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Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih (L) and Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak attend a joint briefing in Beijing, China May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song

Saudi Arabia, Russia Agree on Extending Oil Cuts Until March 2018

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 15, 2017 | Business

Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s two top oil producers, said on Monday they favor extending oil output cuts for a further nine months until March 2018 to hold back a global crude glut, pushing up prices. The timing of the announcement ahead of OPEC’s...

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President Macron and his wife Brigitte on the steps of the Élysée Palace after the handover ceremony. Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

Macron: Time to Bring Self-confidence Back to the French

by Michel Abu Najm | May 15, 2017 | World

Paris – At around 10 AM, the new French President Emmanuel Macron, arrived at the 18th century Elysee palace in a Renault armored car and walked up the red carpet to the Elysee steps where outgoing President Francois Hollande waited to welcome him. On the right,...

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Terrorism can be traced back to the lack of real social justice, especially among people who are struggling to escape the claws of famine and despair. (AFP)

Populorum Progressio: The Social Cause and Combatting Terrorism

by Emile Amin | May 15, 2017 | Features

Cairo – This time 50 years ago, specifically in the summer of 1967, the papal seat issued a document called the Populorum Progressio (“the development of peoples”), which was adopted by Pope Paul VI. Had the people in power at the time paid attention to it, they may...

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US President Donald Trump and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (SPA)

Riyadh Summits… Opportunities and Messages

by Ghassan Charbel | May 15, 2017 | Opinion

When it comes to the United States, we have to remember reasons behind its strength. The “world’s superpower” is not simply a rhetoric term. It is the meeting point of the largest economy with the strongest military, aligned with universities embracing the future. It...

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Destroyed buildings from fighting between Iraqi forces and ISIS are seen in western Mosul, Saturday, May 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

ISIS Loses Major Mosul Bastion

by Dalshad Abdullah | May 15, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul- ISIS has lost the 17th of July neighborhood, an important bastion in West Mosul, after Iraqi forces launched a new push from several directions to drive the militants from the city’s last pocket controlled by jihadists. Now, the area controlled by the terrorist...