International News from Sunday, December 7th, 2025
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Israeli PM says he will meet Trump, second phase of Gaza plan 'close'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he will meet President Donald Trump later this month, saying a second phase of the US president's Gaza plan was close.
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Bus crash kills 14, injures 34 in Algeria
Fourteen people were killed and 34 injured when a passenger bus overturned on a national highway in southern Algeria.
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Benin minister says armed forces foil coup attempt
Benin's interior minister said on Sunday armed forces had foiled a coup attempt after a group of soldiers in the West African nation claimed on national television to have seized power.
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US envoy Kellogg says Ukraine peace deal is really close
US President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was "really close" and now depended on resolving two main outstanding issues: the future of Ukraine's Donbas region and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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Fire in India’s Goa state kills at least 25
At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular entertainment facility in India’s Goa state, the state’s chief minister said on Sunday.
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Sharjah Police foil two cocaine smuggling operations, seize 17kgSharjah Police have disrupted two cocaine smuggling operations, one domestic and one international, seizing a combined 17 kilograms of the drug and arresting several suspects linked to a multi-country trafficking network.
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DP World installs first 1,000 living seawalls panels at Jebel Ali PortDP World has completed the first phase of its Living Seawalls installation at Jebel Ali Port, deploying 1,000 eco-engineered panels that transform flat seawall surfaces into habitats where marine life can thrive and enhance biodiversity, setting a new benchmark for sustainable port infrastructure in the region.
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UAE 'an exceptional model' in developing AI policies, says Omar Al OlamaThe UAE’s proactive approach to regulating and deploying artificial intelligence was in focus at BRIDGE Summit 2025 on Wednesday, where the Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications, warned that industries and nations hesitant to adopt AI risk being left behind.
