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Mohammed Kharboush, Director of Saudi Euromoney Conference 2016

Ministers of Finance, Labor, and Commerce Discuss “Vision 2030” in Euromoney Saudi Conference

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | May 3, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Ministers of Finance, Commerce, and Labor in Saudi Arabia will discuss at the Saudi Euromoney Conference 2016, which will be held on Tuesday in Riyadh, their plans within the framework of the Saudi 2030 Vision, methods of diversifying the economy along with...

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Signs of a US – Russian Agreement to Include Aleppo in the Truce

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | May 3, 2016 | Middle East

The US Secretary of State John Kerry ended a brief visit to Geneva yesterday during which he held several meetings and made telephone calls that focused on ways to reinstate the truce in Syria and include Aleppo in the ceasefire. Kerry met his Saudi and Jordanian...

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Followers of Iraq’s Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr are seen in the parliament building after they stormed Baghdad’s Green Zone after lawmakers failed to convene for a vote on overhauling the government, in Iraq April 30

Al Sadr Secretly Flies to Iran, Shocking Supporters

by Hamza Mustafa | May 3, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Amidst the rising political crisis in Iraq, Sadrist movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shi’ite cleric, managed to throw his Green Zone protesting supporters off guard by heading on Tuesday secretly to Tehran. Iraqi sourced confirmed that al-Sadr had left the...

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Hassani Abdelhadi, the imam of Attadamoun Mosque, attends the Friday prayer at the mosque in the neighbourhood of Molenbeek, in Brussels, Belgium, Picture taken November 20. To match Insight- REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Belgium Grants Permits to 10 New Mosques to Fight Extremist Ideology

by Abdullah Mustafa and Majed Al Khatib | May 3, 2016 | World

Brussels, Cologne – The Ministry of Justice in Belgium confirmed that it is arranging to grant permits for establishing a number of mosques, a measure taken in line with the governmental plan for confronting extremist ideology. The Muslim Executive of Belgium...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures during a news conference.

Turkish Parliament Committee Votes to Lift Immunity of MPs

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 3, 2016 | Middle East

A parliamentary committee approved late on Monday a controversial bill that strips Turkish lawmakers of immunity from prosecution, paving the way for a law that members of the pro-Kurdish opposition say is designed to target them. Hours earlier, the committee erupted...