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Emmanuel Macron, center, in May as a presidential candidate, touring a glassmaker in Albi, France. Credit Eric Feferberg/Agence France-Presse

Low-Cost Workers … Macron’s Problem with Eastern Europe

by LIZ ALDERMAN | Sep 2, 2017 | Business

Washington- Visit nearly any big construction site in France, and chances are that many employees hail from low-wage East European countries. In Britain, farms employ labor from Poland, Romania or Bulgaria when the harvest comes. Nearly half of the drivers of trucks...

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A wounded resident walks near the site of a suicide bomb blast attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad January 16, 2013 REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

7 Killed in Iraq Power Plant Suicide Bombing

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 2, 2017 | Middle East

Suicide bombers killed seven people and wounded 12 in an attack on a power plant north of Baghdad on Saturday, an Iraqi security official told Agence France Presse. Armed with grenades and wearing explosives belts, three attackers entered the facility in Samarra,...

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Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi speaks during a media conference in Baghdad, Iraq, May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily

Iraq Confirms Supporting OPEC Oil Cut Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2017 | Business

London- Iraq will support the decision to extend the deal of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries to cut oil output, if such decision is taken, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar Luaibi said Friday. Speaking at a joint conference...

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Government security member helps his disabled father get to a Mosque for Eid Prayers in Aden. EPA

Arab Coalition Destroys Ballistic Missile Launchpad in Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2017 | Middle East

Taiz- Arab Coalition air forces destroyed on Friday a ballistic missile launchpad in Yemen, reported the pan-Arab television news channel Al-Arabiya. The launchpad was used and put together by Iran-allied militias in the war-torn country, and was in the Hajjah...

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President of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani. (AFP)

Iraq’s Kurds Heading Towards Independence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2017 | Features

Erbil- From the very first moment the majority of the Kurdish parties agreed to hold an independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan, Amid Nankali and a group of young people started to prepare for this process by raising awareness among citizens through social media...