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BEIJING, CHINA – MAY 30: United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan attends a signing ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at The Great Hall of People on May 30, 2024 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Tingshu Wang – Pool/Getty Images)

UAE leader meets with Taliban official who faces a $10 million U.S. bounty over attack that killed an American citizen

By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press

Iran

Iran fires air defenses after spotting drones as reports of attack from Israel swirl

By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press

An Iranian drone on display

Israel says Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles, but 99% were shot down

By Joseph Federman, Jon Gambrell, and others

ships in the Persian Gulf

Iranian commandos seize container ship linked to Israeli billionaire near Strait of Hormuz

By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press

SANA’A, YEMEN – JANUARY 25: A Yemen’s Houthi fighter carries RBG as he takes part in a tribal rally and parade denouncing the U.S.-led aerial attacks on Yemen and in solidarity with Palestinians against Israel on January 25, 2024, on the outskirts of Sana’a, Yemen. The United States and the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on four senior Yemen’s Houthi group leaders as a step to degrade and destroy the group’s capabilities and stop attacks on vessels in the Red Sea bound for Israel. At the same time, the US administration is gravitating toward a longer-term strategy to widen the military operation targeting the Houthi group and its financiers. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Houthis attack U.S. warship, escalating Middle East crisis: ‘They’re now finally calling a spade a spade’

By Jon Gambrell, Tara Copp, and others

SANA’A, YEMEN – JANUARY 19: Yemen’s Houthi-affiliated boys hold flags of Palestine and the Houthi emblem march during a protest held to condemn the U.S. for redesignating Houthis as a global terrorist group, and against the U.S.-British aerial attacks conducted on Yemen on January 19, 2024, in Sana’a, Yemen. The United States forces conducted their sixth round of strikes, targeting Houthi military sites in Yemen, according to a White House official, as an attempt to stop the Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea that have disrupted global shipping. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Iran is ‘directly involved’ in Houthi rebel ship attacks that are strangling world trade, U.S. Navy commander says

By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press

John Oliver speaking and gesturing

John Oliver segment on McKinsey’s ties to Saudi Arabia cut substantially by Dubai-based TV network

By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets fly alongside amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner in the Gulf of Oman, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. The Bataan transited through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, in recent days amid tensions with Iran, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Rick Chernitzer said Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Despite Iran’s retaliation threats, $56 million worth of sanctioned crude oil transferred from seized tanker near Houston

By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press

UAE

Russian spies caught boasting they’ve turned the UAE away from American ally in leaked top-secret files

By Nomaan Merchant, Ellen Knickmeyer, and others

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaks during a briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

America retaliates against a drone attack that killed a US contractor with airstrikes in Syria

By Lou Kesten, Bassem Mroue, and others

Jill Biden and Shervin Hajipour

Iranian protest singer weeps after Jill Biden announces his Grammy as he faces years in jail

By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press

FILE – U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a session on accelerating clean energy at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 9, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told The Associated Press on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, that he backs the United Arab Emirates’ decision to appoint the CEO of a state-run oil company to preside over the upcoming U.N. climate negotiations in Dubai, citing his work on renewable energy projects. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says UAE oil boss is a ‘terrific choice’ to oversee UN climate talks

By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press

American service members in Qatar.

As the World Cup rumbles on in Qatar, thousands of American troops are monitoring the skies of the Middle East

By Isabel Debre, Jon Gambrell, and others

FILE – Mike Moscrop, left, from Orange County, Calif., poses with Amir Sieidoust, an Iranian supporter living in Holland outside the Gerlain Stadium in Lyon, June 21, 1998, before the start of the USA vs Iran World Cup soccer match. Iran defeated the U.S. 2-1 for its first World Cup win, eliminating them after just two games. A rematch between the U.S. and Iran will be played, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Why the U.S. World Cup match against Iran could be one of the most politically charged in history

By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press

A soccer fan holds a flag from Iran prior to the World Cup group B soccer match between Wales and Iran, at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan , Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

U.S. soccer sparks controversy ahead of crucial World Cup showdown by publishing Iranian flag without the Islamic Republic emblem

By Jon Gambrell and Bloomberg