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President Trump smiles after signing an Executive Order to make it easier for Americans to buy bare-bone health insurance plans and circumvent Obamacare rules. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trump Takes Concrete Step to Undo Obamacare, Promotes Bare-Bones Insurance

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 12, 2017 | World

President Donald Trump on Thursday used his presidential powers to undermine Obamacare after fellow Republicans in Congress failed to repeal the 2010 law. According to Reuters, it was Trump’s most concrete step to undo Obamacare since he took office in January...

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FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian national flag flies in front of the Government building in central Kiev, Ukraine, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

Hungry, Ukraine Foreign Ministers Clash over Kiev Banning Teaching Minority Languages

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 12, 2017 | World

Foreign ministers of both Hungary and Ukraine had a political spat Kiev’s new law banning teaching in minority languages. The language issue has driven relations between Ukraine and Hungary to their lowest point since Kiev won independence with the Soviet Union’s 1991...

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Saudi Arabia has the third largest defense budget in the world– armed forces, seen here at a ceremony for air force officers at King Faisal military college in Riyadh in 2009. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed

Saudi-Pakistani Military Drill ‘Kaseh 1’ Wraps up

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 12, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

The drills of “Kaseh 1” exercise between the Saudi Royal Land Forces and its counterpart in the Pakistani army concluded on Thursday, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) . Its conclusion was attended by Major General Thafer bin Ali Al-Shehri, Commander...

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A general view shows the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, October 4, 2017. Picture taken October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo

US Quits UNESCO Over ‘Anti-Israel Bias’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2017 | World

The United States is withdrawing from the United Nation’s world heritage body UNESCO, effective Dec. 31, the US State Department said in a statement on Thursday citing “continuing anti-Israel bias” and “mounting arrears”. “This decision was not taken lightly, and...

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An Egyptian military vehicle is seen on the highway in northern Sinai, Egypt, in this May 25, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih/Files

ISIS Releases Footage of Sinai Failed Attack

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Oct 12, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Hours after security authorities in Egypt announced the death of a security recruit who stopped a bomb-laden car driven by a suicide bomber on its way to the Central Sinai Cement Factory, terror group ISIS published footage related to the attack on Wednesday....