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Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani (Asharq All-Awsat)

Libyan PM: International community “procrastinating” over Libya crisis

by Khalid Mahmoud | Nov 10, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Though the situation in Libya has steadily grown more complex and confusing to outsiders since the revolution that toppled Gaddafi with NATO help in 2011, one thing is clear: the country has descended into chaos, with different militias in...

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Saudi Shiite mourners attend on November 7, 2014, the funeral of eight victims killed earlier this week by masked gunmen in the town of Al-Dalwa in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. Seven of the dead were killed when gunmen opened fire at a crowd, as Shiites commemorated Ashura, one of their holiest occasions. AFP PHOTO/STR

Opinion: The Crime that Changed the Face of Saudi Arabia

by Salman Al-dossary | Nov 10, 2014 | Opinion

Last week, the winds of change blew with a vengeance in Saudi Arabia, when armed terrorists opened fire on visitors to a Shi’ite Husseiniyah (meeting house) in the Al-Ahsa province, killing eight people, among them three children. True, this is not the first time...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (far L), European Union adviser Catherine Ashton (L), Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yussef bin Alawi (R) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (far R), in Muscat on November 9, 2014. (AP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM, POOL)

Iran, US, EU nuclear talks in Oman seen going to second day

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 10, 2014 | Middle East

Muscat, Reuters—Iran, the United States and European Union will hold an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday on disagreements blocking resolution of a dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program, a US official and Iranian state media said. With two weeks to a...