The UAE offered the Kinahan cartel more than a place to store its money; it provided its leaders with secure neighborhoods, schools, services, and a luxury lifestyle that allowed them to present themselves as consultants, investors or sports executives.

Abdulrahman el-Sayed’s victory signals growing progressive influence, weakening AIPAC power, and a potential historic first Muslim U.S. senator.

Abdul El-Sayed, an American epidemiologist of Egyptian descent, is one step closer to making history as the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate.

A draft UN report reviewed by Reuters found that Boeing 727 aircraft linked to a former U.S. military contractor's business network transported weapons, drones, mercenaries, and fighters to Darfur for the UAE-backed RSF militia.

Riyadh announced it had launched strikes on targets within Iraqi territory in retaliation for drone attacks on its oil facilities, claiming the drones were launched from Iraq and carried out by Iranian-backed militias.