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Local residents walk past debris as a wave breaks nearby in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on March 14, 2015. (Reuters/Unicef Pacific)
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X Factor judges Dina Samir Ghanem (L), Elissa (2nd-L), PR manager Mazen Hayek (2nd-R) and judge Ragheb Alama (R).
MBC relaunches X Factor’s Arabic edition
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The X Factor is making a comeback to screens across the Middle East on Saturday evening on MBC after several false starts. “There is no comparison between a TV show produced by MBC and a show by any other TV channel,” said PR manager and...Caption:
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir looks on during a meeting with former South African President and head of African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki (unseen) in Khartoum on September 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/Ashraf Shazly)
Opinion: When will we see the back of Bashir?
I do not know why the Sudanese regime has taken the trouble to hold sham elections that pretty much everyone sees through and whose outcome is already known. If President Omar Al-Bashir simply extends his term in office by another five years—that is, in addition to...Caption:
Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah presides over the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Riyadh on March 12, 2015. (Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser)
Yemen: GCC invites Houthis to Riyadh conference
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has said that Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi group will be invited to attend peace talks in Riyadh, but only if they recognize the “legitimacy” of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. The Houthis have been in de facto...Caption:
Iraqi Shiite fighters, members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization units backing the government, fire Howitzer Cannons towards ISIS positions on March 7, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)