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Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada attends a celebration after his release from a prison near Amman, Jordan, on September 24, 2014. (Reuters/Majed Jaber)

Cleric Abu Qatada walks free after Jordan terror plot acquittal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2014 | Middle East

Amman, Reuters—Muslim cleric Abu Qatada walked free from a Jordanian jail on Wednesday after being cleared of charges of conspiring in a plot to attack tourists—his second acquittal this year following a long extradition process from Britain. The state security court...

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A gas flame is seen in the desert near the Khurais oilfield, about 99 miles (160 kilometers) from Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia, on June 23, 2008. (Reuters/Ali Jarekji)

Too early for OPEC to decide on slashing output: UAE Energy Minister

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2014 | Business

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is too early for OPEC countries to make a decision on lowering the organization’s output target, United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail Al-Mazroui told reporters on Tuesday, despite oil prices falling below the critical 100 US dollar...

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British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives for a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Climate Summit 2014 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, on September 23, 2014. (EPA/Peter Foley)

Britain, Belgium and Netherlands to debate joining airstrikes on Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The British, Dutch and Belgian parliaments are to consider proposals to join the US-led coalition’s airstrikes on Iraq, according to reports. Sources in the British prime minister’s office said the UK’s parliament would be recalled from its...

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Security guard the federal courthouse in Manhattan during the sentencing of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and former Al-Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith on September 23, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / YANA PASKOVA)

Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law sentenced to life in US prison

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2014 | Middle East

New York, Reuters—A seemingly unrepentant Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday in New York following his conviction on terrorism charges. A Manhattan federal jury in March found the Kuwaiti-born 48-year-old...

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Supporters of the Shi’ite Houthi movement wave Yemeni flags as they celebrate in Sana’a, Yemen, on September 23, 2014. (EPA/Wadia Mohammed)

Hadi brands Houthi takeover of Sana’a as “foreign plot”

by Arafat Madabish | Sep 24, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi said in a meeting at the presidential palace on Tuesday that the Houthi takeover of Sana’a came as a result of “a foreign and internal plot,” warning that the current crisis could plunge the country into...