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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is seen at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called ‘Buckskin’ on lower Mount Sharp in this low-angle self-portrait taken August 5, 2015 and released August 19, 2015. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Handout

Tweeting Space Robots are a Hit for NASA

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 26, 2017 | Technology

Washington – London: He may have been all alone on the Red Planet at Christmas but NASA’s robotic Curiosity rover said he didn’t “feel lonely.” At the beginning of the year, he wished everyone a “HappyNewYear from Mars!” And though he had a small problem with...

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Leicester City, second left, congratulates Jamie Vardy after the striker scored his first goal in the Champions League in the 2-1 defeat at Sevilla. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Imag

Claudio Ranieri’s Reign Ends in Cruel, Brutal Fashion as Leicester Lose Patience

by Stuart James | Feb 26, 2017 | Sports

It felt like a brutal decision to sack Claudio Ranieri, cruel in so many ways and also desperately sad in the context of everything that the Italian achieved last season, yet in the end it came down to the simple fact that Leicester City’s owners no longer had faith...

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A handout photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister’s press office on February 25, 2017 shows Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (R) meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in Baghdad. (Photo by AFP)

Saudi FM Makes Historic Visit to Iraq

by Thaer Abbas | Feb 26, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Baghdad – Saudi Foreign Ministry Haidar al-Abadi reiterated that Saudi kingdom stands at the same distance from all Iraqi components and supports Iraq’s unity and settlement. Jubeir’s statements came during his historic visit to Iraq during which he met with...

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Saudi Arabia: Tadawul Launches ‘Nomu – The Parallel Market’

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Feb 26, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) launched on Sunday the “Nomu-Parallel Market”, listing nine Saudi companies out 77 applied to be listed on the index designed to buttress and further increase growth and business development of the financial...

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A man tries to put out a fire at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel-controlled town of Ariha in Idlib province, Syria February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Syria: Dozens Killed in Attacks Targeting Regime Security Offices in Homs

by Caroline Akoum | Feb 26, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – In a large-impact offensive, the Syrian rebel group Tahrir al-Sham managed accesses to the regime-held Homs security bastion in an attack that led to the death and injury of many. A top security commander was reportedly killed in the attack. Armed...