While Israel and Hamas are on the verge of a ceasefire in Gaza, our journalists investigated the strategy of the United Arab Emirates in the region. The oil- and gas-rich Gulf monarchy – a Middle Eastern heavyweight that has a strong rivalry with neighboring Qatar – is expanding its influence and preparing for the post-war period, when the bombs will finally fall silent in the Gaza Strip and the focus will turn to reconstruction.
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A Russian court sentenced Navalny’s lawyers to years in prison
Russia on Friday sentenced three lawyers who defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for leaking the late opposition leader’s messages from prison to the outside world. Vadim Kobzev,…