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epa04482264 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, gestures during the opening plenary of Summit on the Global Agenda in Gulf emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 09 November 2014. EPA/ALI HAIDER

Opinion: The Emirates’ Vision

by Ali Ibrahim | Nov 3, 2015 | Opinion

No one knows in what state the Arab world and wider Middle East will be in after the region is finally able to traverse the ongoing political storm which it has endured since 2011. Despite the destruction that has been wrought and the shredding of the social fabric in...

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A man is silhouetted against the logo of the World Bank at the main venue for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on October 10, 2012. (Reuters/Kim Kyung-hoon)

Saudi economy capable of withstanding oil price slump: World Bank Gulf director

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Nov 3, 2015 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi economy is capable of withstanding any shocks caused by the current oil price slump, the World Bank’s Country Director for Gulf Countries Nadir Mohammed said on Monday. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Mohammed said the Saudi economy was...

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A handout picture provided by the Russian Emergency Ministry press service on November 2, 2015 shows Russian Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov (4-L) and unidentified officials near a piece of wreckage of Russian MetroJet Airbus A321 at the site of the crash in Sinai, Egypt, on November 1, 2015. (EPA/Maxim Grigoriev/Russian Emergency Ministry/HO)

Mystery, confusion surround Russian plane crash in Egypt

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

St. Petersburg and Cairo, AP/Asharq Al-Awsat—Mystery and confusion surrounded the final moments of a Russian jetliner that plummeted suddenly from high altitude to the Egyptian desert, killing all 224 people aboard. The airline on Monday ruled out pilot error or a...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement to the press after a meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on November 3, 2015. (Reuters/Brendan Smialowski/Pool)

Kerry says Russia needs to help find political solution in Syria

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

Astana and Moscow, Reuters—US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday Russia needs to help find a political solution in Syria and not simply support Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. “It really depends a lot on the choices that Russia makes about whether it...