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Yemen’s Vice President Khaled Bahah addresses a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 8, 2015. (Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser)

Yemen: No negotiations with Houthis at Geneva meetings, says PM

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 9, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Washington DC, Asharq Al-Awsat—Meetings in Geneva between Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Houthi movement currently in control of large parts of the country will comprise “consultations not negotiations,” Prime Minister and Vice...

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US President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism on February 18, 2015 in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

Opinion: America and the Middle East Complex

by Ali Ibrahim | Jun 9, 2015 | Opinion

The front cover of this week’s issue of the Economist reads: “Losing the Middle East,” in reference to several disputes that have plagued Arab–US relations since the eruption of the wave of upheavals known as the Arab Spring. Disputes between the two sides have taken...

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Japan’s former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama (R) speaks as former chief cabinet secretary Yohei Kono listens during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, on June 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japan ex-leaders known for WWII apologies want Abe to repeat

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 9, 2015 | World

Tokyo, AP—Two former Japanese political leaders known for their key apologies over Japan’s Second World War atrocities said Tuesday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should not water down their words in a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the war’s...