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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters

Erdogan Implies Killing EU-Turkey Refugee Deal, Holds onto Capital Punishment

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 4, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan implied the possibility of withdrawing from the March EU-Turkey Statement on refugee affairs should the EU fail to go through with its undertakings on exempting Turkish citizens from visa prerequisites to enter union...

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U.S. State Department Spokesman John Kirby. Reuters

U.S. State Department Says Monitoring Iran’s Implementation of Nuclear Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 4, 2016 | World

London-Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State John Kirby rejected recent statements made by Iranian officials regarding the nuclear deal and the “mutual trust between the two parties” stressing that the major issue in Vienna’s deal lies in Tehran’s compliance...

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Egyptian Authorities Strike Reconciliation Deal with Fugitive Businessman

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 4, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Egyptian authorities on Wednesday concluded an official reconciliation with fugitive businessman Hussein Salem and his family after they agreed to move 75 percent of their wealth to the state. The deal will allow them to return to Egypt without facing...

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An Emirates Airline flight is seen after it crash-landed at Dubai International Airport, the UAE August 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Emirates Plane Crash Lands at DXB, 300 People Survive

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Aug 4, 2016 | Middle East

Dubai – 300 passengers miraculously escaped for their lives after an Emirates Airlines Boeing 777 crash-landed at Dubai International Airport (DXB). The plane was on its way to land at the airport coming from Thiruvananthapuram city in India. Emirates Airlines...

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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, briefs the Security Council. (U.N. Photo/Manuel Elias)

Russia Hampers International Statement against Houthi Political Council

by Jordan Dakamseh and Badr al-Qahtani | Aug 4, 2016 | Middle East

New York, London- Houthi rebels insist on rejecting a peace deal proposed by U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, despite pressure exerted by the ambassadors of the 18 countries backing political talks in Kuwait. Yemeni sources close to the matter...