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Armed Yemeni fighters loyal to Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi stand in position during clashes with Houthis in Jaadan area of Marib province on May 15, 2015. AFP

Arab Coalition Continues Air Campaign, Houthi Chief Commander Killed in Taiz

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 1, 2016 | Middle East

Taiz-The air campaign carried out by the Saudi-led Arab coalition continued zeroing in on coup militants located in Yemen’s Taiz. Top Houthi commander Abu Nasr Alkhawlany along with eight of his companions had been reportedly killed by a recent coalition-staged raid...

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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Davao international airport terminal building early on Friday. AFP

Philippine President’s Hitler Remarks ‘Troubling’ for Pentagon Chief

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 1, 2016 | World

Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Friday criticized the “deeply troubling” remarks by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in which he likened his deadly war on crime to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s efforts to exterminate Jews. Duterte’s comments...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 5, 2016. Sputnik/Kremlin/Alexei Druzhinin/via REUTERS

International Denunciation of JASTA… Moscow: Washington will be Facing the World

by Taha Abed Al-Wahad, Abdullah Mustafa | Oct 1, 2016 | World

Moscow- Brussels- International fury continued to rise against the United States’ recent controversial bill the “Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act”, otherwise known as JASTA, which was later vetoed by U.S. President Barack Obama. Among the international...

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Lebanese Army commander General Jean Qahwaji – NNA

Qahwaji: A General with Presidential Ambitions

by Thaer Abbas | Oct 1, 2016 | Features

Beirut – The third extended term of Lebanese Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji began on Saturday despite doubts by some political parties about the extension’s legality after it was carried out by a decision made by the defense minister and not the government....

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The research found that adolescent girls were most at risk. Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images

Women on Combined Contraceptive Pills are likely to be Prescribed Antidepressants

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 1, 2016 | Health

Copenhagen – A large study made on Danish women stated that combined contraceptive pills are likely to trigger depression. Medical records of more than a million women found that those on the combined pill were more likely to be prescribed an antidepressant by...