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A boy carries buckets to fill with water from a public tap amid an acute shortage of water, on the outskirts of Sana’a, Yemen, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen’s Information Minister: Insurgents are Incurring Military and Economic Losses

by Arafat Madabish | Sep 21, 2016 | Middle East

Aden–Yemen’s Information Minister Moammer Al-Iryani said on Tuesday that Houthi rebels were incurring major military and economic losses, as they currently occupy only 20 percent of the country’s territories, against 80 percent of areas under government control. In...

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Damaged Red Cross and Red Crescent medical supplies lie inside a warehouse after an airstrike on western Aleppo, September 20, 2016/ Reuters-Ammar Abdullah

Syria’s Ceasefire Awaits ‘Death Certificate’ as International Community Lashes out at its Sponsors

by Nazeer Rida and Heba El-Koudsy | Sep 21, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut, New York-The U.S.-Russian ceasefire deal on Syria awaits to be announced as officially dead after violence resumed in the country when an aid vehicle of the Syrian Red Crescent was attacked in the countryside of west Aleppo, killing civilians and an official...

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An emblem of the Central Bank of Yemen is seen on the bank’s gate in Sana’a August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Aden Central Bank Gets International Support as Hadi Speaks of Rebel Violations

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Sep 21, 2016 | Middle East

Jeddah, Riyadh-Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has held two separate meetings with U.S. and British representatives in New York concerning the issue of Yemen’s Central Bank, and is expected to hold important talks on Wednesday with officials from the...

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A receptionist robot, top center, accompanied by two other
robots, greets a hotel employee demonstrating how to check in at the
called Henn na Hotel, or Weird Hotel, in Sasebo, southwestern Japan,
Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP

Robots in Japanese Tourism, Entertainment Sector

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 21, 2016 | Technology

London-Have you ever met Chihira Junco, the receptionist of a mall in Tokyo? She stands in her blue jacket and penciled skirt in the Aqua City Odaiba Mall to provide visitors with directions and tips on sites and local stores in Tokyo in the Japanese, Chinese and...