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Iraq’s Vice President Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Baghdad’s Reform to Halt Iraq’s Secession

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 30, 2017 | Opinion

Give the Kurds a real stake in Baghdad’s government, and then they will let go of the separation idea. Right now, they are conferred honorary posts without powers just like many components of the Iraqi state, which was founded, post the invasion, on a participatory...

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Branson wrote on his visit it to Saudi Arabia, calling it “a country where great change is taking place step by step.” (Photos courtesy: Virgin)

Virgin Group Founder Reviews Remarkable Visit to Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 30, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture, Uncategorized

Billionaire and worldwide entrepreneur Richard Branson visited Saudi Arabia, becoming one of the few first to take advantage of the Kingdom’s growing opportunities in light of sweeping national reform being driven by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s Kingdom...

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An armed man walks on the rubble of houses destroyed by an air strike near Sana’a Airport March 26, 2015. Reuters

Saudi Diplomacy Saves Yemen From ‘Syrian, Korean’ Scenario of Internationalizing Investigations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 30, 2017 | Middle East, Saudi Arabia

London, Geneva- The Dutch project to internationalize the investigations in Yemen, which was proposed by Human Rights Council in Geneva, has ended with the formation of a group of international and regional prominent experts to investigate claimed violations of human...

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FILE PHOTO: A security forces member stands in guard during the release of Anglophone activists at the prison of Yaounde,Cameroon, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Cameroon Orders Anglophone Region Total Lockdown

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 30, 2017 | World

Cameroon authorities on Friday banned all gatherings of more than four people, ordered bus stations, eateries and shops to shut and forbade movement between divisions of its English-speaking region for three days to prevent planned protests. Anglophone Cameroonians...

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People wait to enter the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

Cubans are Angry, Can’t Seek Visas in US

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 30, 2017 | World

Cubans said they were both heartbroken and enraged by the United States’ decision on Friday to stop processing visas at its embassy in Havana that would further tear at the seams of families already divided by the Florida Straits. The United States said it was cutting...