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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attends a photo session with the scientists, technicians, workers of earth observation satellite Kwangmongsong-4 in this undated file photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 19, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA

Pentagon Prioritizes Homeland, Ally Security and Condemns North Korea Missile Test

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 13, 2017 | World

The Pentagon on Monday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest test-firing of a ballistic missile, adding that the United States’ commitment to protect the homeland and allies such as Japan and South Korea was “ironclad.” Pentagon spokesman...

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Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gather at the Rabaa Adawiya square, where they are camping, in Cairo July 12, 2013 Reuters

Should Western Powers Ban The Muslim Brotherhood As A Terrorist Group?

by Amir Taheri | Feb 13, 2017 | Features

Should the Western powers declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and ban it? Or should they engage it with a view to transforming it into a firewall against Islamist terror? Though these questions have been posed in Western capitals for a number of...

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OPEC logo is pictured ahead of an informal meeting between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Algiers, Algeria September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

OPEC: Big Saudi Oil Cut Boosts Compliance with Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 13, 2017 | Business

OPEC’s oil giant, Saudi Arabia, made a large cut in its crude output in January to support prices and lessen a glut, helping boost compliance with the group’s supply-reduction deal to a record high of more than 90 percent. “The preliminary numbers are...

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A civil defence member runs at a market hit by air strikes in Aleppo’s rebel-held al-Fardous district, Syria October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Tolerating Each Other and Accepting the Map

by Ghassan Charbel | Feb 13, 2017 | Opinion

Don’t fall into the trap of history. It’s an enormous ambush. If you fearfully fall into it, it will turn into a field of hatred. It will raise your fears, your anxiety. It will ignite your feelings and sharpen your swords. It will reopen old wounds and awaken your...

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde gestures as she speaks about the global economy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington April 2, 2014. The European Central Bank should ease monetary policy to combat the risk of “low-flation” that could crimp euro zone output and consumer spending, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.

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IMF: ‘Low Oil Prices Affect Global Growth’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 13, 2017 | Business

Dubai- IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said that conflicts and lower oil prices will continue to affect growth and, by extension, also government revenue, not expecting oil prices to return to levels seen before June 2014. “After many years of feeble growth,...