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Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shows his identification during registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections. Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi, AP

Ahmadinejad Barred from Iran’s Presidential Race

by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 21, 2017 | World

London- An Iranian election committee approved Thursday for six candidates, including current President Hassan Rouhani, to run for the country’s presidential elections next month, but rejected a request by former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his close ally Hamid...

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Exterior view of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) headquarters in The Hague in this file picture taken on October 11, 2013. (Reuters)

Russian-Iranian Bid for New Chemical Probe Rejected

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 21, 2017 | Middle East

The Hague- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) rejected on Thursday, through a voting process, a Russian-Iranian proposal to form a new team to investigate the purported chemical attack against Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on April 4....

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, center, shakes hands with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn after signing an agreement on the Renaissance Dam Project in Khartoum, March 23, 2015 in a bid to ease tensions over regional water supplies. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters

Sudan, Egypt Agree to Resolve Pending Matters

by Ahmed Younes and Mustafa Sirri | Apr 21, 2017 | Middle East

Khartoum – Egypt and Sudan agreed on Thursday not to support opposition groups working against their respective governments, during a meeting of the two countries’ foreign ministers. Relations between neighbors Cairo and Khartoum have seen some tension over the past...

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Senior Vice President for Middle East and Turkey Affairs at the US Chamber of Commerce Khush Choksy speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo. (AP)

Choksy: US Companies Reacted Positively to Entering Saudi Market

by Heba El Koudsy | Apr 21, 2017 | Interviews

Washington – The US Chamber of Commerce in Washington hosted for two days the US-Saudi CEO Summit for government and private companies. This summit, the second of its kind since the one held in Riyadh in 2012, was significant in that it confirmed the new American...

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‘Zapping with the Stars’ Returns Hope to Lebanese Children with Heart Defects

by Vivian Haddad | Apr 21, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Beirut – One more time, the heart of Beirut will beat with music to save 300 Lebanese children born with heart malformation. Seeking to achieve its humanitarian goal to treat children suffering from heart diseases, the Heartbeat Foundation organizes its annual...