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Iraqi security forces gather near Falluja, Iraq, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Iraqi Forces Threaten to Internationalize Violations against Displaced

by Hamza Mustafa | Jun 16, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-Iraqi forces threatened to internationalize the case of the displaced because of the violations taking place against a number of them, leaving many with unknown fate. They noted that the leadership of Fallujah’s operations handed the investigation with those...

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Investor Warren Buffett speaks during the “United State of Women Summit” at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, June 14, 2016. AFP

$3 Mln to Have Lunch with Billionaire

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 16, 2016 | Food

Washington, London-American billionaire Warren Buffett, who is the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has said the anonymous bidder who agreed last week at an annual charity auction to pay $3,456,789 to have lunch with him, matching the previous record high, is a...

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Conferees at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) informal summit in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah on May 31, 2016. AFP

GCC Countries Seek to Enhance Skills in Private Sector

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Jun 16, 2016 | Business

Riyadh-Gulf Cooperation Countries are seeking to raise performance capacities in the private sector to face fluctuations in oil prices and the resulting economic crises. Meetings held in this regard coincide with a recent agreement to create a special authority for...

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King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud/ AFP

Custodian of Two Holy Mosques Receives Diplomatic Corps Dean, Heads of Diplomatic Groups

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 16, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah–Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Wednesday, dean of the diplomatic corps Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti to the Kingdom Dya-Eddin Said Bamakhrama. The King also received heads of...

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Former Sudanese Prime Minister and head of the opposition Umma Party Sadeq al-Mahdi addresses residents displaced by the Merowe dam as they stage a sit-down protest against what they describe as injustice and oppression, inside the Umma Party Headquarters in Omdurman December 24, 2011. The Merowe dam project, which was completed in 2009, displaced tens of thousands of people and has long been a source of controversy. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi: We Want Planned Uprising to Prevent Chaos

by Ahmed Younis | Jun 16, 2016 | Interviews

Cairo-During an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, leader of Sudan’s largest opposition party, National Umma Party, Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi stressed that a popular uprising in Sudan that will lead to a coup d’etat in the country is closer than many expect. He...