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Russian servicemen stand at the shores of the Black Sea near the crash site of a Russian military Tu-154 plane, in the Sochi suburb of Khosta, Russia December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russia Mourns Plane Crash Victims

by Taha Abed alWahed | Dec 26, 2016 | World

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Monday a national day of mourning, a day after a military plane crashed into the Black Sea killing all people on board. Russia has expanded a search operation to try to recover passengers’ bodies and the jet’s...

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Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, hold a banner bearing a portrait of one of their leaders, Mohamed al-Zoari, who was killed in Tunisia, during a ceremony in his memory on December 18, 2016, in Gaza City. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS)

Repercussions of Zoari’s Assassination in Tunisia

by Kamal Ben Younes | Dec 26, 2016 | Features

Tunisia- The assassination of the Tunisian Engineer Mohamed al-Zoari has sparked wide popular protests in the country calling the government to hold the parliament and media responsible for the security and political failure amid indications on reconstructing the...

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Lebanon’s President Attends Christmas Celebrations for First Time since Two Years

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 26, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Two years following the absence of a President, Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun participated on Sunday at the Christmas celebrations promising all Lebanese he would endeavor to make it a year of plenty, peace and success. “We know there are plenty of...

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Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih talks to journalists before a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna, Austria, June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

Saudi Arabia Optimistic about Oil Prices in 2017

by Wael Mahdi | Dec 26, 2016 | Business

Khobar – The Saudi Arabian budget was expected to be more clear this year concerning the announcement of oil prices rates used to calculate the budget’s estimations, yet, the oil price rate was maintained hidden till the next year. Khalid A. Al-Falih, Saudi...

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A general view shows navy soldiers standing on China’s first aircraft carrier “Liaoning” as it is berthed in a port in Dalian, northeast China’s Liaoning province, September 25, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

Chinese ‘Routine Exercises’ Renews Tensions with Taiwan, Japan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 26, 2016 | World

Beijing – China announced on Sunday that its aircraft carrier will carry out drills in the Western Pacific, in what the navy called part of routine exercises. The drills come amid renewed tension over self-ruled Taiwan which Beijing claims as its own. Chinese navy...