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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi walks during a visit to the Saudi Ministry of Defense in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on July 6, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)

Hadi to present 10-day Yemen ceasefire proposal to UN: source

by Arafat Madabish | Jul 8, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will on Thursday table a 10-day ceasefire proposal to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to end the fighting currently gripping the country, a diplomatic source said....

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, listens to a lawmaker as newly elected legislators take their oaths during the Turkish parliament’s first session in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) came out first in the June 7 elections but lost its parliamentary majority. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Opinion: Erdoğan and Egypt

by Ali Ibrahim | Jul 8, 2015 | Opinion

Relations between Egypt and Turkey have never been easy since the Ottoman army entered Cairo and hung up the body of the Mamluk Sultan Tuman bay II at the city gate for three days in the wake of fierce battles that killed around 50,000 people and turned Egypt into an...

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European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini talks to media in front of the Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, on July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran says makes new proposal in nuclear talks, West unimpressed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 8, 2015 | Middle East

Vienna, Reuters—Iran has offered “constructive solutions” to resolve disputes in nuclear talks with six major powers, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported on Wednesday, but Western officials suggested they had heard nothing new from Tehran....

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A handout picture released by the Kuwaiti news agency (KUNA) on June 28, 2015 shows Fahd Suleiman Abdul Mohsen Al-Qabba’a, identified as the suicide bomber who carried out a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on the Shi’ite Al-Imam Al-Sadeq mosque in Kuwait City where he blew himself up, killing 26 and injuring 227 people on June 26, 2015. (AFP Photo/HO/KUNA)

Saudi Arabia arrests three brothers over Kuwait Shi’ite mosque attack

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jul 8, 2015 | Middle East

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Security coordination between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has led to the arrest of three brothers in connection with the suicide bombing that hit a Shi’ite mosque in Kuwait last month, security bodies in both countries said on Tuesday. The three...