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Lebanon’s Politicians Agree on Holding Parliamentary Polls on Time despite Dispute on Electoral Law

by Paula Astih | May 28, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Discussions on which electoral law should be adopted in the parliamentary elections that are set to take place in June 2017 took the spotlight from the presidential crisis after Lebanon’s politicians failed to reach a breakthrough over the Baabda Palace vacuum....

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Gulf – Russian Agreement to Defeat Terrorism

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 27, 2016 | Middle East

Gulf countries and Russia have agreed to work together to prevent and avert terrorist acts through international cooperation, fully recognising the central role that the United Nations plays according to its charter and completely implementing the relevant Security...

Revival of Oil Prices

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 27, 2016 | Opinion

The best news so far this year is that oil prices have risen reaching $50 and few cents per barrel. Prices were expected to continue declining to around $20, thus expanding the economic crisis and shaking not only petroleum-exporting countries but also the region....

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Syria’s Kurds: Raqqa Will Go to Whoever Liberates It

by Caroline Akoum | May 27, 2016 | Middle East

A leader of a military Kurdish faction announced that the city of Raqqa will be annexed to the federal system that the Kurds established in northern Syria after it is liberated from ISIS. In statements quoted by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, a representative of...

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People watch a movie in a makeshift cinema located under a bridge in the old quarters of Delhi, India May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

Cinema under a Bridge Provides Bollywood Escape for Delhi’s Poor

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2016 | World

The poor rickshaw pullers and migrant laborers in India’s capital have found an escape of their daily hardships and struggle into a world of Bollywood’s love and romance; through a makeshift cinema under the 140-year-old double-decker bridge over the Yamuna river. The...