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Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil meet at the former’s resident in Ain el-Tineh in 2016. (NNA)

Lebanon: Berri-Bassil Dispute Deepens Electoral Law Crisis

by Paula Astih | May 16, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The meetings that have been held in the past 48 hours failed to reach a breakthrough in Lebanon’s crisis over a new parliamentary electoral law. Some circles have even said that discussions have returned to square one after Speaker Nabih Berri’s deadline to...

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Robotic Fish to Monitor Water Pollution

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2017 | Technology

San Francisco, London: Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and University of Florence are developing a fish-inspired robot to detect the pH of water. According to the Science Daily website, the new robot contains biosensors to monitor water quality....

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive at a ceremony at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2017. (Getty Images)

Macron, Merkel Draw up Plan to Save Europe

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2017 | World

Berlin, Paris – French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Monday on a plan to save European Union from crises. During his first foreign trip since his election as president, Macron agreed with Merkel to draw up a roadmap to...

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The King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, laughs as he stands with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as they attend the Royal Windsor Horse Show, which is held in the grounds of Windsor Castle in Windsor England Friday May 12, 2017. (Nick Ansell/ The Associated Press)

A Book to Celebrate 200 Years of Bahrain-UK Relations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa offered the Queen Elizabeth II a book marking 200 years of relations between the British and Bahraini kingdoms. This book “Bahrain and Britain…200 Years Together” tells the history of great ties between both countries...

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Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Turki Al-Sudairi. (Asharq Al-Awsat archives)

Turki Al-Sudairi’s Will

by Salman Al-dossary | May 16, 2017 | Opinion

There are several editors in chief, several journalists and several column writers. Rare are those however who had a vision and who were able to properly read the future and be confronted with attacks at the beginning of their career and yet after so much hardship be...