
The UAE hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough in US-Iran negotiations while remaining braced for worst-case scenarios amid threats of renewed Middle East conflict.
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The UAE official commented during a conference in Manama, Bahrain, following threats of a resumption of the Middle East war.
The UAE is hoping for a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the United States while being prepared for the worst, a senior official said on Sunday, following threats of a resumption of the Middle East war.
“We’re hoping that there is a diplomatic breakthrough,” diplomatic adviser to the UAE president Anwar Gargash said during a conference in Manama, Bahrain.
“It is not the interest of the region to go through another round … But I think we’re also, as we’ve shown before, braced for the worst.”

Iran's top military officials warned on the 1st that if a new war breaks out with the United States in the future, it will last longer and the end time will not be determined by U.S. President Trump. Defense Minister Akelaki, Revolutionary Guards spokesman Mohebi and others simultaneously expressed strong stances, emphasizing that a decisive response would be taken and that the conflict had no geographical restrictions.

Russian foreign policy adviser Oshakov said that President Vladimir Putin is willing to take a call from Ukrainian President Zelensky, and said that negotiations to end the war should first be conducted in a tripartite format between Russia, Ukraine and the United States, and talks are expected to be held in the United Arab Emirates in November.

U.S. President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. military has destroyed most of Iran's military capabilities and nuclear facilities, but there are still 1 to 2 targets such as Haoshan that need to be dealt with, stressing that the U.S. military is in no rush to launch a new offensive and can resolve it within 10 minutes.

Japanese media reported that four Chinese survey ships have been operating abnormally in specific waters around Taiwan since May this year, and their navigation routes overlap with submarine cables. Experts analyzed that this move may be a preparation for cutting off cables in emergencies such as "Taiwan's trouble" and extending to the first island chain to implement gray zone operations.

A Qatari liquefied natural gas carrier, the Mayada, was attacked by an "unidentified object" while passing through the Persian Gulf on the evening of October 30. Since the outbreak of war in the Middle East, Iran has continued to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.

Turkey has transferred imprisoned Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan to a newly built section of the Imrali island prison in an effort to help end decades of conflict.