UAE Says It Foiled Bid to Transfer Weapons to Sudan’s Army

The United Arab Emirates said it thwarted an attempt to transfer weapons to Sudan’s army, the latest escalation in tensions between the Gulf power and military authorities in the North African nation torn apart by two years of civil war.

Emirati officials seized ammunition and military equipment and arrested people during an inspection of a private aircraft at one of the UAE’s airports, the state-run WAM news agency said Wednesday, citing Attorney-General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi.