Having repeatedly sided with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over Iran in a long-standing dispute regarding three Gulf islands, Moscow appears to be risking its ties with Tehran. The Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa islands in the Strait of Hormuz were taken over by Iran in 1971 after British forces withdrew from the UAE following the country’s...
According to the Americans, companies from the UAE are helping Russia to circumvent international sanctions American spies caught Russian intelligence officers bragging about having convinced oil-rich United Arab Emirates to “work together against the intelligence agencies of the United States and the United Kingdom,” according to a document posted online as part of a major...
Zimbabwe on Tuesday said it will investigate allegations of gold smuggling and money laundering against some people linked to the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which were raised in a documentary produced by Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera. The ‘Gold Mafia’, a four-part documentary that first aired early this month, alleges that syndicates with close links to government...