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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz (C) meets with Saudi students based at US universities, at his resident in Washington DC, United States, on September 5, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)
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Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani (L) meets with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Najaf, Iraq, in this July 24, 2014 file picture provided by the United Nations. (Reuters/Eskinder Debebe/UN/Handout via Reuters, file)
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric calls for corrupt officials to be prosecuted
Baghdad, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, on Friday called for the prosecution of the most senior officials suspected of corruption and for the retrieval of stolen state funds. Sistani, whose word...Caption:
In this photo made available by the Emirates News Agency (WAM), coffins containing the bodies of Emirati soldiers killed in Yemen arrive at the Al-Bateen Airport early on September 5, 2015, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (WAM, via AP)
Yemen: Coalition forces regroup after Houthi Ma’rib attack
Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Forces of the Saudi-led coalition targeting the Houthis in Yemen are regrouping in the central Yemeni province of Ma’rib, following Friday’s deadly attack by Houthi rebels which killed dozens of coalition troops. Coalition spokesman...Caption:
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz speaks during an event hosted by the US–Saudi Arabian Business Council, in Washington DC, United States, on September 4, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)
King Salman: Saudi economy resilient enough to withstand current crises
Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s economy is capable of withstanding global economic crises and the current drop in oil prices, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz said on Friday during his visit to Washington. Speaking at an event...Caption:
Migrant families walk at the railway track at the Hungarian–Serbian border near Roszke village, on September 6, 2015. Europe is deeply divided over how to handle the continent’s biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. (AFP Photo/Csaba Segesvari)