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U.N. Secretary-General Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to media after the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland in Bern. Photo: Reuters

U.N. Envoy Urges Decisive Decisions at Resumed Yemeni Peace Talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 18, 2016 | Middle East

U.N.’s special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed called on parties partaking at the peace consultations underway in Kuwait to take full-on and decisive decisions as to bolster and guarantee intentions for resolving the Yemeni crisis, WAM reported. Addressing...

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Several hundred people, Muslims and non-Muslims, gather to pray at the Grande Mosque in Lyon, France, November 15, 2015, for the victims of the series of shootings in Paris on Friday. REUTERS/Robert Pratta

French Muslims Feel Fear, Alienation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 18, 2016 | World

As a series of terror attacks ravage Europe in mass and causing panic falsely in the name of Islam, in the poor Nice suburb of Ariane, many Muslims feel their community is being unfairly blamed for the Bastille Day attack that killed 84 people, and fear discrimination...

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A woman walks into the head office for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal, November 9, 2015, Reuters

Moscow Lab Covered Up Athletes Doping Abuse at Sochi Olympics

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 18, 2016 | Sports

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed on Monday that the Russian Ministry of Sport oversaw doping and the manipulation of athlete’s analytical test results and sample swapping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. WADA’s independent commission report, led by...

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Britain’s FTSE Hits 11-Month Closing High, ARM Soars 41 Percent

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 18, 2016 | Business

Britain’s top equity index touched an 11-month closing high on Monday, boosted by a surge in shares of ARM Holdings after Japan’s SoftBank Group agreed to buy the chip designer in a $32 billion cash deal. ARM, whose processor and graphics technology is...

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Police officers detain a man after an attack in the centre of Almaty, Kazakhstan, July 18, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

Four Killed in Police Station Attack in Kazakhstan’s Biggest City

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 18, 2016 | World

Suspected Islamist militants gunned down on Monday at least four policemen and one civilian in Kazakhstan’s financial capital Almaty, security and hospital sources said. The incident echoes similar scenes of bloodshed in another Kazakh city just a month earlier....