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Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Europe Seeks New Vision

by Abdel Satar Barakat | Sep 12, 2016 | Business

Athens-EU member states have been severely damaged by the international financial crisis that occurred in 2008 and from the flow of refugees as a result of the Syrian civil war. This situation pushed Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras to call for a “new vision...

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People run from the site of a bombing at a Tripoli mosque in 2013. (AFP/File)

Mashnouq Signs Decree to Dissolve pro-Assad Party over Tripoli Explosions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 12, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Interior Minister Nohad al-Mashnouq announced Sunday that he had requested the Cabinet to dissolve the Arab Democratic Party headed by Rifaat Eid, a close ally to the Syrian regime led by Bashar Assad, and the Islamic Unity Movement, a week after a Lebanese...

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gets into a van as she leaves an apartment building Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in New York. AP

Clinton Scraps California Trip, Health Re-emerges as Issue in Campaign

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 12, 2016 | World

Hillary Clinton cancelled a California fundraising trip after being diagnosed with pneumonia and falling ill Sunday at a 9/11 ceremony, putting her health at the forefront of the campaign in which the two major party nominees are among the oldest ever....

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A man watches a TV news program reporting North Korea’s nuclear test at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul: North Korea Capable of Another Nuclear Test

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 12, 2016 | World

North Korea is capable of detonating another nuclear device anytime, South Korea’s defense ministry said Monday, just days after Pyongyang sparked worldwide condemnation with its fifth and most powerful test. “An additional test could be conducted in a...

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Damaged buildings and debris in Deir al-Zor, June 13, 2013.Picture taken June 13, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Eid Ceasefire in Syria: Expectations, Mystery And Doubts

by Nazeer Rida | Sep 12, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The Eid ceasefire that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry agreed on last week is expected to go into effect on Monday at 7:00 p.m. Syria time, amid a state of expectations, mystery and doubts. Until Sunday night,...