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A Turkish flag flutters atop the Turkish embassy as an Israeli flag is seen nearby, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 26. Reuters

Turkey, Israel to Exchange Ambassadors Soon

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Oct 15, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-Turkey and Israel will complete the process of exchanging ambassadors within 10 days, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Friday, a key step in a process of normalizing ties ruptured six years ago. The two countries normalized ties in June...

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SoftBank Group Corp Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at SoftBank World 2016 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

SoftBank’s Vision … Saudi Arabia Investing in The Future

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 15, 2016 | Business

Cairo-Saudi Arabia and Japan’s SoftBank Group have joined efforts together and announced establishing a technology investment fund that could grow as large as a whopping $100 billion. The fund will be one of the world’s largest private equity investors and...

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Iraqi Shi’ites take part in Ashura commemorations in Karbala on October 11, 2016. Mohammed Sawaf/AFP

Britain Investigates Hoisting of Hezbollah Flag in Ashura Procession

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Oct 15, 2016 | World

London- Scotland Yard is currently investigating the appearance of Lebanese so-called Hezbollah flags at a procession of Ashura organized last Wednesday in the British capital. A spokeswoman from the Scotland Yard told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the investigation...

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The United Nations Security Council votes to approve a resolution at the U.N. headquarters in New York July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Britain Presents U.N. Resolution Demanding Immediate Yemen Ceasefire

by Jordan Dakamseh | Oct 15, 2016 | Middle East

New York-British Ambassador to the U.N. Britain Matthew Rycroft has said that his country submitted on Friday night a draft resolution to the Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in Yemen. “We have decided to put forward a draft Security Council...

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Damaged buildings in Jouret al-Shayah, Homs, Syria, on February 2, 2013. Reuters/Yazen Homsy

Iran’s Participation in Lausanne Meeting Fuels Clash of Power in Tehran

by Adel al-Salmi | Oct 15, 2016 | Middle East

London-Iran had not yet decided whether it would participate in the meeting on Syria expected to be held in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday, amid signs of disputes over the issue between the government of President Hassan Rouhani and the Revolutionary Guards....