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In this Monday, January 31, 2011 file photo, Egyptian film star Omar Sharif talks to the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
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epa04840788 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras walks in the Greek Parliament, in Athens, Greece, 10 July 2015. Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos briefed in detail the SYRIZA parliamentary group on the latest developments early the same morning. The proposal submitted by Greece to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem and the institutions has also been tabled at the parliament’s legislative service. The document is into 10 July’s daily agenda, so that the plenum can decide with emergency procedures on whether to authorize Prime Minister Tsipras, Government Vice-President Yiannis Dragasakis and Finance Minister Tsakalotos to negotiate the proposal. The new proposals are closer to creditors’ demands than previous offers in the areas of VAT and pension reform, as well as tax rates for the country’s islands, according to media who had seen a copy of the document. EPA/PANTELIS SAITAS
Opinion: Greece and the Return of Ideology
Ever since the Soviet Empire collapsed, a mantra of Western political analysis has been “the death of ideology.” The argument is that, having experimented with a variety of ideologies, from nationalism to Fascism and Nazism and, more recently, Khomeinism, mankind has...Caption:
Soldiers loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi stand near their vehicle at an army post in Al-Abr on Yemen’s northeastern border with Saudi Arabia on July 9, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)
UN declares humanitarian truce in Yemen amid doubts over rebels’ commitment
Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The United Nations said that Yemen’s warring factions on Thursday accepted a truce to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians amid doubts by the government loyalists over Houthis’ commitment. The UN has said it expects an...Caption:
In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 file photo, former Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal waits to greet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as Kerry arrives at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Pool Photo via AP, File)