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Former Sudanese Prime Minister and head of the opposition Umma Party Sadeq al-Mahdi addresses residents displaced by the Merowe dam as they stage a sit-down protest against what they describe as injustice and oppression, inside the Umma Party Headquarters in Omdurman December 24, 2011. The Merowe dam project, which was completed in 2009, displaced tens of thousands of people and has long been a source of controversy. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Sudan: Al-Mahdi Returns to the Country From Self-imposed Exile

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Sadiq Al-Mahdi, the former Prime Minister of Sudan who is also the head of the National Umma Party and the religious movement the Ansar, will return to Sudan after spending more than two years in self-imposed exile in Egypt. His party and supporters announced that...

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Opinion: Moving the Embassy May Have Repercussions

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 25, 2017 | Opinion

The US government’s decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem is not a new move. Congress had already ordered the move more than a decade ago but every president since then has resorted to postponing it as they cannot reject the decision...

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Screen at a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange is juxtaposed with the Goldman Sachs booth. AP

Goldman: ‘U.S. Oil Price to Surpass Brent by BTA

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2017 | Business

London – The push by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives for a shift to border-adjusted corporate tax (BTA) could drive U.S. crude prices higher than the global benchmark Brent, triggering large-scale domestic production, according to analysts at...

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Berlin Warns from Terrorist Chemical Attacks

by Majid al-Khateeb | Jan 25, 2017 | World

Cologne – The Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany (Bundeskriminalamt, BKA) announced that terrorists are planning to use chemical weapons to poison drinking water supply systems. The BKA issued its official warning on Tuesday, saying that perpetrators are...

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Police secure area near an Istanbul nightclub, Turkey, January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Turkish Security Arrests 3 PKK Suicide Bombers, ISIS Sniper Crossing Syria Border

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkish authorities have conducted a series of arrests against terror suspects attempting to slip through borders. Security forces apprehended three active suicide attack recruits involved with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or (PKK) and the Democratic...