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UAE's Minister of Energy and Industry Suhail al-Mazrouei is shown arriving for an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, on June 4, 2023.

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The United Arab Emirates is quitting OPEC oil cartel after nearly 60 years

by Camila Domonoske 2 days agoApril 28, 2026

The Arab oil producer has long expressed frustration with the quotas it has to follow as part of OPEC, the cartel of major state-owned oil producers.

Yemeni security guards stand outside the parliament building in Sanaa in 2015, the same year that a Yemeni lawmaker says he was targeted for assassination. Anssaf Ali Mayo is now suing former U.S. military members who he says were hired to kill him.

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Yemeni politician says former U.S. soldiers tried to kill him. Now he’s suing in U.S. court

by Ryan Lucas March 30, 2026March 30, 2026

The suit is centered around the alleged attempt on Anssaf Ali Mayo’s life. But it raises broader questions, including about the role of the United Arab Emirates in Yemen’s civil war.

The president of the Yemen's Southern Transitional Council Aidarous Al-Zubaidi sits for an interview, Sept. 22, 2023, in New York, while attending the United Nations General Assembly's annual high-level meeting of world leaders.

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An escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and widen tensions in the Gulf

by The Associated Press December 30, 2025December 30, 2025

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces. The UAE later said it would withdraw its forces from Yemen.

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