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United Nations envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (L) meets with Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden December 5, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Comprehensive Yemeni Peace Plan in Weeks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2016 | Middle East

London- U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said that an integrated plan for Yemeni reconciliation will be launched during the next two weeks. The U.N. Special Envoy said that the Houthis in Yemen have initially approved a 72-hour ceasefire that...

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A woman gets out of a house destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Cavaillon. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

Mathew Hurricane Kills Hundreds, Leads to Power Outage

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2016 | World

London- Over 900 people have been killed by Hurricane Matthew and thousands have been uprooted, as the natural disaster plowed through Haiti on Friday. Just off the southeast U.S. coast, the hurricane caused major flooding and power outages in the region. The number...

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano addresses the media after a board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna January 24, 2014. The U.N. atomic agency asked member countries on Friday for more money to fund its work checking Iran complies with a deal aimed at easing a decade-long stand-off over its nuclear activities. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA – Tags: POLITICS ENERGY)

IAEA: Iran’s Nuclear Deal Still Fragile

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2016 | World

London- Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano revealed that the implementation of a landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers is still fragile, warning that small mistakes can have grave consequences. Iran...

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Samir Geagea, leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces, speaks during an interview with Reuters at his home in the Christian village of Maarab in the mountains overlooking the seaside town of Jounieh, October 31, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea: Iran, Hezbollah Play on Presidential Void

by Thaer Abbas | Oct 8, 2016 | Interviews

Beirut- In his latest interview with Asharq Al awsat newspaper, Lebanon’s Samir Geagea, executive chairman of the Lebanese Forces (LF), the second largest Christian political party in the country, hoped that the two-year presidential vacancy would be brought to an...

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Opinion: Aleppo and the Syrian People at the Mercy of Washington’s Barber

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 8, 2016 | Opinion

Although Syria’s tragedy is too painful to be associated with humor, the suffering that both Moscow and Washington are inflicting on the Syrian people reminds us of a kind of a ‘black comedy’ joke. It goes like this: A barber was very keen on his son inheriting his...