The National

UAE state-aligned (Abu Dhabi)

Stories

• 2 Seven Largest U.S. Tech Stocks Lose Roughly $770–$800 Billion in One Session After Alphabet and Tesla Raise AI Spending Plans
• 3 Houthis Claim Missile and Drone Attack on Two Saudi Oil Tankers in the Red Sea
• 5 UN Warns of Atrocity Risk as RSF Tightens Siege of Sudan's El-Obeid; U.S. and G7 Respond
• 6 RSF Forces Encircle Sudan's El Obeid as UN, U.S. and European Governments Warn of Possible Mass Atrocities
• 5 US Imposes New Sanctions on Sudan and Demands Chemical-Weapons Inspections; Sudan Denies the Allegation
• 5 UAE's e& Sells Its Entire 16.21% Vodafone Stake to Xavier Niel's Vega for $5.95 Billion
• 5 NATO and Gulf Arab Ministers Discuss French-British Naval Plan for Strait of Hormuz; Iran Objects
• 4 Oil Falls to Five-Month Low as Hormuz Shipping Recovers and OPEC+ Raises August Output