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The flow of drilling mud is seen in a container while an oilfield worker works on a drilling rig at an oil well operated by Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, in the oil rich Orinoco belt, near Cabrutica at the state of Anzoategui April 16, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo

Oil Prices Edge near 2016 highs on Ebbing Supply, Softer Dollar

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 7, 2016 | Business

Oil prices held close to their highest in seven months on Tuesday, propped up by the U.S. dollar skimming its lowest in nearly a month and by falling Nigerian oil output after a wave of attacks on infrastructure. Brent crude futures were up 17 cents on the day at...

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Chairman of Libyan Presidential Council and Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj

Libya: Sarraj Forms Third Operations Room to Fight ISIS

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jun 7, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Mayor of Sabratah Hussein al-Thawadi has welcomed the decision of the Prime Minister of Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, to form a military operations room to fight ISIS in the city that lies 75 kilometers west of the Libyan capital. Thawadi...

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Ongoing pounding of Taiz, Asharq Al-Awsat

Ramadan Fails to Stop another Massacre in Taiz

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 7, 2016 | Middle East

Taiz- Jeddah- Thirty people were killed and injured including three families that were completely wiped out in a frenzied attack staged by insurgency in Taiz. Before dusk set, and those fasting could break their fast and quench their thirst, the ground was far soaked...

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Refugees in Germany. Reuters

Germany: Sleeper Terrorist Cells Infiltrated with Refugees

by Majid al-Khateeb | Jun 7, 2016 | World

Cologne-Member of Christian Democratic Party and interior minister for the state of Saarland Klaus Bouillon, who also acts as chairman of the group of all 16 state interior ministers, says terrorists are continuing to arrive to Germany as he estimated over hundred...

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Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski gestures to followers in Lima, Peru, June 5, 2016. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters

Kuczynski’s Lead Diminishes in Peru Presidential Election

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 7, 2016 | World

Former Wall Street executive Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s lead over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former authoritarian leader, tightened to just 0.36 percentage points late on Monday. With a total of 95 percent of votes processed in Peru’s...