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Lana Silona prepares food with her son Costello in front of their ruined home on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu, on March 17, 2015. (EPA/Dave Hunt)

Food concerns mount in Vanuatu after monster cyclone

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 18, 2015 | World

Port Vila, Reuters—International aid agencies ramped up appeals for cyclone-hit Vanuatu on Wednesday, warning that the powerful storm that affected more than two-thirds of the South Pacific island nation had wiped out crops and destroyed fishing fleets, raising the...

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This image obtained from the SITE Intelligence Group on March 12, 2015, shows a frame from a propaganda video by the Islamic State (IS) group showing a white car alongside an inset image of a young man who appears to be Melbourne teen Jake Bilardi sitting in a driver’s seat at an undisclosed location, allegedly […]

Opinion: Abu Who?

by Tariq Alhomayed | Mar 18, 2015 | Opinion

One can only be shocked and surprised by the way the Arab media has been reporting on terrorism and terrorists. Most recently we had the story of the Australian teenager Jake Bilardi, aged 18, who is believed to have carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq’s central...

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Analysis: Saudi Arabia imposing “red lines” in relations with West

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Mar 18, 2015 | Middle East

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia is well-known for its silence and use of soft diplomacy, but its silence has limits. If Saudi Arabia’s policy is based on non-intervention in the affairs of Gulf States then Riyadh views others interfering in its own internal...