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Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy raises an Egyptian national flag while talking to the judge during his retrial at a court in Cairo, on February 12, 2015. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)

Egypt court orders release of Al-Jazeera English journalists

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 12, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—An Egyptian judge on Thursday ordered the release on bail of a pair of Al-Jazeera English journalists being retried on terror-related charges, bringing cheers from their families who have sought to get them out of detention for more than a year and are...

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Yemeni protesters shout slogans against Houthi rebels who have seized power in the capital, Sana’a, as they celebrate the fourth anniversary of the uprising in Taiz, Yemen, on February 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub)

GCC will not take military steps in Yemen: Gulf official

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Feb 12, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has no plans to take military steps to safeguard its interests in neighboring Yemen following the Houthi takeover of power, a senior Gulf official told Asharq Al-Awsat. The oil-rich organization strongly...

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Iraqi President Fuad Masoum (L) meets with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani at the royal palace in Doha, Qatar, on February 11, 2015. (Qatar News Agency)

Iraq, Gulf states close to full rapprochement: Iraqi president

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 12, 2015 | Middle East

Doha, Asharq Al-Awsat—Relations between Iraq and its Gulf neighbors are close to becoming normalized again, Iraqi President Fuad Masoum told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday, following a visit to the Qatari capital Doha. Masoum, who was in Doha for a whistle-stop visit to...

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Baiji oil refinery, north of Baghdad, on December 8, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)

Iraq offers Asian buyers largest discount on its oil since 2003

by Wael Mahdi | Feb 12, 2015 | Business

Al-Khobar, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest oil producer, will offer buyers from Asia the largest discounts on its oil since 2003, in another sign of intense competition among OPEC members vying for larger shares of the lucrative Asian market. Iraq’s...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) gestures as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stand nearby during peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev, Pool)

Ceasefire agreed for eastern Ukraine after Minsk summit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 12, 2015 | World

Minsk, Reuters—The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine have agreed a deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine, participants at the summit talks said on Thursday. The deal reached after all-night negotiations in the Belarussian capital Minsk included a...