Tunisia has ratified the Digital Trade Protocol of the African Continental Free Trade Area and has five years to align its laws accordingly. The protocol aims to enhance digital trade among African countries by removing barriers and establishing transparent, coordinated rules.

Education in Yemen has sharply deteriorated over the past decade following Houthi control, with poverty and unemployment rates soaring and 4.5 million children out of school in 2023, according to UNICEF, posing a "ticking time bomb" threatening future generations.

The King Fahd Cultural Center hosted the Cultural Investment Conference gathering thinkers, creatives, and officials to discuss the opportunities of the cultural economy in Saudi Arabia, alongside launching a new digital project to explore Historic Jeddah via the Google Arts & Culture platform.

The Red Sea Directorate of Education announced that its students won top national positions in art competitions, with two students from Mohamed El-Tayeb School in Hurghada taking first place in artistic photography, and Al-Nasr Primary School in El Quseir achieving high ranks in other competitions.

Dubai hosted the event accompanying World Maritime Day 2025 under the theme "Our Ocean - Our Responsibility - Our Opportunity," gathering senior officials and maritime leaders to discuss international shipping and navigation challenges and opportunities.

MISSION+, a Singapore-based consulting firm, has opened a new headquarters at the Dubai International Financial Centre to expand its operations in the GCC. The company signed an MoU to obtain American Certification Body accreditation to certify autonomous systems processing personal data, including AI.

Morocco's GDP grew by 5.5% in Q2 2025, driven by a recovery in agriculture and domestic demand, marking the best quarterly performance since 2021 amid low inflation.

Jordan's real GDP grew by 2.8% in Q2 2025, led by an 8.6% growth in agriculture and improvements in macroeconomic indicators such as exports and tourism income. Investment indicators also showed significant increases.

Egypt's economy grew by 5% in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 24/2025, the highest quarterly growth in three years, driven by tourism, manufacturing, and telecommunications sectors despite a decline in Suez Canal activity due to regional geopolitical tensions.

The UK's GDP grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025, slowing down from the 0.7% growth in the first quarter. The UK economy was the fastest growing among G7 countries in the first half of the year, despite some exceptional factors driving growth.