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A Saudi man looks at stocks at the Tadawul Saudi Stock Exchange, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 15, 2015, as the 585 billion US dollar exchange opened up to direct foreign investment for the first time Monday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Saudi Arabia opens stock market to foreign investors

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jun 16, 2015 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s stock market, the Tadawul, on Monday opened to foreign investors, a long-awaited move for the Middle East’s largest bourse. Despite a market capitalization of 585 billion US dollars, this is the first time the Tadawul has opened...

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Senior Hamas leader Musa Abu-Marzuq speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Gaza City on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Hamas close to agreeing five-year ceasefire with Israel: sources

by Kifah Ziboun | Jun 16, 2015 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hamas and Israel are close to agreeing on a five-year truce plan, after two weeks of continued discussions between both sides, informed sources have told Asharq Al-Awsat. The plan, proposed by Qatar and supported by Turkey as well as a number...

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Demonstrators at a rally supporting Kurdistan hold placards protesting against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in front of the White House on August 16, 2014 in Washington, DC. Jihadists carried out a “massacre” in the northern Iraqi village of Kocho, killing dozens of people, most of them members of the Yazidi religious […]

Opinion: Time to unite in rejecting terrorist propaganda—and the first step is to stop calling their gang an Islamic State

by Rehman Chishti | Jun 16, 2015 | Opinion

The perils of terror are no longer confined to far-flung places across the globe; they are a threat to us here in the UK and the Western world. We have witnessed attacks in the streets of Europe and large-scale destruction in the Middle East—a region of vital...

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A file photo of former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi. (AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli)

Egypt court gives Mursi life in prison in espionage case: state TV

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 16, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—An Egyptian court sentenced former President Mohamed Mursi to a life sentence of 25 years in prison on Tuesday in a case related to conspiring with foreign groups. The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie was also sentenced to 25 years...