Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark. Reuters

New Zealand’s Candidate for Top U.N. Post: Fighting Terror Requires Int’l Cooperation

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | May 24, 2016 | Interviews

Cairo-Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand and its candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General, said that she is qualified and has enough experience to replace U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon. Clark told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the fight...

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People inspect the damage after explosions hit the Syrian city of Tartous, in this handout picture provided by SANA. Reuters

U.N. Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Tartous

by Jordan Dakamseh | May 24, 2016 | Middle East

New York-United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of dozens of civilians in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous. A statement attributable to his spokesperson said that the Secretary-General...

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London Underground Tube. Reuters

Night Tube for London to Start Running on August 19

by Raneem Hannoush | May 24, 2016 | World

London-London’s Night Tube service will launch on August 19 on Fridays and Saturdays after a delay caused by union protests, Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced. “Our latest statistics show that more than half of underground travelers use the system after 10:00 pm,”...