Al Awsat 1h

Washington’s Opening Toward Damascus Clashes with Israel’s Ground Strategy

Washington’s recent openness toward Damascus is increasingly colliding with Israel’s assertive on-the-ground approach, highlighting a widening rift between the two traditional allies over the future of Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The United States now appears to be pushing»»»

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Gulf News 1h

Court orders government to pay bills after illegal resident dies in private hospital

Dubai: A Saudi court has ruled that a government body must cover the medical costs incurred by a private hospital after an illegal resident, admitted in a critical emergency, later died while receiving treatment. The court found that the hospital fully complied with medical regulations by providing»»»

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Novinite 2h

Grain Sector Shock: Major Bulgarian Producer Collapses Under Massive Debt

Farm Sense AD, a long-standing agribusiness company based in the Dobrudja region, has initiated bankruptcy proceedings in the Sofia City Court. The request was filed on November 20, 2025, marking a difficult moment for a firm with more than three decades in the grain sector. Over the years the comp»»»

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Gulf News 2h

Abu Dhabi court orders man to pay Dh70,000 after damaging eye-test machine

Dubai: A man has been ordered to pay Dh70,000 in compensation to a medical centre after he damaged a high-precision eye-examination device during a routine visit. The Abu Dhabi Civil Family and Administrative Court ruled that the man was liable for the cost after entering the eye-testing room witho»»»

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The Peninsula 2h

Vodafone Business launches enhanced features on MyVodafone Portal

Doha, Qatar: Vodafone Business has announced the launch of enhanced features on its MyVodafone Portal, empowering businesses to manage their digital services with greater simplicity, transparency and control. The enhanced portal reflects Vodafone Business’s ongoing commitment to supporting the digi»»»

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Al Awsat 2h

Fed Signals Pause on Rate Cuts as Investors Navigate Data Darkness and Leadership Change

After three consecutive interest rate cuts, investors now confront an uncertain US monetary policy outlook for the year ahead, clouded by persistent inflation, data gaps, and an impending leadership change at the Federal Reserve. The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter-percentage poi»»»

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Bulgarian News Agency 2h

Parliamentary Committee on Energy Passes 2026 State Budget Bill at First Reading

The Parliamentary Committee on Energy adopted the 2026 State Budget Bill at first reading on Thursday with 11 votes in favour, four against and one abstention. In view of the euro changeover on January 1, 2026, all budget documentation has been prepared in euro, using the official conversion rate u»»»

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Sana 3h

Wilson praises U.S. House approval of Caesar Act repeal

Washington, Dec. 11 (SANA) U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson expressed his gratitude to the House of Representatives for approving the full repeal of the Caesar Act as part of the Department of Defense budget for 2026. Wilson said Wednesday in a post on the X platform: “Grateful that the House of Represe»»»

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Sana 3h

U.S. House of Representatives approves full repeal of the “Caesar Act” sanctions

Washington, Dec. 11 (SANA) The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday by a majority to repeal the sanctions imposed on Syria under the “Caesar Act,” which was enacted in December 2019 to penalize the former regime for war crimes committed against the Syrian people during the years of the upr»»»

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BBC 3h

Panic in France as children fall victim to lethal violence of Marseille drug gangs

Warning: This article contains disturbing details from the start. A group of children spotted Adel's body on their way to school, just as his parents were heading to the police station to report him missing. A grotesque, charred silhouette, reclining, with one knee raised, as if lounging on one of »»»

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24 News Agency 4h

Kyrgyzstan taken on permanent commitment not to introduce death penalty — MFA - | 24.KG

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan (MFA) issued an official statement regarding the Constitutional Court’s decision on the death penalty. The ministry noted that the recent rise in cases of the murder of children and women under aggravating circumstances has deeply shocked the entire cou»»»

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BBC 5h

Japanese chess player calls out association's pregnancy bias

A Japanese chess association has apologised to a prominent 'shogi' player who criticised a rule that bars pregnant players from title matches around their expected due dates. Under the current rules of shogi - a game similar to chess - such players are replaced, meaning they forfeit all competition»»»

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Gulf News 7h

Google's reclusive genius Larry Page storms to No. 2 on the world's richest list for the first time ever

Larry Page has surged to No. 2 among the world’s richest for the first time. And for the first time, the Google co-founder overtook Oracle’s Larry Ellison to become the world’s second-wealthiest person. Page has an estimated net worth of $262 billion as of December 1 (up $30 billion a month earlier»»»

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France24 7h

French far-right lawmaker sparks debate with proposal to reopen brothels

Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a lawmaker from Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN), plans to submit a bill that would allow "maisons closes" to reopen in France for the first time since 1946, albeit run as cooperatives by sex workers themselves. Prostitution is technically legal in France, al»»»

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UPI 8h

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduces legislation for U.S. to leave NATO - UPI.com

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican serving a House district in Kentucky, announced had introduced a measure to remove the U.S. from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican serving a House district in »»»

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Gulf News 8h

Dubai’s new contactless hotel check-in: What changes, who benefits, why it's big

Dubai: Dubai has introduced a citywide contactless hotel check-in system that lets guests complete registration before they arrive. You upload your ID, add a biometric scan, and confirm your details on your phone. Once registered, your information remains valid until your ID expires. Future stays r»»»

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Gulf News 8h

First of 30 oil lease sales planned for Gulf of Mexico draws $300 million

WASHINGTON: Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region under Republican efforts to ramp up US fossil fuel production. The sale came after President Donald Trump's administration recently announced plans t»»»

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BBC 9h

Portugal braced for mass disruption in first general strike for 12 years

Portugal is facing severe disruption to transport, flights, hospitals, schools and other public services on Thursday, as the two main union federations stage a general strike over unprecedented labour reforms. The last time the CGTP and the generally less militant UGT joined forces was during the e»»»

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BBC 9h

The Swiss city that lets you pay for most things with bitcoin

In a McDonald's by a lake surrounded by mountains, in the centre of the Swiss city of Lugano, a customer orders coffee. "Can I pay with bitcoin?" he asks, and the person behind the counter holds out what looks like a credit card payment terminal. It is in fact a machine for paying by crypto currenc»»»

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France24 10h

'Downward spiral': French mother says social media drove her teen to commit suicide

A French mother whose 15-year-old son died by suicide has launched a legal fight against some of the world’s biggest social media platforms, alleging their algorithms flooded him with self-harm content that drove him into a “downward spiral”. This comes as France is considering a possible ban on so»»»

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UPI 12h

Dangerous travel conditions ahead as snow squalls threaten this week - UPI.com

Cars move slowly out of downtown St. Louis in 2013. This week, travelers across wide parts of the nation could experience visibility problems as snow squalls threaten to affect parts of the Midwest, Appalachians and the Atlantic coast. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo Snow squalls »»»

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UPI 13h

Homeland Security signs deal to buy 6 planes for deporations - UPI.com

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took a tour of CECOT in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March. This week, the Department of Homeland Security signed a contract to buy six planes with which to deport people. File Photo by Tia Dufour/U.S. Department of Homeland Security | License Phot»»»

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BBC 15h

Sarkozy releases prison diaries about his 20 days behind bars

Rushed out in under three weeks, Nicolas Sarkozy's new book "A Prisoner's Diary" has plenty of colour about what it's like for a former president to find himself in the isolation wing of a French jail. We learn that prisoner number 320535 had a 12 square metre cell, equipped with a bed, desk, fridg»»»

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UPI 15h

House to debate military funding bill; some GOP members unhappy - UPI.com

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will see his travel budget cut in the new defense spending bill if he doesn't release footage of boat attacks near Venezuela. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on the bipartisan $900 »»»

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UPI 15h

New law could drastically reduce sentence of Brazil's Bolsonaro - UPI.com

Paulinho da Forca, who led negotiations on the proposed law, is seen after Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies in Sao Paolo passed the bill that seeks to reduce the sentences of former President Jair Bolsonaro and others in the attempted coup, Photo by Andre Borges/EPA Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A legislative shift»»»

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