JERUSALEM (AP) – The tight relationship between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is typically managed discreetly. But this week, it was thrust into the open, illuminating tensions underlying the alliance as the Iran war embroils the entire region.
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn't very worried, and U.S. stocks rose to more records. The S&P 500 added 0.3% Monday to its prior all-time high. The Dow Jones rose 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.4%. The price for a barrel of Brent crude rose more than 4%.
CAIRO (AP) – Drone warfare has become the deadliest threat to civilians in Sudan ‘s conflict and both the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are being supplied by a number of countries in the Middle East and beyond, experts say.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – An Australian woman charged with joining the Islamic State group expressed views supporting terrorist acts and killing of non-believers, attempted to indoctrinate her children and recruited others to join her in Syria, according to allegations made in court Monday.
NEW DELHI (AP) – A two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the BRICS nations concluded in New Delhi on Friday without a joint statement because of “differing views among some members” on the situation in the Middle East, host India said.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – European Council President António Costa said Monday that this week’s European Union summit with Western Balkan candidate nations aims to show that the opportunity for enlargement is real. Speaking in Bosnia at the start of a pre-summit tour of the Western Balkans, Costa said that amid global geopolitical uncertainty and economic instability, “enlargement is a geostrategic interest for Europe.”
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Israeli-US war with Iran, further strengthening ties with a Gulf nation that normalized relations with Israel in 2020, his office said Wednesday.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defense announced that the country’s air defenses are “actively engaging” with a missile and drone attack early Friday as the Iran war’s shaky ceasefire was again challenged.
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