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Police escort an ambulance believed to be carrying Algerian President Abdulaziz Bouteflika leaving the Grenoble Alembert clinic on November 15, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/ JEAN-PERRE CLATOT)

Bouteflika returns to Algiers after 48-hour stay in French clinic

by Michel Abu Najm | Nov 16, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned to Algiers on Saturday, following a 48-hour brief stay at a hospital in France. The reasons for his admittance were not made public by either the French or the Algerian authorities. French...

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Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) speaks during her final press conference for the G20 Leaders Summit in Brisbane, Australia November 16, 2014. (EPA photos)

G20 leaders agree on $2 trn boost to growth

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 16, 2014 | World

Brisbane, AP—Under pressure to jolt the lethargic world economy back to life, leaders of G20 nations on Sunday finalized a plan to boost global GDP by more than 2 trillion US dollars over five years. The fanfare, however, was overshadowed by tensions between Russian...

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Bahrain’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa attends the opening session of the thirteenth Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City in this December 14, 2009 file photo. (REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee/Files)

GCC preparatory meeting to take place in Riyadh

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Nov 16, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—A meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders is being held on Sunday in the Saudi capital Riyadh, ahead of the GCC’s annual summit due to take place in Doha next month, a senior Kuwaiti source told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Bahrain News...

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz (front R) stands with Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff (front C) and US President Barack Obama (front L) as they are joined by heads of states and international organizations to pose for a photo in Brisbane on November 15, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN)

Prince Salman at G20: No global economic growth, stability without solving regional problems

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 16, 2014 | Middle East

Brisbane, Asharq Al-Awsat—The lack of solutions to ongoing conflicts in the Middle East are threatening stability in the region and beyond and hindering global economic growth, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz said on Saturday during his speech to...

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An image taken from the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper, on May 21, 2013 shows part of Dubai’s Marina. (AFP Photo/Marwan Naamani)

UAE brands Muslim Brotherhood terrorists

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 16, 2014 | Middle East

Dubai, AP—The United Arab Emirates designated the Muslim Brotherhood and dozens of other Islamist groups as terrorist organizations on Saturday, ratcheting up the pressure on the group by lumping it together with extremists such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...