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Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak (R) and his son Gamal sit behind bars during a court hearing on November 29, 2014 in the capital Cairo. (AFP)
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Bahraini voters cast ballots in the run-off parliamentary and municipal elections in Manama yesterday (AP)
Bahrain: Results for election run-off announced
Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Results have been announced in the run-off in Bahrain’s parliamentary and municipal elections which took place on Saturday and saw another high turnout despite a boycott of the polls by some opposition groups. Around 49 polling stations were...Caption:
Yemenis demonstrate against the Houthis in the center of the capital Sanaa yesterday (Reuters)
Yemen: Southern secessionists step up Aden protests on independence day
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Thousands of Yemenis in the country’s southern region are continuing protests in the southern port city of Aden, calling for independence from the rest of the country, on the 47th anniversary of Yemen’s independence from Britain which saw it...Caption:
Technicians of the IAEA inspecting the site of the uranium conversion plant in Isfahan, central Iran, on 3 February 2007. (EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh)
The World and the ‘Imminent’ Iranian Bomb
[inset_left]Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State David Patrikarakos IB Tauris, London 30 August 2012[/inset_left] With talks about Iran’s nuclear program postponed until the end of June, opinion remains divided on whether or not the Islamic Republic is trying to...Caption:
Officer Darren Wilson is pictured in this undated handout evidence photo from the August 9 Ferguson Police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, released by the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office on November 24, 2014. (Reuters/St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office/Handout via Reuters)