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Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride on a military vehicle near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, on February 16, 2015. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
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File photo of former Libyan foreign minister Ali Treki. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Killers of Copts were “foreign nationals”: Libyan ex-minister
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Cairo has a diplomatic role to play in helping arrest Libya’s continuing slide into chaos and civil war, the country’s former foreign minister told Asharq Al-Awsat this week, as news emerged that the Egyptian Air Force had bombed...Caption:
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair speaks during the opening of a forum to discuss emerging trends in hydrocarbon production and use in the region, in Kuwait City, on January 21, 2015. (AFP Photo/Yasser Al-Zayyat)
Oil prices rise above $60 for first time this year
Kuwait City, Asharq Al-Awsat—Global oil prices rose above 60 US dollars a barrel for the first time this year on Monday, on news of a sharp drop in US oil drilling activity and falling output from Libya, though they slipped slightly again during trading on Tuesday....Caption:
Houthi protesters chant anti-government slogans as they attend a demonstration blocking major roadways in Sana’a, Yemen on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Opinion: Military intervention will not solve Yemen’s problems
The UN Security Council has come to a rare consensus on rejecting the Houthi seizure of power in Yemen. But there’s no real appetite for military action or for dropping the quest for reconciliation, which UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar is trying to achieve. There is...Caption:
Malak al-Khatib (C), a 14-year old schoolgirl who was jailed in an Israeli prison for six week, sits with friends at her home in the West Bank village of Beitin after she was released the previous day on February 14, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)