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Saudi ACWA Power Invests $4.8 Billion in Renewable Energy Projects

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 19, 2017 | Business

Riyadh-ACWA Power said that the total investment cost of the portfolio in renewable energy projects, which include 13 projects in five different countries around the world, is worth SR18.329 billion ($4.8 billion). ACWA Power presented its projects within its...

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Abror Azimov, 26, appeared in court on Monday charged with masterminding the St. Petersburg atrocity. Reuters

Mastermind of St. Petersburg Metro Admits Participating ‘Unknowingly’

by Taha Abed alWahed | Apr 19, 2017 | World

Moscow- The man accused of masterminding the Saint Petersburg train bombing that killed 14 people has denied the accusations pressed against him. Russian authorities on Monday announced the arrest of Abror Azimov, one of the alleged masterminds behind the recent...

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King of Bahrain Approves Amendment to Take Terrorists to Military Trial

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Apr 19, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa approved on Tuesday amendments to some of the military law provisions after the amendments were passed by the Shura Council and the Council of Representatives. The king’s approval grants the military judicial system the...

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Indian rescue personnel and volunteers stand amidst wreckage and victims after a bus accident, at the bottom of a ravine near the River Tons at Chopal, some 115kms north of Shimla on April 19, 2017. AFP PHOTO / STR

44 Killed in Northern India Bus Crash

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 19, 2017 | World

At least 44 people were killed on Wednesday when a bus swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep gorge in a Himalayan region of northern India, an official said Wednesday. The bus plunged into a 200-meter deep gorge on the Tons river in northern Himachal...

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Saudi Arabia Emboldens Renewable Energy Investments, Localization is Condition to Advanced Industries

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Apr 19, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – Projects aimed at producing a sufficient power supply for local demand and international exports are underway in Saudi Arabia, said Saleh Al-Awaji, the Saudi undersecretary for electricity affairs at the Ministry of Water and Electricity. The ministry...