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A Yemeni watches Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi delivering a speech on the pro-Houthi Al-Masirah TV channel, after his fighters were driven out from most of the southern port city of Aden, in Sana’a, Yemen, on August 2, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

Yemen: Houthi leader admits defeat in Aden, says open to political solution to crisis

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 3, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi on Sunday acknowledged that the Iran-backed group had suffered a defeat in the southern Yemeni city of Aden in recent weeks and said he was open to a political solution to the crisis that has gripped the...

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An Afghan migrant repairs his bicycle at a workshop near Calais, France, on August 1, 2015. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)

New UK bill requires landlords to evict illegal immigrants

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2015 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A new UK immigration bill announced by the government on Monday gives landlords the authority to evict their tenants if they lose their right to stay in the country, the BBC reported. Under the proposals, landlords must check all tenants’...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) listens during a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in Doha, Qatar, on August 3, 2015. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Kerry pushes Iran deal in Qatar

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2015 | Middle East

Doha, AP—US Secretary of State John Kerry brought the Obama administration’s case for the Iran nuclear deal to wary Arab officials in Qatar on Monday. Kerry was meeting with the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the six-member bloc of Gulf...