Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters. Reuters

Turkey Pounds PKK as ISIS Militants Killed in Shelling, Coalition Air Strike

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

The Turkish military said Saturday that its warplanes have carried out nine airstrikes against Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country and northern Iraq. The state-run Anadolu Agency cited the military as saying the warplanes destroyed 98 targets Friday of the...

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Sarah Sewall: The Next Step to Fight Corruption Will be Taken at the UN

by Mina Al-Droubi | May 14, 2016 | World

In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat on the sidelines of the anti-corruption summit held in London recently, US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall said: “The next step on the path of global efforts to fight corruption will...

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American Actress and Producer, Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster: ‘Money Monster’ is more Like Hollywood than any of My Other Works

by Mohammed Rouda | May 14, 2016 | Interviews

Cannes- Many written and presented film scripts, which fail to find a producer, are marshaled and stacked into the film industry’s keeping drawers. Jodie Foster’s thriller “Money Monster” did not make it to big-screen production right away, first written by Alan Di...

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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...