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UNICEF representative in Yemen Julien Harneis visits a vaccination storage center at the Ministry of Health in Sana’a on May 27, 2015. (Reuters/Mohamed Al-Sayaghi)

King Salman humanitarian center, UNICEF begin delivering aid to Yemen, refugees

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—The King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Works and UNICEF have begun joint efforts to deliver humanitarian relief to Yemenis caught up in the country’s current conflict. Both parties signed a memorandum of understanding...

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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: The Losing Equation for Sudan

by Osman Mirghani | May 28, 2015 | Opinion

Next week, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir will be inaugurated for a new term in office after lukewarm elections that failed to attract public attention or secure a high turnout of voters who preferred to stay at home knowing that the result was a forgone...

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Iraqi security troops head to Ramadi on the orders of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to re-enforce troops there, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq’s anti-ISIS forces to receive 2,000 anti-tank missiles by end of week: Pentagon

by Heba El Koudsy | May 28, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will receive 2,000 anti-tank missiles by the end of the week, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Pentagon spokesperson Commander Elissa Smith...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia on May 27, 2015.
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Putin accuses US of meddling in FIFA affairs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2015 | World

Moscow, AP—Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of meddling in FIFA’s affairs and hinted that it was part of an attempt to take the 2018 World Cup away from his country. Putin said in televised comments Thursday that he found it...