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Swansea’s Leroy Fer: Dancer, Singer and Football Enthusiast

by Stuart James | Oct 22, 2016 | Sports

Leroy Fer is casting his mind back to his Swansea City initiation ceremony during the club’s pre-season tour in the United States and carefully considering what mark out of 10 he would give himself for his rendition of Drake’s Controlla at the team hotel. “A solid...

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Turkey’s main opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli addresses his party MPs during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkey Nears Presidential System after Devlet Bahceli’s Nod

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Oct 22, 2016 | Features

Ankara-The veteran leader of Turkey’s nationalist opposition, Devlet Bahceli, who has earned the moniker “Dr. No,” has appeared as a more consensual figure after the July coup attempt despite his efforts to complicate the country’s political process...

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War-torn Taiz governorate district of Al Qahira, Yemen. Photo: WFP

Washington Says Violations of Yemen Truce Threaten Negotiations

by Abdul Hadi Habtor and Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 22, 2016 | Middle East

Jizan, Riyadh- The U.N. special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed issued a statement on Friday announcing that the 72-hour ceasefire, scheduled to end on Saturday, has been extended. Yemen’s insurgency factions have violated the truce on several occasions and...

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A member of Iraqi pro-government forces stands on the frontline on October 21, 2016 near the village of Tall al-Tibah, some 30 kilometers south of Mosul, during an operation to retake the main hub city from ISIS. BULENT KILIC / AFP

Mosul: A Long-Awaited Offensive Now Fought by Sectarian Bigots

by Salman Al-dossary | Oct 22, 2016 | Opinion

Footage broadcasting Mosul’s long-anticipated offensive shows Iraqi forces and thousands of military armored vehicles marching towards the ISIS de-facto capital in Iraq in hopes of ridding it of terror dominance. The Fall of Mosul happened between 4–10 June 2014, when...

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Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami, a Pakistani religious party, chant slogans during a rally against NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistan army soldiers, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Jamaat e Islami Pakistan: Saudi Arabia Is Center of Islamic World

by Mohamed Shafei | Oct 22, 2016 | Interviews

London- Director of Foreign Affairs for Jamaat e Islami Pakistan Sheikh Abdul Ghaffar Aziz, in an interview with Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, described Saudi Arabia as the center of the Islamic world and a vital country in the region. On the sidelines of his...