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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin looks on as he chairs a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 7, 2014. (AFP Photo/RIA Novosti/Pool/Alexey Druzhinin)


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Police troopers stand on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) at a checkpoint in Sana’a. (Reuters Photos)


Sana’a-Houthi talks “unresolved”: source

Sana’a-Houthi talks “unresolved”: source

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Talks are under way between the Yemeni government and Houthi militia as the army considers military action to stop the expansion of rebels into the capital Sana’a, a senior government source told Asharq Al-Awsat. Underlying the failure to...
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Participants of the Jeddah Conference stand together during a photo at the King Abdulaziz International Airport’s Royal Terminal on September 11, 2014 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AFP Photo/Brenda N Smialowski)


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Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is seen at the High Court in Pretoria on September 12, 2014 where he was found guilty of culpable homicide. (AFP Photo/Alon Skuy)


Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide

Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide

Pretoria, Reuters—Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide on Friday, escaping the more serious charge of murder for the killing of his girlfriend, and will now battle to avoid going to prison. The 27-year-old double...
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Haider Al-Abadi attends the parliament session to submit his government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 8, 2014. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)


Opinion: Iraq’s new cabinet is a club of egos

Opinion: Iraq’s new cabinet is a club of egos

The good news is that Iraqis have succeeded in forming a new government in a much shorter time than they have been used to since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The bad news is that the new government, headed by Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, looks more like a...