirati-backed southern separatist group more than a week after it dismantled itself.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran surpassed 2,000 people on Tuesday, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days after authorities severed communications during a crackdown on demonstrators. The number of dead climbed to at least 2,003, as reported by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.
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