West to pressure UAE over Russia ties – WSJ

Growing trade between Moscow and the Emirates has been raising concerns among the gulf state’s Western partners The US, UK and EU plan to jointly appeal to the UAE this week to request that the country stop dual-use goods sales to Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday citing Western officials.

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Okinawa forced to allow new US military runways

A Tokyo court has ordered the prefecture to approve the new air strips despite public opposition Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture will have to allow new US Marine Corps air strips to be built on its main island regardless of public opposition to Washington’s increasing military presence in the region, a Tokyo court has ruled.

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US weapons falling into hands of militants – Pakistan

Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has lamented that equipment left behind in Afghanistan has strengthened the Pakistani Taliban Much of the American weaponry abandoned during Washington’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan has fallen into the hands of Islamist fighters, including the Pakistani Taliban, Pakistan’s prime minister has warned.

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