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Ballots are counted during parliamentary elections in Tunis, Tunisia, on October 26, 2014. (Reuters/Anis Mili)

Tunisians shun Islamists in vote for stability

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 28, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, AP—Tunisia’s well-organized Islamists have been defeated in parliamentary elections, paying the price for the turbulent years they ruled after the Arab Spring that saw the rise of terrorist groups in this North African nation. Voters sought security and...

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This undated file photo shows late Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden (L) sitting with his successor Ayman Al-Zawahiri in an unknown location. (Reuters)

Taking Tea with Terrorists

by Amir Taheri | Oct 28, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—”Would you like to take tea with the leaders of Tupamaros?” This was the question an acquaintance put to me in the 1970s during a visit to Uruguay for a meeting of the International Press Institute (IPI). Normally, every reporter...

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Faiayo and Rihan Younan perform on the video, ‘To Our Countries.’ (Screen-grab taken from YouTube video)

Opinion: The Beautiful Face of an Ugly Regime

by Diana Moukalled | Oct 28, 2014 | Opinion

In this day and age, with its proliferation of images and videos online, it is easy to become bewitched by a beautiful face and a sweet-sounding voice. So it was with the Western media—sick as it is of the ugly images of death and killing and destruction coming out of...

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reacts during his briefing in ‘Petro Poroshenko Bloc’ political party press center in Kiev, October 26, 2014. (EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO)

Ukraine’s pro-EU parties speed coalition talks after ballot win

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 27, 2014 | World

Kiev, Bloomberg—Ukrainian parties that advocate firmer European ties rushed Monday to construct a coalition after sweeping aside the Russian-leaning political forces that hail from the nation’s war-ravaged east. President Petro Poroshenko said negotiations that...

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A handout picture made available by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Jordan King Abdullah II (R) meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (L) at Al-Husinea Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, on October 26, 2014. (EPA/JORDANIAN ROYAL PALACE/HANDOUT)

Iraqi PM meets Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Oct 27, 2014 | Middle East

Amman and Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Sunday in what was his second official visit to a foreign country, to discuss a number of issues including the fight against the Islamic State of...