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The Shaybah oilfield complex is seen at night in the Rub’ Al-Khali desert, Saudi Arabia, on November 14, 2007. (Reuters/Ali Jarekji)

Reports of demise of oil “exaggerated”: OPEC research chief

by Wael Mahdi | May 10, 2015 | Business

Al-Khobar, Asharq Al-Awsat—Demand for oil will continue to rise for the next 25 years, driven by emerging economies, particularly those from Asia, according to Omar Abdul-Hamid, the director of OPEC’s Research Division. “News of the end of oil has been exaggerated,”...

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This undated file photo shows cars traveling along the King Fahd Causeway linking the two Gulf Kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. (Reuters)

Bahraini, Saudi authorities foil attempt to smuggle explosives into Saudi Arabia

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | May 10, 2015 | Middle East

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Authorities have arrested five more suspects involved in an attempt to smuggle high-grade explosives into Saudi Arabia, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Bahrain’s Public Security Chief Maj Gen. Tariq Al-Hassan said the five...

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An armed Yemeni tribesman from the Popular Resistance supporting forces loyal to Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi sits on a tank at sunset in Ma’rib province, east of the capital, Sana’a, on May 6, 2015. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Yemen: Houthis accept Saudi-led coalition’s truce proposal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi movement announced on Sunday it has accepted the offer of a five-day humanitarian ceasefire in the country that was offered by the anti-Houthi Saudi-led coalition on Friday. Yemen news agency SABA,...

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US President Barack Obama walks to welcome guests arriving for the G8 summit in Camp David, on June 17, 2013. (AFP Photo/Getty Images/Mikhail Klimentyev)

Opinion: Is the Camp David summit a marketing tool for the Iran deal?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 10, 2015 | Opinion

US President Barack Obama is known for his persuasive talents. Indeed, the upcoming Camp David summit may not only ease the minds of the invited Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders and calm the anger aroused by the impending Iranian nuclear agreement; it may also...

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Protesters demonstrate against the Conservative government in Whitehall, Westminster, London, on May 9, 2015, after David Cameron’s Conservative Party swept to power on Friday in Britain’s Parliamentary General Elections, winning an unexpected majority. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

“Winner takes all” vote system exaggerates Britain’s divisions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2015 | World

London, Reuters—David Cameron can thank Britain’s winner-takes-all voting system for handing him an outright majority in parliament on just 37 percent of the vote. But by boosting the power of Scottish nationalists, it has also intensified one of his biggest...