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Ould Cheikh: We Have Written Assurances That Delegations Will Return to Kuwait

by Arafat Madabish | Jul 1, 2016 | Middle East

The UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh officially announced yesterday that the Yemen peace consultations will be suspended for the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, and that this suspension will last until the middle of this month. The consultations began in April and have been...

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Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Sardar Mohammed Yousaf during an interview with a media outlet Al-Jarida. (Aljarida)

Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs: We Reject Iranian Interference

by Omar Al-Raslani | Jul 1, 2016 | Middle East

Makkah-Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Sardar Mohammed Yousaf said that the security conflicts and the problems of the Islamic World are the result of foreign interference and the exploitation of Islam by the enemies of Muslims. Yousaf...

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Vote Leave campaign leader Boris Johnson leaves his home in London, Britain June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Paul Hackett

Boris Johnson’s Withdrawal Leaves Britain Reeling

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 1, 2016 | World

London- The battle for the Conservative leadership started with two surprises on Thursday. The first was Michael Gove announcing he will run for Prime Minister, and the second surprise was Boris Johnson ruling himself out of the race. Minister of Justice Michael Gove...

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Norbert Hofer of the FPOe. AP Photo/Ronald Zak

Austrian Court Annuls Presidential Election Result, Calls Rerun

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 1, 2016 | World

Austria’s highest court on Friday annulled May’s presidential election result, citing irregularities, and called for a rerun following a legal challenge from the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), whose candidate lost by a narrow margin. “The challenge...

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People walk on the rubble of damaged buildings after an airstrike in the rebel held area of Aleppo’s Baedeen district, in Syria on May 3. Reuters

Syrian Opposition Opens Six Fronts, Relieves Aleppo

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 1, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Jaish al-Fatah otherwise known as the Army of Conquest, a coalition of extremist and moderate factions in northern Syria, moved from the defensive to the offensive and created confusion among the ranks of the Syrian regime forces. Leading rebels stated that the...