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A handout picture provided by Turkish President Press office shows, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (L) and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu (R) during their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, 20 August 2015. (EPA/TURKISH PRESIDENT PRESS OFFICE)

Turkey’s Erdoğan says he will call a new election for Nov. 1

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 21, 2015 | Middle East

Ankara, AP—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday that the nation will hold an early election on November 1, after no group won a majority from voters in June and Erdoğan’s party was unable to find a coalition partner. Erdoğan said he will meet with...

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President Barack Obama smiles during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts […]

Opinion: A Might-Have-Been Interview with Obama

by Amir Taheri | Aug 21, 2015 | Opinion

US President Barack Obama is deploying his immense persuasive powers to lobby in favor of the deal he says he has made with Iran regarding its nuclear project. As part of that lobbying, he has granted numerous interviews, always to reporters he has already charmed,...

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Egyptian riot policemen stand in front of the damaged national security building in northern Cairo’s district of Shubra Al-Kheima on August 20, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)

ISIS affiliate says responsible for bombing near Cairo security building

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 21, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) affiliate has claimed responsibility for a car bombing near a state security building in Cairo on Thursday. At least 29 people, including 8 policemen, were injured after a car bomb went off outside the...