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President-elect in Joko Widodo (C) gestures a after press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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File photo of traders in the Saudi stock exchange. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Saudi Arabia to open stock market to foreign investment in 2015
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia will open its stock market to foreign financial institutions by mid-2015—a long-awaited move that sent the Arab world’s largest exchange surging to its highest levels since 2008 on Tuesday. A statement on the website of the...Caption:
People ride atop a pick-up vehicle after they received foodstuff assistance from a World Food Program distribution center for people displaced by armed conflicts in northern Yemen, in Sana’a on July 21, 2014. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)
Al-Qaeda announces planned creation of “emirate” in Yemen: sources
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has announced plans to establish an “Islamic emirate” in the Hadhramaut region of Yemen, according to sources in the area. Sources in Hadhramaut speaking on the condition of anonymity told Asharq...Caption:
An unidenfied police officer (C) detained as part of a criminal probe over alleged corruption arrives at a hospital for a medical check-up at the start of his custody in Istanbul on July 22, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE)
Dozens of Turkish police detained for alleged spying on government
Istanbul, Reuters—Dozens of police, including high-ranking officers, were detained in Turkey on Tuesday, accused of spying and illegal wire-tapping of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his inner circle in what the chief prosecutor said was a concocted probe of...Caption:
Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (top C) attends the opening of the 14th session of Parliament in Kuwait City in this December 16, 2012 file photo (REUTERS/Stephanie Mcgehee/Files)