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Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov. PHOTO: AFP

Lavrov Announces Truce in Eastern Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 19, 2017 | World

Munich, Moscow- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Saturday that a truce in eastern Crimea will start as of Monday. The agreement was reached after a meeting in Germany’s Munich in which each of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France participated....

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Founder of Gamaa Islamiya Dies in Prison in U.S.

by Mohamed Shafei | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

London – Omar Abdul Rahman, spiritual leader of Gamaa Islamiya, died in his prison in the United States, sources confirmed. Kenneth McKoy of the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C., said Abdul Rahman died at 5:40 a.m. He suffered from diabetes and coronary...

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President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gestures during a swearing-in ceremony in Algiers April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi

Algerian President: Algeria Will Overcome All Challenges and Difficulties

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

Algiers – President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika said on Saturday that the country was able to achieve national unity and inclusive reconciliation. He called on the Algerian people to go massively to the polls in the legislative elections of May 4. On the...

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence walks with members of his delegation ahead of bilateral talks during the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

U.S. Vice President: Trump Administration Will ‘Never’ Allow Iran to Obtain Nuclear Weapons

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 19, 2017 | World

Munich – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday that Washington was committed to ensuring Iran would never obtain nuclear weapons. In his first international foreign policy address for the Trump administration at the Munich Security Conference, Pence said that...

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Child soldiers with Houthis hold weapons in Sana’a, Yemen. Reuters.

U.N. Body of Experts for Yemen to Stay in Service until Further Notice

by Jordan Dakamseh | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

New York- In its upcoming session on February 23, the United Nations Security Council will be extending, until further notice, the service of the committee of experts put together by Security Council resolution 2140 for Yemen. The committee is known to have shed light...