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Damaged electrical installations are seen after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria en Guayama, Puerto Rico September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Trump to Request $29 Billion Bumper Emergency Relief Package for Puerto Rico

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 4, 2017 | World

After having visited the storm-hit US island, United States President Donald Trump is expected to present a request to Congress for a $29 billion package of emergency relief for Puerto Rico, officials told AFP on Wednesday. No specific details were given as to when...

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FILE PHOTO: A guard walks along a platform past signs, which read “Russia” (L) and “DPRK”(Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), at the border crossing between Russia and North Korea in the settlement of Tumangan, North Korea July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev/File Photo

Russia Presents Pyongyang with Economic Support to Prevent Deposing Kim Jong-un

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 4, 2017 | World

Moscow rushed quietly to propping up Kim Jong-un’s position as supreme leader in North Korea with added economic support, as it fears that US regional clout could threaten Russia’s eastern in the future. Although Russia has an interest in protecting North Korea, it...

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A Qatar Airways plane is seen in Doha, Qatar June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Why Has Qatar Chosen Defiance?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 4, 2017 | Opinion

Qatar has adopted one concept within its response to the Arab Quartet that has decided to boycott it: do all that it can to thwart their plan and force them to reconcile with it. It has become closer to Iran and has restored relations with Hezbollah. It’s funding...

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Member of the Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat helps with allocating Adahi meat, The Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat official website

Saudi Humanitarian Relief Continues across Syria, Yemen, Jordan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 4, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief) continued distributing aid to 507,310 displaced people in Syrian governorates of Aleppo and Hama, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). According to the Tuesday SPA statement, aid includes clothes,...

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US Secretary of Defense James Mattis testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the “Political and Security Situation in Afghanistan” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

Mattis Defends Nuclear Deal with Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 4, 2017 | World

Washington- United States Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday that remaining in the Iran nuclear accord is in Washington’s national security interests contradicting with President Donald Trump, who has called the deal agreed between Iran and six world...