U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up an overseas trip that saw the highest-level outreach between the United States and Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

U.S. President Donald Trump last week suggested he would be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia. The UAE long has been floated as a possible site for peace talks as well.

The legal onslaught on Moscow’s second-largest airport has been seen as part of the Kremlin’s wartime drive to seize control of key assets still in private hands.

The Ukrainian President will travel to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, but his trip is said to be unrelated to the talks between Russian and US officials.

Isolated by the war on Ukraine, Russia has sent its cadre of state-owned defense companies for a big footprint at the IDEX defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

The presence of Israeli defense firms at IDEX would have been unthinkable just years ago, but it is now a reality. Last week, The National Interest reported on day 1 of IDEX 2025, the latest and greatest edition of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference,

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to the United Arab Emirates late Sunday as momentum grows for potential peace talks ending Moscow’s war on the country.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Wednesday with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up an overseas trip that saw the highest-level outreach ...

Zelenskyy Travels to UAE as Momentum Grows for Talks to End Russia's War in Ukraine ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the leader of the ...

The United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency did ... where both Ukraine and Russia have displayed arms — even as Moscow faces Western sanctions over the war. Russian money continues ...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State ... saw the highest-level outreach between the United States and Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine ...