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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L), EU envoy Catherine Ashton (C) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) meet in Muscat on November 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Nicholas Kamm/Pool)

Final deal in Iran nuclear talks unlikely by deadline: sources

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 13, 2014 | Middle East

New York and Ankara—Reuters—Despite nearly a year of negotiations, Iran and six major powers are unlikely to meet a November 24 deadline to reach a final deal to lift international sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, officials say....

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A Syrian boy walks with his bicycle in the devastated Sukari district in the northern city of Aleppo on November 13, 2014.
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Turkey set to issue temporary work permits to Syrian refugees

by Thair Abbas | Nov 13, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Turkish government is preparing to grant temporary IDs and work permits, among other privileges, to around 1.7 million Syrian refugees, Turkey’s Labor and Social Security Minister Faruk Çelik told the parliament on Monday. “Syrians will be...

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Iraqi President Fuad Masoum (center R) meets with a number of Arab ambassadors to Riyadh, on November 12, 2014 , during an official visit to Saudi Arabia (SPA)

Saudi Arabia to open embassy in Baghdad soon: Prince Faisal

by Hamza Mustafa | Nov 13, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia will reopen its embassy in Baghdad “sooner than you imagine,” the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal told reporters after meeting with Iraqi President Fouad Masoum in Riyadh on Wednesday. Prince Faisal, who met Masoum...

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Libyan security forces seal off the compound of the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli on November 13, 2014, after it was targeted by a car bomb. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA)

Car bombs target Egyptian, UAE embassy in Libya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 13, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli, Libya, AP—Car bombs targeted the Egyptian embassy and that of the United Arab Emirates in the Libyan capital on Thursday, causing some damage to the buildings, long-shuttered in the wake of violence roiling Tripoli. No one was hurt in the near-simultaneous...

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European Space Agency animation of Philae separating from mothership Rosetta and descending to surface of comet. (EPA/ESA/ATG Medialab)

European probe lands on comet, but fails to anchor down

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 13, 2014 | World

Berlin and Frankfurt, Reuters—The European Space Agency landed a probe on a comet on Wednesday, a first in space exploration and the climax of a 10-year-odyssey, but an anchoring system problem may hamper planned investigations into the origins of Earth and the solar...