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Yemen’s ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Reuters

Houthis in Race against Time to Legitimatize Coup

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Aug 10, 2016 | Middle East

Jeddah-Houthis, along with their strategic ally, ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh, are in a race against time to legitimatize the coup in Yemen, especially after the failure of Kuwait talks and the return of Saudi-led Arab coalition forces to destroy Houthi...

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Donald Trump at a rally Aug. 5 in Des Moines. (Evan Vucci/AP)

With Economic Team, Trump Doubles Down on Bet that Success Sells

by Jim Tankersley | Aug 10, 2016 | Business

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has stocked his economic team with wealthy financiers and billionaires, including some who have had close ties to his companies, in a move that brings a group of powerful businessmen inside his campaign but could also...

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A bank clerk counts U.S. dollar banknotes on bundles of 100 Chinese yuan banknotes at a branch of a bank in Huaibei, Anhui province in this file photo dated April 26, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

Opinion: What the World Economy Needs

by Mohamed A. El-Erian | Aug 10, 2016 | Business

The global economy desperately needed some good news. That’s what it got in the latest U.S. jobs report. Ahead of today’s release of the U.S. employment report for July, the mood was decidedly gloomy, with economic activity slowing in most other advanced...

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Opinion: Aleppo and Mosul – A Tale of Two Cities

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Aug 10, 2016 | Opinion

In 1859, the celebrated British author Charles Dickens wrote ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, a famous novel whose events took place in Paris and London during and in the aftermath of the French revolution, and dealt with the plight of the French peasantry under the old...

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In a file picture taken on February 28, 2012 a motorist fills up at the gas pump in a gas station of the French northern city of Lille. AFP

Kuwaiti Government and National Assembly Agree on Fuel Price Hike, Differ on Mechanism

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 10, 2016 | Middle East

Kuwait- The Kuwaiti government stuck to its decision to hike fuel prices at the beginning of September. The National Assembly, however, insisted on its suggestions with regards to the application mechanism; this was the conclusion of the meeting held on Tuesday...