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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) addresses a joint press briefing along with Sartaj Aziz (R), foreign affairs advisor to the Pakistani prime minister, at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 8, 2015. (AFP Photo/Farooq Naeem)

Opinion: The Iranian “Dialogue” Ruse

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 12, 2015 | Opinion

Since March 2013 talks between Yemen’s different factions have been seesawing in tempestuous fashion, and the disparate outlooks and slogans of all these groups have resulted in a deadlock. Throughout this whole period the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been...

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Smoke rises above the military academy following an airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, in Sana’a, Yemen, on April 11, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

Former president Saleh proposing peace initiative to end fighting in Yemen: sources

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Apr 12, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the latest sign of his growing rift with the Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi movement, ousted former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is proposing a peace initiative to stop the fighting in the country, sources told Asharq...

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Pope Francis blesses during a mass on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian mass killings, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. (Reuters)

Pope calls Armenian slaughter ‘1st genocide of 20th century’

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

Vatican city, AP—Pope Francis on Sunday honored the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urging the international community to recognize it as such, a politically explosive declaration...

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In this Thursday, March 26, 2015 file photo, provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (L) walks with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Mohammed Bin Salman as Hadi arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Yemeni presidency considers cutting diplomatic ties with Iran: source

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Apr 12, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s legitimate government in exile is considering cutting off diplomatic ties with Iran in response to its backing of the Houthi coup, sources close to the Yemeni presidency informed Asharq Al-Awsat. The move comes as Iranian students...

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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney speaks during a ‘Ready for Hillary’ rally in Manhattan, New York, on April 11, 2015. Hillary Clinton will announce her second run for the presidency on Sunday, starting her campaign as the Democrats’ best hope of fending off a crowded field of lesser-known Republican rivals and retaining the White House. (Reuters/Darren Ornitz)

Clinton tries again to crack “highest glass ceiling” with White House bid

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

New York, Reuters—Hillary Clinton will take another stab at cracking what she calls “the highest and hardest glass ceiling” on Sunday when she starts a long-awaited second run for the White House as the prohibitive Democratic front runner. Clinton’s...