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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) smiles as he gives field guidance at the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 20, 2014. (Reuters)

North Korea says did not hack Sony, wants joint probe with US

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 20, 2014 | World

Seoul/Washington, Reuters—North Korea said US accusations that it was involved in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures were “groundless slander” and that it was wanted a joint investigation into the incident with the United States. An unnamed spokesman of the...

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Saudi forces kill four terrorists: Interior Ministry

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 20, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi police forces killed four “terrorists” in the Eastern Province town of Al-Awamia on Saturday while attempting to arrest suspects wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of a soldier last week, Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry...

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Stanley Cohen, one of the defense lawyers for Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law and former spokesman of Al-Qaeda Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, speaks to media in front of the federal courthouse in Manhattan on September 23, 2014. (AFP/Yana Paskova)

Maqdisi’s arrest killed negotiations over Kassig’s release: Cohen

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Dec 20, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat US lawyer Stanley Cohen spoke of his “extraordinary anger” on hearing of the brutal execution of American aid worker Peter Kassig by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), ending six weeks of...

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File photo of UK ambassador to Libya Michael Aron. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

UK ambassador to Libya says no military solution to crisis

by Khalid Mahmoud | Dec 20, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—There is no military solution to the Libya crisis, Britain’s ambassador to Libya Michael Aron has said, calling on all parties to heed the UN’s call for national dialogue. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat from Tunis, where the majority of Western...

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Commercial harbor of Algiers, Algeria. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Falling oil prices worry Algeria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 20, 2014 | Business

Algiers, AP—With oil prices at their lowest in five years and showing few signs of hitting bottom, Algeria is feeling the pinch. Though its problems are dwarfed by the impact on Russia for example, Algeria may have to rein back many of the policies it has held dear...