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Russian military jets are seen at Hmeymim air base in Syria, June 18, 2016. REUTERS/Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry via Reuters/File Photo

Russia Denies Plans for New Military Bases in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 20, 2017 | Middle East

Russia does not plan to open new military bases in Syria, the defense ministry said on Monday, after the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it had reached a deal with Moscow for a new military base in northwestern Syria. “There are no plans to deploy new Russian...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet’s Session (SPA) 21-06-1438 AH

King Salman Chairs Saudi National Cabinet Session

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 20, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired a national cabinet session in Riyadh on Monday, said the Saudi Press Agency SPA. The session started with King Salman briefing the cabinet on outcomes of Asian tour. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman had concluded a...

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Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency photographed the Rocky Mountains. (Thomas Pesquet/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

War in Space Is Becoming a Real Threat

by David Ignatius | Mar 20, 2017 | Opinion

Among the memorabilia in Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein’s office is a fragment of the Wright brothers’ first airplane. But the most intriguing items may be two small plastic satellites on sticks that can be maneuvered to simulate a dogfight in space....

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Kasper Schmeichel is congratulated by team-mate Ben Chilwell after helping his team reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images

Kasper Schmeichel’s Champions League Brilliance Confirms His Rise to the Elite

by Barney Ronay | Mar 20, 2017 | Sports

There was something a little eerie about Kasper Schmeichel’s penalty save towards the end of Leicester City’s uproarious Champions League defeat of Sevilla. Mainly it was the element of real-time deja vu about the whole thing. Not just because Schmeichel had also kept...

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A man walks past an Emirates Islamic Bank branch in Bank street in Dubai, October 18, 2011. Two years after the Dubai debt crisis erupted, contributing to a wave of loan restructurings across the Gulf, those restructurings may be entering a more difficult phase as banks become reluctant to extend maturities further. Picture taken October 18, 2011. To match Analysis GULF-DEBT/RESTRUCTURING REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Tags: BUSINESS) – RTR2SURT

IsDB Draws Roadmap to Enlist the Poor in Production

by Zaid Bin Kami | Mar 20, 2017 | Business, Interviews

London – Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) President Bandar Hajjar has launched a roadmap to resolve social and economic problems that are facing the world. “Confronting poverty is not restricted to providing food, clothes and housing but transforming the poor to...