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epa04719033 Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis (L) and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe after family photo at Informal Meeting of Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) in Riga, Latvia 24 April 2015. (EPA)
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A file picture dated 27 February 2013 shows Yemeni former president Ali Abdullah Saleh at a rally of his supporters to mark the first anniversary of his own removal following bloody protests against his 33-year rule, at a public square, in Sana’a, Yemen. (EPA/YAHYA ARHAB)
Saleh cannot leave Yemen without Saudi approval: GCC official
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh cannot leave the country without the approval of Saudi Arabia, a Gulf official told Asharq Al-Awsat on Thursday. Riyadh remains in full control of Yemen’s airspace and maritime territory...Caption:
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani adjusts a translation headphone during a news conference in New York, United States, on Friday, September 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Opinion: Why is Rouhani coddling the military?
Even before they seized power in Tehran, Khomeini’s followers were known for their expertise in massaging the truth to suit their political aims. In anti-Shah demonstrations they would carry empty coffins around while women clad all in black would shriek, tear their...Caption:
The UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura shows a map during a press conference on Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)
UN invites Syrian parties to peace talks in Geneva in May
Geneva, Reuters—United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Syria’s government and opposition groups for separate talks in Geneva next month in the latest bid to end the four-year-old civil war, a UN spokesman said on Friday. De Mistura, who is due...Caption:
Armenian people follow the debate on the occasion of the anniversary of the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915/1916 during a parliamentary session of the German Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 24 April 2015. (EPA/Stephanie Pilick)