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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairs the Cabinet session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday. SPA

Saudi Cabinet Hails U.N. Decision to Remove Arab Coalition from Blacklist

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah-Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet praised on Monday a United Nations decision to remove the “coalition countries to defend the legitimacy in Yemen” from the list annexed to U.N. Secretary General’s report on Children and Armed Conflict. The United Nations decided to...

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A picture taken on June 13, 2016 shows Lebanese forensic experts inspecting the site of an explosion at the headquarters building of BLOM BANK in the capital Beirut following a bomb blast on the evening of June 12, 2016. Patrick Baz/AFP

Hezbollah Remains Silent as Security Agencies Collect Evidence from Bank Blast Scene

by Asharq Al-Awsat and Youssef Diab | Jun 14, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-A Lebanese minister confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the bombing which targeted BLOM Bank in Beirut on Sunday evening is “closely linked to the dispute between Lebanese banks and the so-called Hezbollah, which has criticized the performance of...

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UAE Hands Down Jail Terms for Muslim Brotherhood Links

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2016 | Middle East

Abu Dhabi-The Federal High Court of the United Arab Emirates has delivered a verdict in a case relating to the Muslim Brotherhood organization. Fifteen Yemenis and four Emiratis were convicted on Monday of “forming a Muslim Brotherhood cell and collecting...

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Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim (C) looks on during a parliament session on June 8, 2016 at the national assembly in Kuwait City. YAsser al-Zayyat/AFP

Photos of Kuwait Parliament Brawl Go Viral on Social Media

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jun 14, 2016 | Middle East

Dammam-A Kuwaiti National Assembly session witnessed at noon Monday a brawl among lawmakers which included a fistfight and hurling shoes in a reminder of similar disputes that have erupted in the past. The brawl began with a verbal dispute between lawmakers Ali...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives governors of regions.SPA

King Salman Orders End to Land Monopoly

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 14, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah-The Saudi Cabinet took on Monday evening a number of decisions including the approval of the implementation of rules on the Undeveloped Land Fees Regulations to collect taxes from owners of the so-called white lands. The session, chaired by Custodian of the Two...