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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, November 16, 2016. Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS

Fed up with EU, Erdogan says Turkey could join Shanghai bloc

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 20, 2016 | Middle East, World

London – President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Sunday as saying that Turkey did not need to join the European Union “at all costs” and could instead become part of a security bloc dominated by China, Russia and Central Asian nations. NATO member...

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General Electric: Saudi Exports are Delivered to 29 Countries

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Nov 20, 2016 | Business

Riyadh-General Electric’s President and CEO of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Hisham Albahkali confirmed that his company is committed to participating at the MiSK Global Forum. In its support for Saudi youth and transformation plans, Albahkali says that General Electric...

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Rescued people board the Bourbon Argos ship during a rescue operation coordinated by MSF (Medecins Sans Frontiers) in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. (Borja Ruiz Rodriguez/MSF via AP)

Rescue Ship Carrying Migrants Reaches Italy after deadly Week in Mediterranean

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 20, 2016 | World

Bourbon Argos, a rescue ship carrying more than 200 migrants and eight bodies, docked in Sicily on Sunday following a deadly week in the Mediterranean where hundreds drowned in an attempt to reach Europe from Libya. The majority of the 219 migrants were West Africans,...

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Armed members of Shi’ite militia Hashid Shaabi ride a motorbike near Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Mines Drive out PMF Units from Tal Afar Airbase

by Manaf al Obeidi | Nov 20, 2016 | Middle East

Mosul- The Shi’ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) have given up their position at the Tal Afar airbase after a short stay, reported Iraqi security sources. Tal Afar is a town that lies some 60 kilometers west of Mosul on the main road to Syria. Its former seizure...

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A Primer on the Dollar’s Surge

by Mohamed A. El-Erian | Nov 20, 2016 | Opinion

This week, the dollar strengthened to levels not seen in more than a decade, raising questions about the causes and sustainability of the increase, as well as the consequences for the global economy. How large is the dollar’s move? The Bloomberg Dollar Spot...