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The Cortinthia Hotel is seen under attack in Tripoli, Libya, on January 27, 2015. (AP Photo/ @AliTweel via AP video)

At least eight dead as gunmen storm hotel in Libyan capital

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 27, 2015 | Middle East

Tripoli, Reuters—Two heavily armed gunmen stormed a luxury Tripoli hotel favored by top Libyan officials and visiting delegations on Tuesday, killing at least eight people including four foreigners before blowing themselves up, authorities said. Shooting erupted...

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OPEC Secretary General Abdallah El-Badri attends a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 21, 2014, in Davos, Switzerland. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)

Oil prices could reach $200 per barrel: OPEC chief

by Wael Mahdi | Jan 27, 2015 | Business

Al-Khobar, Asharq Al-Awsat—Oil prices could rebound to 200 US dollars per barrel if investments in the oil sector dry up in light of current low prices, according to OPEC’s secretary general, Abdallah El-Badri. Speaking to Bloomberg in London on Monday, Badri warned...

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Yemeni protesters fleeing after being chased by Houthi groups in Sanaa yesterday. (Reuters)

Yemen: Key coalition rejects UN-backed talks with Houthis

by Arafat Madabish | Jan 27, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several of Yemen’s political parties have said they will boycott talks with the Houthi movement sponsored by the UN to reach a solution for the nationwide crisis, claiming conditions are unwelcome following the Shi’ite group’s recent power...

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US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One prior to departing India on their way to Saudi Arabia on January 27, 2015. (AFP Photo/Prakash Singh)

Obama includes Republicans in big delegation to meet new Saudi King

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 27, 2015 | Middle East

New Delhi, Reuters—President Barack Obama will fly a 30-member delegation, including top officials and respected Republican foreign policy veterans, to Riyadh on Tuesday to meet Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman Bin Abdulaziz as the crisis in neighboring Yemen...

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New Yorkers make their way through snowstorms on January 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Millions hunker down as US snowstorm totals downgraded

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 27, 2015 | World

New York, AP—Tens of millions of people along the US East Coast hunkered down for a storm that for most failed to live up to predictions that it would be one of the worst they’d ever seen. Forecasters originally said the storm could bring up to 3 feet (about 1...