The United Arab Emirates and Israel agreed that the Gulf emirate would take over the management of the Gaza Strip after the war, according to a report by Israel Hayom.

While major ruptures are not expected, Gulf states are urging a tougher stance on Israel and a softening toward Iran, positions that differ greatly from the president-elect’s first term.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is nestled in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and west, Oman to the east, and boasting a coastline along the Persian Gulf.

Indeed, Biden not only wholeheartedly embraced the Abraham Accords but sought to build on them by securing a landmark deal with Saudi Arabia, the most powerful and influential Arab state. Biden’s offer was that,

Joe Biden made mistakes, but he also advanced opportunities. It would be to America’s benefit if Donald Trump preserved success and built upon it.

The two Americans freed in the swap, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, was brokered before Biden left office on Monday.

The move will authorize harsher penalties on the Iran-backed group, which has attacked Israel and disrupted global shipping trade in the Red Sea for over a year.

Romania is set to have the sixth strongest passport in the world after being accepted into the US Visa Waiver program, which grants Romanians visa-free access to the United States, the Romanian Diplomatic Institute said on social media.

The only truism of such “whiplash” diplomacy is it always ends poorly for the United States. There is much ... from the 2017 nadir when the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain ...

Thursday's sanctions on Sudanese Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and a Hong-Kong-based weapons supplier block them from entering or transiting the United States and restrict their access to any U.S. assets.

Remittances from overseas Filipinos declined to a six-month low in November 2024, data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Wednesday showed.