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Al-Jubeir: There Are No Tents for Syrian Refugees in Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 25, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said that Saudi Arabia, led by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Abdulaziz, takes a considerable interest in the affairs of Syrian refugees and stressed that Syrians enjoy the same rights to health care,...

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Iyad Hadad (2nd R), a field researcher from B’Tselem, one of Israel’s leading human rights groups, listens to a testimony from a Palestinian farmer, who said his land was damaged in an attack by Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Turmus Aya near Ramallah June 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman/File Photo

Israeli Rights Group Cuts Ties with Military over ‘Whitewashing’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 25, 2016 | Middle East

B’Tselem, a leading Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, said on Wednesday it would no longer refer complaints of abuse carried out by Israeli soldiers to Israeli military courts because the system was biased and set up to whitewash...

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) uses a pair of binoculars to look towards the South during his visit to the Jangjae Islet Defence Detachment and Mu Islet Hero Defence Detachment on the front, near the border with South Korea, southwest of Pyongyang March 7, 2013 in this picture released by the North’s official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang March 8, 2013. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA – Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS – RTR3EQ0B

North Korea Uses Women to Prevent Men from Smoking

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 25, 2016 | Health

London, Seoul- North Korea, the communist state, used women in a TV show in order to urge men to quit smoking. In the 40-minute public health program called “The Extra Quality Favorite Item Threatening Life,” smokers are warned of the side-effects of indulging in the...

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Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Ahmed Jannati on the sidelines of Iran’s new Assembly of Experts ‘ meeting on Tuesday.

Iran Appoints Hardliner Close to Khamenei to Head Assembly of Experts

by Adil Alsalmi | May 25, 2016 | World

London- Iran’s new Assembly of Experts has chosen Ahmed Jannati, who is very close to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to serve as the body’s speaker for two years. Jannati was backed by 51 members of the 88-seat body, beating two other...

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Suspected Man in the Hat captured in Brussels. REUTERS

Mohamed Abrini: ‘We Played PlayStation, Drank Coffee before Suicide Operation’

by Abdullah Mustafa | May 25, 2016 | World

Brussels-Details of the last few hours before bombing Brussels’ Airport on the 22nd of March have begun to emerge based on confessions of one of the involved in the attacks, who is known as the “man in the hat”, Mohamed Abrini. Abrini, who chose not to blow himself...