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Qatar Stock Exchange

Gulf Rises after Robust Earnings, Foreigners Buy Egypt

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 14, 2016 | Business

Strong corporate earnings in Saudi Arabia and Oman Gulf have resulted in a rise in stock markets on Thursday, as Egypt ascended moderately with foreign investors accumulating shares. Saudi companies usually reveal first-quarter earnings slightly earlier than firms...

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Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference after an European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 16, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Learn German or Lose Benefits, Berlin Tells Migrants

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 14, 2016 | World

Learn German or lose benefits, says a new law that has been discussed in Germany on Thursday by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government. The law compels migrants granted residence rights to show willingness to integrate into the society hosting them by...

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Iraq’s Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani speaks to the media after voting in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, about 350 km (217 miles) north of Baghdad, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraq’s Kurds Declare Independence in Cyberspace

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 14, 2016 | Middle East

Denied their own state in reality, Iraq’s Kurds have declared independence, albeit in cyber space. The autonomous Kurdistan Region now has its own Top-Level Domain, a websites in Kurdistan or in the Kurdish language can choose the .krd suffix at the end of their...

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MP Salim Al Jabouri in a press conference yesterday, A.F.P

Iraq: Lawmakers Demand Change in Three Governing Premierships

by Hamza Mustafa | Apr 14, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-Protesting ministers at the Iraqi parliament took their demonstrations to a whole new level, after having around 164 council members sign a petition demanding to replace those assigned to three posts in authority: Iraqi President Fuad Masum, Parliamentary...

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Young lady tries a hijab put for sale near paris in April 2015, Getty Images

French Government Pushes to Bar Hijab from Universities

by Michel Abu Najm | Apr 14, 2016 | World

Paris- French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, yesterday, set off a social bomb which led to a new controversy taking over the country. Valls moved towards banning headscarf wearing Muslim women from entering universities, which was immediately rejected by the French...