Iran & UAE back BRICS call for restraint in the Middle East war as leaders push for de-escalation. Iran’s president also held a rare high-level meeting with the UAE Crown Prince.
Iran-aligned Houthis have advanced to Perim Island at the entrance of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait raising fears they could threaten one of the world’s key oil and trade routes.
The CIA declassifies more than 100 pages of intelligence briefings showing repeated warnings to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush about potential al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden attacks in the U.S. before 9/11
