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This file photo shows traders working at the Egyptian stock market in Cairo on February 2, 2014. (Reuters/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Files)

No plans to privatize Egypt stock market: Chairman

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 18, 2014 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—There are currently no plans to privatize Egypt’s stock market either in the near or distant future, according to the head of the bourse. Speaking on Wednesday on the second and final day of the 2014 Euromoney Egypt Conference in Cairo, Chairman...

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Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond (C) arrives for a meeting of the emergency response committee, Cobra, in Downing Street, London on September 14, 2014, following the beheading of British aid worker David Haines by ISIS militants. (AFP PHOTO/Cyril Villemain)

British journalist John Cantlie purportedly shown in ISIS video

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2014 | World

Beirut, Reuters—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants released a video on Thursday that they said shows British journalist John Cantlie in captivity saying he will soon reveal “facts” about the group to counter its portrayal in Western media....

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An Infograph taken from the website of the Center for Preserving and Publishing the Words of Iran’s Supreme Leader, criticizes nuclear negotiations with the US. (Asharq Al-Awsat/ Center for Preserving and Publishing the Words of Iran’s Supreme Leader)

Khamenei website infograph slams nuclear negotiation efforts

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The official website of Iranian Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has published an infograph illustrating US diplomats making demands and issuing threats against the Islamic Republic during negotiations on Iran’s nuclear...

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Bahraini Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Khalifa attends the consultative meeting of interior ministers from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in the Bahraini capital Manama on April 23, 2013. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)

Bahrain warns Qatar over citizenship dispute

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Sep 18, 2014 | Middle East

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahrain warned on Wednesday it was ready to take serious counter-measures against Qatar over Doha’s alleged policy of offering Qatari citizenship to Bahraini nationals, in a development that will further heat up already tense relations between...

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Houthi protesters perform Friday prayers during a funeral procession of fellow protesters who were killed in recent clashes with Yemeni police in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen: Iran, Oman pressure Houthis to accept government deal

by Arafat Madabish | Sep 18, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Houthis and the central government appeared to move closer to an agreement to end the bloodshed that has recently gripped the country, following Omani–Iranian pressure on the Shi’ite Houthi movement. Yemeni sources have told...