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Qatar emerges as MENA AI leader in global Government Readiness Index 2025

The Peninsula 25 Dec 2025
In AI Infrastructure, Qatar scored 53.78, placing it among the top performers in the MENA region.
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Heavy rains lead to 5 Freeway closure in the San Fernando Valley

LA Daily News 25 Dec 2025
A Christmas storm that drenched Los Angeles on Wednesday led to the partial closure of the 5 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley area, according to CalTrans ... LA County is under a flood advisory until Wednesday, Dec ... 26 at 4 p.m ... .
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Diallo and Mahrez strike at AFCON as Ivory Coast, Algeria win

The New Arab 25 Dec 2025
Amad Diallo and Riyad Mahrez starred as defending champions Ivory Coast and former winners Algeria had contrasting victories on Wednesday when the first round of African Cup of Nations (AFCON) group matches concluded in Morocco ... Zidane watches son.
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'We hold onto one another and keep fighting,' says wife of jailed Istanbul mayor

The New Arab 25 Dec 2025
Turkish democracy has taken a heavy beating since the jailing of Istanbul's popular opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his wife told AFP, saying it has been painful for his family but that the ordeal has made them stronger ... 'Freedom is in my mind' ... ....
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Israeli fire injures Palestinians, strikes reported across Gaza

The New Arab 25 Dec 2025
Two Palestinians were injured by Israeli army gunfire in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning amid strikes on the enclave, in the latest violation of the ceasefire agreement ... Their injuries were reported to be moderate ... ....
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Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a crime

Khaleejtimes 25 Dec 2025
Algeria's parliament unanimously approved on Wednesday a law declaring France's colonisation of the country a crime, demanding an apology and reparations in a move Paris condemned as "hostile" ... ....
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Egypt, US discuss expanding economic and development cooperation

Egypt Independent 25 Dec 2025
Cooperation on water resource management and integrated water solutions was addressed as well ... ....
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Israeli strike kills Palestinian in Gaza as attacks continue

The New Arab 25 Dec 2025
At least one Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday after earlier reports said two people were wounded in gunfire ... ....
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Syria says detained senior IS official in Damascus

The New Arab 25 Dec 2025
Syrian authorities have arrested a senior Islamic State group official in the Damascus region in a joint operation with a US-led international coalition, a security official said on Wednesday ... ....
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Saudi Arabia urges Yemen separatists to cede seized territory

The New Arab 25 Dec 2025
Saudi Arabia, the main backer of Yemen's internationally recognised government, said Thursday that Yemeni separatists should return territory seized recently, adding that it seeks to de-escalate tensions within the government camp ... ....
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Slow progress in Morocco-Israel ties 5 years after normalisation

The New Arab 25 Dec 2025
The agreement, signed in December 2020 under US auspices, marked a dramatic shift after Morocco severed relations with Israel in 2000 following the second Palestinian intifada ... By contrast, no visits by Israeli officials were recorded in 2025 ... ....
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PM says Gov’t seeks qualitative leap in health, education to ensure decent life for citizens

Egypt Independent 25 Dec 2025
GIZA, Egypt, Dec 23 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said Tuesday the government is pressing ahead with efforts to achieve a qualitative leap in ...
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PM says Egypt aims for lowest public debt levels in 50 years

Egypt Independent 25 Dec 2025
CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said Egypt had begun a downward path in its debt indicators, noting that public debt had fallen to about 84 percent of GDP from 96 ... (MENA) .
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PM witnesses signing ceremony of 3 industrial project contracts in SCZone at dlrs 1.15 bn

Egypt Independent 25 Dec 2025
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly witnessed, at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, the signing ceremony of contracts to establish three major ...
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