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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has approved a major new initiative to streamline cross-border travel across the region. 

Saudi Arabia’s national teams made a strong showing at the 6th Islamic Solidarity Games (Riyadh 2025), increasing their total medal count to 22 — including five gold, one silver, and 16 bronze medals. 

Turkey's main expectation from a planned International Stabilisation Force in Gaza is for it to provide guarantees that the fragile ceasefire will last, its Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

Plans for Nvidia’s next Israeli development hub took a significant step forward this week, as the Israel Land Authority approved allocating land in Kiryat Tivon for the company’s proposed mega-campus. 

ADNOC Gas reported a record Q3 net profit of $1.34 billion, up 8% year-on-year, driven by strong domestic demand and improved margins, despite weaker oil prices.

Canadian-Israeli investment group Awz Ventures is moving ahead with a massive new semiconductor project in southern Israel, setting aside roughly 5 billion shekels (about $1.3 billion) to build an advanced fabrication plant in Ashkelon. 

The Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) has confirmed that more than 112 American companies are now operating across its three key zones — Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai Silicon Oasis, and Dubai CommerCity — making up 3.4% of total registered firms.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday there was a high chance he would visit Algeria, hailing the north African country's release of writer Boualem Sansal as a glimmer of hope that relations between the two nations could be mended.

A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani came first in Iraq's parliamentary election, the Independent High Electoral Commission said on Thursday.

The paramilitary force battling the army in Sudan's civil war is shifting its focus eastward after consolidating its grip over Darfur last month, reigniting violence and launching drone attacks across the country's oil-producing southern areas.  

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published late on Wednesday that he hoped Washington would take no actions liable to escalate the Ukraine conflict.

Georgian prosecutors on Wednesday charged Giorgi Gakharia, an exiled opposition leader and former prime minister, with offences related to his time in office, amid an escalating crackdown against opponents of the ruling Georgian Dream party.