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U.S. President Barack Obama with his wife Michelle (AFP Photo/Molly Riley)

Obama Says he’ll ‘Sleep for Couple of Weeks,’ Michelle won’t Run for White House

by Khater al-Khater | Dec 1, 2016 | World

Washington- U.S. President Barack Obama has revealed some of his future plans after leaving the White House end of January. “You know, I’m gonna sleep for a couple of weeks when I get out of here, take my wife on a well-deserved vacation. And I’ll spend...

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An oil tank is seen at the Saudi Aramco headquarters during a media tour at Damam city November 11, 2007. REUTERS/ Ali Jarekji

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to Inaugurate 5 Saudi Aramco Projects

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Dec 1, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Dammam- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz will inaugurate five giant projects by Aramco in the fields of oil, gas, economy and knowledge. These projects reinforce the position of Saudi Aramco as one of the biggest energy and petrochemical...

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Rohingya women and men gather at the Thel-Chaung displacement camp in Sittwe on November 8, 2015. Myat Thu / AFP

Thousands of Rohingya Flee to Bangladesh over Fear for their Lives

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2016 | Features

Dhaka- The scale of human suffering of the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar has been rising, as desperate people like Mohammad Ayaz told how troops attacked his village and killed his pregnant wife. Cradling his two-year-old son, he said troops killed at least 300...

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World Arab Institute in Paris (AFP/Archives)

Lang: Riyadh, Paris Form Strategic Partnership in the Region

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Dec 1, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh– The President of the World Arab Institute in Paris, Jack Lang, said that Saudi-French relations were based on strategic dimensions, which are aimed at meeting common interests and goals. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Lang said that Saudi-French...

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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas attends the 25th Arab League summit, held for the first time in Kuwait City, on March 25, 2014. Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP

America Must Recognize Palestine

by Jimmy Carter | Dec 1, 2016 | Opinion

We do not yet know the policy of the next administration toward Israel and Palestine, but we do know the policy of this administration. It has been President Obama’s aim to support a negotiated end to the conflict based on two states, living side by side in peace....