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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ibrahim Naimi speaks to journalists prior to the start of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Thursday Nov. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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Afghan security officials inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack on a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 27, 2014. (EPA/Hedayatullah Amid)
Suicide bomber kills five in attack on British embassy car in Kabul: officials
Kabul, Reuters—A suicide bomber attacked a British embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing five people including one Briton, officials said. The blast in the east of Kabul wounded 33 people, including many bystanders, the latest in a wave of...Caption:
Kuwaiti Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al Sabah speaks during the 33rd meeting for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) interior ministers at Bayan Palace in Kuwait city on November 26, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/YASSER AL-ZAYYAT.)
GCC approves launch of “Gulf Interpol”
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) interior ministers have issued guidance on establishing a joint Gulf police force, set to be based in Abu Dhabi, to boost security cooperation among member states. The joint GCC police force has been dubbed a...Caption:
Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mouallem (3rd L) speaks to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (3rd R) during a meeting in Sochi on November 26, 2014. (Reuters/Mihail Metzel)
Moscow proposes Geneva III talks during Syrian FM visit: Russian sources
Moscow, Asharq Al-Awsat—Moscow has proposed a new round of negotiations, dubbed Geneva III, between the Bashar Al-Assad government and the Syrian opposition, during a state visit to Russia by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mouallem, well-informed Russian sources...Caption:
The Clinical Center Building where an experimental Ebola vaccine is being trialed in Bethesda, US. (EPA/Michael Reynolds)