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In this Saturday, May 30, 2015 photo, supporters of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ahmet Davutoğlu, some holding Turkish flags, wait for their appearance in Istanbul, Turkey, during a rally to commemorate the anniversary of city’s conquest by the Ottoman Turks. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey faces fractious interim rule as PM gives up on forming new gov’t

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 18, 2015 | World

Ankara, Reuters—Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will formally give up trying to form the next government on Tuesday after weeks of coalition talks failed, raising the prospect of a fractious interim administration leading the country to a new election....

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Militants loyal to Yemen’s exiled government ride atop a tank they seized from Houthi militiamen in the country’s central city of Taiz on August 17, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Yemen: Houthis declare state of emergency in northern stronghold

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 18, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houhi issued directives on Sunday calling on senior commanders to implement a state of emergency in different parts of Yemen, including the group’s northern stronghold of Saada Province, activists and...