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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro attends a meeting. Reuters

U.S. Officials: Possible Venezuela Meltdown as Maduro’s Power Weakens

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

The United States is increasingly concerned about the potential for an economic and political meltdown in Venezuela as a result of a growing political confrontation at a time of triple-digit inflation, widespread food shortages and deterioration of its oil sector,...

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File photo shows an Aedes aegypti mosquito inside a test tube as part of a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at a control and prevention center in Guadalupe, neighbouring Monterrey

A Bipartisan Deal Funding to Fight Zika Virus

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 14, 2016 | Health

WASHINGTON – A new funding package was introduced as a solution to the spending bill of funding Zika. Next week U.S. Senators will have the chance to vote for one of different proposed options that best fund the White House’s request for $1.9 billion. Meanwhile, the...

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Brothers of top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an attack in Syria, mourn over his coffin during his funeral in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, May 13, 2016. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

Hezbollah Blames Insurgent Shelling for Badreddine’s Death

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

Mustafa Badreddine, the top commander of so-called Hezbollah, was killed in Syria by insurgent shelling, the party announced on Saturday, vowing to continue its involvement in Syria’s civil war. The group said the blast that killed Badreddine near the Damascus...

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Police in Morocco. Reuters

Morocco Says it Thwarted Plot Similar to May 16, 2003 Attacks

by Latifa Al-Arosni | May 14, 2016 | Middle East

Rabat-Morocco’s authorities have thwarted a “dangerous” terrorist plot similar to the May 16 events that Casablanca witnessed in 2003. The Interior Ministry announced on Friday the arrest of a Chadian national affiliated with ISIS and unraveled a...

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukia Amano (C), flanked by Kuwaiti under secretary for foreign affairs, Khaled al-Jarallah (L), and Finance and Oil Minister, Anas al-Saleh, attends a seminar on nuclear applications for sustsnable development in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, on February 15, 2016, at the Arab Organisations Headquarters in Kuwait City. / AFP

Kuwait Deputy FM Says No Space for Oil Production Increase

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

DUBAI-Kuwait’s deputy foreign minister Khaled Jarallah called for a freeze in oil production, and said Iran must learn from the market, noting that there is no space to support further increase, state agency news Kuna reported on Saturday. Jarallah’s statements came...