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Martin Kobler, United Nations Special Representative and Head of the U.N. Support Mission in Libya, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tunis, Tunisia, April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Martin Kobler: Dialogue Sole Solution to Libyan Political Crisis

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Dec 3, 2016 | Interviews

Cairo- U.N. envoy to Libya Martin Kobler told Asharq Al-Awsat that he was still optimistic on the possibility of Libya regaining stability, unity and peace. For the second time in less than a month, Kobler arrived in Egypt for meetings with various parties on the...

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Bushehr main nuclear reactor (Reuters / Raheb Homavandi)

Tehran Says it has ‘Appropriate Response’ to U.S. Sanction Renewal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 3, 2016 | World

London- Iran threatened on Friday to retaliate against a U.S. Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for 10 years, saying it violated last year’s deal with six major powers that curbed its nuclear program. “As repeatedly stated by high-ranking...

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Flames rise from Saudi Arabia’s embassy after it was stormed by Iranian protesters during a demonstration in Tehran, Iran, January 2, 2016. REUTERS/TIMA/Mehdi Ghasemi/ISNA/File Photo

Kenya Arrests Iranians for Plotting Attack on Israeli Embassy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 3, 2016 | World

London- The crisis of Kenya’s arrest of two Iranians, who have been charged with collecting information for a terrorist act after filming the Israeli Embassy in Nairobi, grew on Friday after Tehran called for their immediate release. According to Reuters, Iranian news...

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Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi is pictured prior to a lunch with the Cercle des Medias association on December 2, 2016 in Paris. / AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK

Italy Pledges 360 million Euros for Tunisia Development Projects

by Monji Saidani | Dec 3, 2016 | Business

Tunis- The Italian embassy has said that Rome will contribute to the implementation of Tunisia’s Development Plan for the years 2016-2020, with a sum of €360 million, of which 260 million will be credited, 100 million in the form of a grant as well as additional...

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Worker checks valve of oil pipe at Lukoil company owned Imilorskoye oil field outside West Siberian city of Kogalym. Photo: Reuters

OPEC to Meet Non-OPEC Producers on Dec. 10 in Vienna

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 3, 2016 | Business

OPEC will meet non-OPEC countries to finalize a global oil limiting pact on Dec. 10 in Vienna, two sources told Reuters on Saturday. Two OPEC sources earlier said the meeting was due to take place in the Russian capital Moscow, but later said that plan had changed....