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A Moroccan woman and her two brothers from Tangier have been sentenced to life imprisonment in Abu Dhabi for attempting to traffic approximately six kilograms of cocaine, authorities announced on Monday. The Abu Dhabi court found the three family members guilty of attempting to smuggle cocaine through......
Coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran have thrown global air travel into disarray, with key Middle Eastern hubs shutting down or operating under tight restrictions as regional airspace remains partly closed. The closures have disrupted one of the world’s main corridors linking Europe, Asia,......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation on Sunday with United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, focusing on expanding cooperation and reinforcing bilateral relations between their countries. According to Türkiye’s Communications Directorate, the......
Algeria has officially started the process of terminating its air services agreement with the United Arab Emirates, originally signed in Abu Dhabi in May 2013. The move was announced by Algerian state media, which said the termination procedure is being conducted in line with the agreement's Article......
U.S., Ukrainian, and Russian delegations reached an agreement Thursday to exchange 314 prisoners of war, the first such swap in five months and a tangible outcome from ongoing peace negotiations in Abu Dhabi. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff announced the deal on X, stating that "this result came......
Delegations from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States gathered in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for a second round of trilateral peace negotiations. The talks unfolded against the backdrop of Russia's largest aerial assault on Ukraine this year, which struck just 24 hours earlier. Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's......
Two people were killed and two others injured in the southeastern Dnipro region of Ukraine after Russian drone strikes, local authorities reported. The attacks targeted Vasylkivka, a community near the front lines, causing fires, destruction of one home, damage to three others, and impacting several......
President Donald Trump came to the defense of Russian President Vladimir Putin following Moscow's resumption of devastating strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Trump claimed Putin had kept his word on a brief suspension of attacks, even though the pause lasted just four days instead of......
Russian missiles and drones targeted Ukrainian cities overnight from February 2 to 3, striking energy infrastructure across multiple regions just after a short truce brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump expired. The assaults left hundreds of thousands without heat during the winter's coldest night,......
The Kremlin confirmed on Monday that a new round of direct talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States will take place on Wednesday and Thursday in Abu Dhabi. The negotiations aim to explore a diplomatic resolution to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The first cycle of discussions, held on......
Military bloggers from both Russia and Ukraine report a mutual halt to attacks on energy infrastructure, though neither government has confirmed the arrangement. These unverified claims surfaced on January 29, fueling talk of a diplomatic shift after recent U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi. Vladimir......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cautioned on January 28 that intelligence reports point to Russia gearing up for another massive assault just before trilateral peace negotiations set for February 1 in Abu Dhabi. He argued that ongoing Russian attacks undermine diplomatic initiatives aimed at ending......
Russia’s chief of the general staff, Valery Gerasimov, has visited Russian troops deployed in eastern Ukraine, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense. The visit comes at a sensitive moment, as new diplomatic talks involving Russia, Ukraine, and the United States are expected......
