MOGADISHU, Somalia—Drones had been hovering over Togga-Xarago—a mountainous settlement in northeastern Somalia all day. The Reer Yusuf Mohamud Salah family was used to the noise; it was a regular occurrence in the Al-Miskaad mountains, where the Puntland security forces are waging an on-going war against ISIS militants, supported by the UAE and now the U.S.

The year before Jeffrey Epstein’s suspicious death in a Manhattan jail, the financier was working to broker an infrastructure deal for Emirati logistics conglomerate DP World in Nigeria, according to a massive trove of emails released by the Justice Department last month.

At Bosaso Airport in Somalia’s Puntland state, the thunderous sound of large aircraft hitting the tarmac echoes out across the port city.

Calls are growing for the U.S. to end arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after reports of horrific slaughter in Sudan this week by the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

BEIRUT/AMMAN, May 7 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has set up a backchannel for talks between Israel and Syria, three people familiar with the matter said, as Syria's new rulers seek regional help to manage an increasingly hostile relationship with their southern neighbour.

The United Arab Emirates could turn to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to increase cloud seeding missions and rainfall levels across the country, it has been revealed.

Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history after nearly a year of war, the United Nations has warned.

The conflict in Sudan has a substantial impact on the country’s food system and hinders people’s ability to cope with food shortages. As the country shows the worst hunger level ever recorded during the harvest season (from October to February),

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday approved two massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to help them defend against Iran.