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What's behind the Houthi's attack on the UAE - Terrifying Inside Story

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The United Arab Emirates has promised it will retaliate against the most significant Houthi attack on its soil in years. At least three people died when drones struck oil facilities near Abu Dhabi airport. The UAE is part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen since 2015. So what message is being sent by the Houthis, as the civil war enters its seventh year??

'We're together' PM Modi backs UAE in fight against terror; condemns Ho...

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India and the UAE will stand shoulder to shoulder against terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday at a virtual summit with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. In his remarks, Modi also referred to the recent terror attacks in the Gulf nation that killed three people, including two Indians. The two sides also reaffirmed their joint commitment to fight against extremism and terrorism in all forms, including cross-border terrorism, at both regional and international levels. Watch full video.

Pegasus spyware found on Boris Johnson's phone, UAE attack suspected: report

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Israeli spyware used by authoritarian regimes worldwide to monitor dissidents has been found on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson' s phone, The New Yorker magazine revealed on Monday. The British Prime Minister's phone was infected by the Israeli spyware. Experts from the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab came across multiple signs that the Pegasus spyware had been used to infect devices belonging to the UK Prime Ministry and Foreign Office, including Johnson's phone. The cyberattack against Johnson is believed to have originated in the United Arab Emirates, the researchers said. The attacks targeting devices belonging to the Foreign office were linked to the UAE, India, Cyprus and Jordan. "We will occasionally observe cases where we suspect that governments are using spyware to undertake international espionage against other governments," Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab and Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto’s Munk Scho...