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CEO of Royal Philips Frans van Houten shows a LED bulb which can be controlled directly from an iOS or Android device, during the presentation of the 2012 full-year results in Amsterdam January 29, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters/United Photos

Royal Philips CEO: Middle East Is Significant Opportunity to Philips

by Mounir Khatib | Mar 23, 2017 | Business

Dubai- CEO of Royal Philips Frans van Houten expressed his ambition to see the company continue in its “highest performance” through achieving 4%-6% growth in sales, adding that the Middle East represents a significant opportunity to Philips given its strong...

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Turkish police break down a door during a terror raid in Adiyaman (Picture: AP)

Turkey Arrests Lebanese-German Linked to Berlin Ramp Attack

by Said Abdul Razzak | Mar 23, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkey arrested three German citizens of Lebanese origins, suspected of having links to the ISIS terrorist Anis al-Amri responsible for the attack on the Christmas market in Berlin last year which killed 12 and injured dozens. Anis Amri was shot dead by...

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People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

Twitter Shuts Down over 600,000 Accounts Linked to ‘Violent Extremism’

by Khaldoun Ghassan Said | Mar 23, 2017 | Media

Jeddah- The famous social media platform ‘Twitter’ has banned at least 636,000 accounts linked to extremism that have been under suspicion since 2015. Over 376,000 accounts were suspended by the social media website in the last six months of 2016 in a bid to crack...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and United Nations special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura enter a hall during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

5th Round of UN-led Syrian Talks Kicks off in Geneva

by Taha Abdul Wahed and Asharq Al Awsat | Mar 23, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow, London – The fifth round of UN-led intra-Syrian talks will kick off in Geneva on Thursday, with little hope of substantial breakthrough, as both pro-regime and opposition delegations have shown no flexibility in their stances. The previous round of talks ended...

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UN Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Martin Kobler speaks to illegal immigrants at Abu Saleem detention center for illegal immigrants in Tripoli, in this file photo. Reuters

Libya: HRW Hints to Possibility of Haftar Forces Involvement in War Crimes

by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 23, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Libyan National Army (LNA) forces, led by Khalifa Haftar, may have committed war crimes, including killing and beating civilians, executing, and desecrating bodies of opposition fighters in the eastern city of Benghazi on and around March 18, 2017, Human...