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Eritrea’s Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed speaks during a Reuters interview inside his office in the capital Asmara. Photo: Reuters

Eritrea’s FM: We Call for 2 Permanent Seats at UNSC for Arab, African Countries

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Nov 21, 2016 | Interviews

Malabo – Eritrea’s Foreign Affairs Minister Osman Ahmed Saleh stressed the importance of Afro-Arab partnership in protecting the region from foreign interference, which he said works to implement its own agendas and has caused the wave of terrorism to spread across...

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Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz with Dow Chemical CEO Andrew N. Liveris (SPA)

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Meets CEO of Dow Chemical

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 21, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense met in Riyadh on Sunday with Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Company Dow Chemical Andrew N. Liveris, currently on a visit to the Kingdom. During the...

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Young Syrian refugees stand at the Azraq refugee camp in northern Jordan on January 30, 2016. / AFP / KHALIL MAZRAAWI

U.N. Refugee Chief: Rise of Nationalism Challenges Refugees

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 21, 2016 | World

The rise of nationalism in rich countries poses a worrying challenge to the tide of migrants fleeing wars, the U.N. refugee chief said on Sunday, urging international cooperation to manage the flows pragmatically “rather than building walls”. U.N. High...

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Newspaper front pages. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

2016’s Biggest Loser

by Kathleen Parker | Nov 21, 2016 | Opinion

Of all the losers in this season of discontent, the mainstream media top the list. I don’t say this lightly, and I sincerely fear that loss of faith in journalism ultimately will cause more harm to the nation than any outside enemy could hope to. Only 18 percent of...

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‘Nous ne Sommes pas Seuls dans L’Univers’, a Book to Warn West from Growing Powers of the Oppressed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 21, 2016 | Features

Beirut – The Arabic version of “Nous ne sommes pas seuls dans l’Univers” for Bertrand Badie, a professor in International Relations in the Political Science Institute in Paris, has been recently released in the version translated by Dr. Jean Majed Jabbour....