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Smoke billows as supporters of exiled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi continue to clash with Houthi rebels in the Khor Maksar neighborhood of Aden, on May 3, 2015. (AFP/Saleh Al-Obeid)
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File photo of the MV Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, the world’s biggest container ship, arriving at the harbour of Rotterdam August 16, 2013. (Reuters)
Iran says Maersk ship released, has left its territorial waters: ISNA
Ankara, Reuters—Iran has released a Marshall-Islands flagged container ship and its crew which were seized last month in one of the world’s major oil shipping lanes, the Students News Agency ISNA quoted a foreign ministry official as saying on Thursday. The...Caption:
epa04736406 British Prime Minister and Conservative leader David Cameron (C-R) looks at ‘Fathers For Justice’ protesters as he exits a polling station after voting with his wife Samantha (C-L), at the village of Spelsbury in Oxfordshire, Britain, 07 May 2015. (EPA/Andy Rain)
Britain’s dead-heat election “down to the wire” on polling day
London, Reuters—Britons went to vote on Thursday in the tightest election for decades; one that could cause government gridlock, push the world’s fifth-largest economy closer to leaving the European Union and stoke a second attempt by Scotland to break away....Caption:
(From L–R) Abdullatif Al-Zayani, secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Sayyid Shihab Bin Tariq Al Sa’id, representative of Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa’id Al Sa’id of Oman, French President François Hollande, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, Bahraini King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, pose for a group photograph before the opening of the GCC advisory summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 5, 2015. (EPA/Christophe Ena/Pool)
Saudi King Salman warns of Iranian influence in Arab world
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a clear reference to Iran, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz warned of the danger the Arab world faces from “foreign ambitions,” during his opening speech at the 15th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) advisory summit...Caption:
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal gestures during a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (not pictured) after a meeting on March 23, 2015 in Riyadh. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)