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UAE accelerates institutional and economic reforms through new laws in 2025

UAE accelerates institutional and economic reforms through new laws in 2025

The updates underline the UAE’s push to build an agile, future-ready government

Asia
Bangladesh says peacekeepers killed, injured in Sudan UN base attack

Bangladesh says peacekeepers killed, injured in Sudan UN base attack

Bangladesh is one of the largest contributors to UN peacekeeping missions and its troops have long been deployed in Abyei

Europe
UK health service battles 'super flu' outbreak

UK health service battles 'super flu' outbreak

Keir Starmer said a “super flu” outbreak has put the NHS at its most precarious since the pandemic.

Middle East
Hamas says Israel's killing of senior commander threatens ceasefire

Hamas says Israel's killing of senior commander threatens ceasefire

Thousands of Hamas supporters held funeral procession in Gaza City carrying coffins draped in green flags

Hamas negotiator calls on Trump to pressure Israel to honor truce terms

Israeli forces hold eastern Gaza while Hamas controls the populated west

US to host December 16 conference in Doha on international stabilization force

North America
FBI foils bombing plot targeting Los Angeles, US attorney general says

FBI foils bombing plot targeting Los Angeles, US attorney general says

Four individuals have been charged with conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device