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Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah speaks during the ANOC Awards ceremony in Bangkok on November 7, 2014. (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images)

Kingmaker Sheikh Ahmad to take first step towards FIFA throne

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2015 | Sports

Manama, Reuters—When FIFA President Sepp Blatter addresses delegates at the 26th Asian Football Confederation congress on Thursday at least four men watching him are likely to be imagining themselves standing in his shoes in the future. Three of them are campaigning...

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Greek army Sgt. Antonis Deligiorgis (L) rescues migrant Wegasi Nebiat from Eritrea from the Aegean sea, on the island of Rhodes, Greece on April 20, 2015. (Argiris Mantikos/Eurokinissi via AP, File)

Europe seeks to reassure Libya over plans to stem migrant flow

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2015 | Middle East

United Nations, Reuters—The European Union sought to reassure Libya on Tuesday that any action being considered by the 28-nation bloc to stem the deadly flow of migrants across the Mediterranean should not be perceived as an attack against the Libyan people. After up...

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Climbers search through crushed tents for fellow trekkers caught in an avalanche at a base camp on the Nepal side of Mount Everest on April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Mariusz Malkowski)

Avalanche-hit Nepal trekkers fight to get on rescue flights

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2015 | World

Kathmandu, Reuters—Trekkers stranded by an avalanche in Nepal, many of them from Israel, fought for food and for places on rescue helicopters after being denied shelter by locals in the aftermath of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people. Up to 250 people...

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An image released by the Syrian state news agency SANA on April 7, 2015, shows Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (C-R) meeting with a PLO delegation in Damascus. (AFP Photo/HO/SANA)

Damascus canceled meeting with PLO over Yarmouk crisis: sources

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 28, 2015 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian government decided to cancel a scheduled meeting with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) due to the latter’s stance on the assault on the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk as well as the PLO’s recent efforts...

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Cargo ships are seen in Tokyo Bay on February 19, 2015. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images)

Japan’s Inpex wins stake in major UAE oil fields

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 28, 2015 | Business

Dubai, AP—Japan’s Inpex Corp. on Monday won a stake in the development of major oil fields in the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi, deepening the Asian nation’s ties to the United Arab Emirates federation. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. said the deal gives...