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A satellite image released by the Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies shows construction of possible radar tower facilities in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea in this image released on February 23, 2016. Mandatory credit CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/DigitalGlobe/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

Chinese Military Operations, Maneuvers in South China Sea

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 13, 2016 | World

Beijing-The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines in a maritime dispute, concluding China has no legal basis to claim historic rights to the bulk of the South China Sea. In a 479 pages resolution, the court denied the existence...

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Security forces examine the site of a bomb blast that killed a Bahraini woman and injured three children on June 30, 2016. Interior ministry of Bahrain via AP

Bahraini Authorities Arrest Suspects Linked to Eker Explosion

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 13, 2016 | Middle East

Manama–Bahraini security forces announced they have arrested two suspects on charges of planting a bomb in East Eker, which led to the killing of a woman. The blast occurred on a road as the woman with her children passed in her car in the village south of Manama, on...

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Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Ghait (AP/ Bela Szandelszky)

Aboul Gheit Receives Strong Arab Support

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jul 13, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has received strong support from Arab leaders ahead of the Arab Summit that will be held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on the 25th and 26th of July. Aboul Gheit met on Tuesday with Saudi Ambassador to Egypt...

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People walk at the Grand Bazaar in central Tehran October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

Rafsanjani Warns Khamenei: Regime Will Sink

by Adel al-Salmi | Jul 13, 2016 | Middle East

London- Iranian Chairman of Expediency Discernment Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday took advantage of the first year anniversary commemorating the signing of the highly-valued nuclear deal with the West. Rafsanjani further promoted Iranian-Western affairs...

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Theresa May emerges to speak to reporters after being confirmed as the leader of the Conservative Party and Britain’s next Prime Minister outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London, July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall

Theresa May…Daughter of Priest, Hates Spotlights

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 13, 2016 | Profiles

Theresa May is expected to be appointed as the new British Prime Minister. Her supporters say that she is the best to lead the country in the post-Brexit phase. But most of British people don’t know much about her. So, who is she? May, is the daughter of a priest in...