EghtesadOnline: The United Arab Emirates welcomed Qatar’s move to amend its counterterrorism laws as a “positive step” toward addressing some of the demands at the heart of a spat that has divided the Persian Gulf for nearly two months.

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc. has hired more than 150 counterterrorism experts and is increasingly using artificial intelligence that can understand language and analyze images to try to keep terrorists from using the social network for recruiting and propaganda.