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US Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a UN Security Council meeting on North Korea, Monday Sept. 4, 2017 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Haley Urges UN to Confront Iran’s ‘Destructive Conduct’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 19, 2017 | World

London- US Ambassador Nikki Haley urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to adopt the Trump administration’s comprehensive approach to Iran and address all aspects of its “destructive conduct” — not just the 2015 nuclear deal. She told the...

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Kuwait’s Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem (Reuters – File Photo)

Kuwait Representative Expels Israeli Delegation at Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting in Russia

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Oct 19, 2017 | World

Kuwait- The head of the Kuwait’s National Assembly, Marzouq Al-Ghanem, lashed out at the Israeli Knesset delegation at the closing session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference held in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, which forced the delegation to leave the...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei gestures as he speaks during a meeting with Iranian officials and ambassadors of Islamic countries, in Tehran, Iran, April 25, 2017. Leader.ir/Handout via REUTERS

Khamenei: We Will Shred ‘Nuclear Deal’ if Trump Tears it Apart

by Adel al-Salmi | Oct 19, 2017 | World

London – Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Tehran would commit to its 2015 nuclear deal with international powers as long as the US Congress did not impose sanctions against his country. However, he threatened to “shred” the agreement if the...

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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers keep watch outside the Bagram Airfield entrance gate, north of Kabul, Afghanistan November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

43 Dead in Taliban Attack on Afghan Army Base

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 19, 2017 | World

The Taliban have carried out two suicide car bombings at an army base in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, setting of several hours of fighting and killing at least 43 soldiers, the defense ministry and an Afghan official said Thursday. “A group of...

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Smoke and flames from a forest fire are seen near Lousa, Portugal, October 16, 2017. (REUTERS)

Portugal’s Interior Minister Resigns Over Wildfires Criticism

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 18, 2017 | World

Portugal’s government minister in charge of emergency services resigned Wednesday after more than a hundred people were killed in wildfires in the past months. Interior Minister Constanca Urbano de Sousa tendered her resignation and Prime Minister Antonio Costa said...

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Pakistani troops deploy outside the Police Training Center after an attack on the center in Quetta, Pakistan October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

Deaths and Injuries in Attacks on Pakistan Police

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 18, 2017 | World

A car bomb attack struck a Pakistani security force truck in the restive southwestern city of Quetta during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least six people. In a separate attack in Quetta, a police officer was gunned down by assailants riding on a...