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Antonie Robertson/The National]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/podcasts/beyond-the-headlines/2025/12/19/how-yemens-power-balance-is-shifting-again/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-19T02:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/TQWMFJL4UVE2PHXFNAYDA7NYIE?auth=1cec094bd59333f588ed6f27d006941b8b2b4ec866ab2a66ca80e58927b71cc9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4900&amp;height=2756</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the forces of Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, look on as they arrive in a mountainous area where they are launching a military operation in the southern province of Abyan, Yemen, December 15, 2025.  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AP Photo ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2025/12/19/tiktok-signs-deal-to-sell-us-unit-to-american-and-overseas-investors-reports-say/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-19T00:05:43.217Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/JYTBWBR5GM6AVIEYP32RXDPJRE.jpg?auth=24869b121bb67dd2a8df2589139cc345c6839d3d379bd053bad4ad918cc2a412&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8192&amp;height=5464</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[TikTok has reportedly signed a deal to sell its US business to three investors and other interests. 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Reuters]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2025/12/18/arab-cup-final-morocco-beat-jordan-in-five-goal-thriller-to-seal-title/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-18T18:54:27.104Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/KDREHUPJ7NPURDHLEH7G2AJNOA.jpg?auth=a1d6d9036140659edb6c3f091c42b65c57fa9568dd395ab9b200002ad1c0be5b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3887&amp;height=2606</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Soccer Football - FIFA Arab Cup - Qatar 2025 - Final - Jordan v Morocco - Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar - December 18, 2025 Morocco's Abderazak Hamdallah celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS / Mohammed Salem]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025/12/18/us-envoy-witkoff-to-meet-qatari-egyptian-and-turkish-officials-to-discuss-gaza/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-18T17:28:38.885Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/AFC5XA22KAAVIS7HQN7BYDJ7IM.jpg?auth=07c13b21228e29e560d83f17c8c010c84edf611e52a9b6e6dac280be6c38ddb0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5887&amp;height=3925</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[US special envoy Steve Witkoff has played a key role in forging the deal to end the Israel-Gaza war. 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