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Yemeni Rebel Delegation Refuses to Participate in Committee Meetings

by Arafat Madabish | May 9, 2016 | Middle East

The Yemeni rebel delegation yesterday refused to participate in sessions that are a product of the consultation committees. It also refused to attend a previously scheduled meeting with the United Nations special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed according to Asharq...

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Opinion: Welcome Realism and Goodbye Comfort Zones!

by Eyad Abu Shakra | May 9, 2016 | Opinion

Few Americans and Europeans, I reckon, have heard of Wa’el Al-Halqi; and not many Arabs have either. For those interested, Dr Al-Halqi is the Syrian regime’s Prime Minister, who announced to the media a couple of weeks ago that ‘the countdown for the liberation of...

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the first congress of the country’s ruling Workers’ Party in 36 years, in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang May 8, 2016. KCNA/via Reuters

N. Korean Leader Gets Promoted; 3 BBC Journalists Get Expelled

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 9, 2016 | World

Kim Jong-un has been named on Monday chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea at a rare party congress held in Pyongyang. This move highlights how the authoritarian country’s first congress in 36 years, which opened on Friday, is aimed at supporting the...

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Crown Prince: Martyrs are a Source of Pride and Their Families Are Cared For

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 9, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz who is also the First Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Interior emphasised yesterday that the sacrifices of martyrs of duty, prisoners, those wounded and missing will always be a source of pride to the...

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A woman carries laundry on her head, while heading home after washing in Charsadda, near Peshawar January 7, 2015. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

Pakistan Must Speed up Reform- World Bank

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 9, 2016 | Business

Pakistan must get a move on reform of the energy sector and attract more women into the labor force if it wants to boost economic growth that lags far behind regional peers, the World Bank’s country representative said on Monday. According to the World Bank...