United Arab Emirates

• The Secret Egyptian Air Base Powering Sudan’s Drone War - The covert base offers new evidence of how the Sudanese conflict is morphing into a theater for high-tech warfare, driven by foreign interests.
• United Arab Emirates' 'Spy Sheikh' bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ - “This is corruption, plain and simple," said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee.
• Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. Officials to Meet in Abu Dhabi for Peace Talks - Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have rarely met directly in the past, instead relying on Americans to mediate, and it was unclear how the talks would play out.
• Trump signed his Gaza 'Board of Peace' into being. Here's who's on it — and who isn't - European nations did not attend Trump's "Board of Peace," signing at the World Economic Forum in Davis, Switzerland.
• European markets set for a lackluster open; Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Europe is 'lost' - European stocks finished higher on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said a "framework" agreement had been reached over Greenland.
• Iran's top diplomat issues most direct threat yet to US as crackdown over protests squeezes nation - Iran's foreign minister issued the most direct threat yet Wednesday against the United States after Tehran's bloody crackdown on protesters, warning the Islamic Republic will be “firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed
• Internet shutdown squeezes Iran's ailing businesses already hurt by crashing currency - Iranians have been struggling for nearly two weeks with the longest, most comprehensive internet shutdown in the history of the Islamic Republic — one that has not only restricted their access to information and the outside world, but is al
• Hackers target Iran state TV's satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince - Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” footage online showed early Monday, the
• Iran army chief threatens preemptive attack over 'rhetoric' targeting country after Trump's comments - Iran's army chief threatened preemptive military action Wednesday over the “rhetoric” targeting the Islamic Republic, likely referring to U.S. President Donald Trump's warning that if Tehran “violently kills peaceful protesters,” the United
• How Two Powerful U.S. Allies Came to Blows in Yemen - Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates burst into the open this week with an unusually direct confrontation that has global implications.