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Saida Ahmad Baghili, 18, sits next to her relative at the al-Thawra hospital where she receives treatment for severe acute malnutrition in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. (Reuters)

WFP Launches New Emergency Food Operation in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Sana’a – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced on Wednesday that it is increasing its emergency food operations in Yemen to provide food assistance to up to 9 million people in one of the world’s worst hunger crises. A statement by the WFP said...

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President Vladimir Putin at a news conference at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Reuters)

Putin Cautions Iran and Assad

by Tariq Alhomayed | Apr 13, 2017 | Opinion

When asked by a reporter if he expected more US missile strikes on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin replied: “We have information that a similar provocation is being prepared … in other parts of Syria, including in the southern Damascus suburbs...

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Director of Europol Rob Wainwright. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

Europol-Denmark Agreement Bolsters Security despite Referendum

by Abdullah Mustafa | Apr 13, 2017 | World

Brussels- Joint security measures between Denmark and European Union institutions have been challenged over the past period. Subsequently, EU parliamentarians endorsed a proposal for joint action between Denmark and the Europol. Denmark lost its right to a full...

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Yemenis walk amid the rubble (photo credit: AFP/MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Yemeni Army: Top Republican Guard Officials Joined the Legitimacy

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – Disagreements among loyalists of ousted president Ali Saleh have expanded in Yemen to include not only members of the Republican Guard – the military wing in central and northern fronts in Yemen -but also its top officials. Yemen’s army chief of...

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A Saudi man shows Saudi riyal banknotes at a money exchange shop in Riyadh. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia Set to Raise $8 Billion in Debut Islamic Bond Sale

by Wael Mahdi | Apr 13, 2017 | Business

Khobar – Saudi Arabia will raise $8 billion (SAR30 billion) in its first global Islamic bond issue, with an order book from investors in excess of $33 billion (SAR123 billion). The government is selling the five-year sukuk tranche at 100 basis points over the...