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Pakistani Taliban Leader Killed in Afghanistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2016 | World

According to Taliban sources, Afghan security forces killed a high-ranking leader of the Pakistani Taliban and at least 10 other activists in an operation on the border with Pakistan on Sunday. Raees Khan, also known as Azam Khan Tariq, was considered the fourth most...

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Cuba’s President Raul Castro, (C), Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, (L), and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, better known by the nom de guerre Timochenko, pose for photos in Havana, September 23, 2015. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini – RTX1S5N5

Colombia: Fate of Peace Deal Depends on October’s Polls

by Jordan Dakamseh | Sep 27, 2016 | World

Colombia – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the left-wing FARC rebel Leader Timoleon Jimenez (Timochenko) signed on Monday an agreement ending a half-century war that killed a quarter of a million people and made their nation a byword for violence,...

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CITC Coordinates with Operating Companies to Rationalize open Internet

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Sep 27, 2016 | Business

Riyadh- An official in one of the companies operating telecommunication services in Saudi Arabia confirmed that the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) coordinated with Saudi telecommunication companies to set controls that lead to...

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Government Normalizes Situation in Liberated Provinces … before Hadi’s Return

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Sep 27, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh – Under the chairmanship of Dr. Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, the Yemeni government is working on renormalizing the conditions, providing services for citizens and finalizing the preparations to move the Yemeni Central Bank to Aden, following the issuance of the...

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King Salman bin Abdulaziz has presided over a reform plan to wean the Saudi economy off its addiction to oil. Photograph: Bandar Al-Jaloud/AFP/Getty Images

King Salman Issues New Orders

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet’s session at al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Monday. The King issued four Royal decrees ordering the reduction of salaries of ministers by 20% and salaries of...