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Migrants arrive at the border between Hungary and Austria on September 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Austria, Germany open borders to migrants offloaded by Hungary

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 5, 2015 | World

Hegyeshalom (Hungary) and Vienna, Reuters—Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants on Saturday, bused to the Hungarian border by a right-wing government that had tried to stop them but was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers...

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Labour Party leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn speaks at an election campaigning event at Ealing in west London, Britain August 17, 2015. Britain’s opposition Labour Party has begun voting for a new leader in a contest that polls indicate will be won by Corbyn, a veteran fan of Karl Marx who has upstaged rivals by promising a shift back to the party’s socialist roots. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Opinion: Why is Jeremy Corbyn frightening the horses?

by Amir Taheri | Sep 5, 2015 | Opinion

Until a few months ago hardly anyone had heard of Jeremy Corbyn. And those who had, this writer among them, knew him only as an eccentric “champagne-and-caviar Socialist” member of the British House of Commons. At an age when you are not considered to be somebody...

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President Barack Obama, right, meets with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House, on Friday, September 4, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Saudi King Salman, Obama discuss Yemen, Syria, Iran deal at White House summit

by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 5, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz met with US President Barack Obama at the White House on Friday in his first official visit to the United States since becoming King. The two leaders discussed regional issues, including efforts to...

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Yemen’s exiled Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah (C) arrives at Aden airport in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on August 1, 2015. (EPA/STR)

Yemen to appoint new PM, reduce ministries: official

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Sep 4, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi is set to appoint a new prime minister and reduce the number of ministries “within the next few days”, a government source has said, in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at “reducing costs and...

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FILE – In this Jan. 27, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama meets Saudi Arabian King Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Obama administration is greeting King Salman of Saudi Arabia with assurances that a nuclear deal with Iran also comes with the necessary resources to help check its regional ambitions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Opinion: King Salman in Washington

by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 4, 2015 | Opinion

By choosing the United States to be the destination of his first visit since acceding to the Saudi throne, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has dismissed speculation that the honeymoon between Washington and Riyadh is coming to an end. Both...