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China’s Commerce Minister Zhong Shan attends a news conference on the sidelines of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Iris Zhao

Chinese Minister: King Salman’ Visit Moves Overarching Strategic Partnership to Highest Level

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Mar 16, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – China’s Commerce Minister Zhong Shan asserted that the visit of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to China would boost the comprehensive strategic partnership between Beijing and Riyadh. “Leaders of both...

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Ahlam Ahmad Al-Tamimi. FBI

Jordanian Woman on US ‘Most Wanted Terrorist’ List

by Mohammed Saleh Al-Melhim and Mohammed Al-Daameh | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East

Washington, Amman-The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) placed a Jordanian woman, who assisted in the 2001 suicide bombing of a Jerusalem restaurant, on its “Most Wanted Terrorist” list on Tuesday. The charge against Ahlam Ahmad al-Tamimi, now in her mid-30s,...

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Matthew Mitchell was rushed to Gosford hospital after he was bitten on the finger by a funnel web. Photograph: Mark Baker/Reuters

Study: Spiders Eat Annually More than All Humans Put Together

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2017 | World

London – All humans together consume an estimated 400 million tons of meat and fish annually, as reported by researches in Springer’s journal The Science of Nature. The world’s spiders eat annually: between 400 and 800 million tons of insects,...

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The stolen Prado vehicle used by gunmen. — SPA photos

Terrorists Open Fire in Qatif Killing a Police Officer

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Mar 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Damam- Saudi interior ministry announced that security officer Fahid Qaeid al Rowaili was shot dead after a police shootout near a Qatif’s central hospital, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. Rowaili’s body was moved to the eastern province’s Jawf region, his...

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Displaced children in Yemen (Photo: AFP)

Over Half of Yemen’s Population in Food Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East

Taiz- A UN-backed report on Yemen has found that 60 percent of Yemenis, or 17 million people, are in “crisis” or “emergency” food situations, 20 percent more than in June, saying there was no full-blown famine. The World Food Program said in a...