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The United Nations logo is displayed on a door at U.N. headquarters in New York February 26, 2011. REUTERS/ Joshua Lott

Yemen and the Catastrophic Role of ‘Lone’ Nations

by Salman Al-dossary | Oct 12, 2017 | Opinion

United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed presented again, before the Security Council, a new UN proposal to resolve the Yemeni crisis. Possibly, even Yemenis can no longer count the number of initiatives launched by Ould Cheikh whether a...

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The World Applauds King Salman’s Order Allowing Women to Drive

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Washington, London, Berlin – Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow women to drive was widely supported around the world, as international leaders have officially welcomed the King’s order. US President Donald Trump commended the royal order to apply the traffic system and...

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Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) meets with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in Cairo on February 16, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED

United Nations, Arab League Agree to Activate Cooperation

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 25, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and UN chief Antonio Guterres have agreed to activate the cooperation agreement signed between the two organizations last year. Aboul Gheit met Guterres at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly,...

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UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to reporters in Sana’a, Yemen on November 7, 2016. (Reuters)

Yemen Envoy Ould Cheikh Resumes Talks after Getting Term Extension

by Sawsan Abu Husain and Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 23, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo, London and New York – United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will commence a new round of consultations in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman aimed at finding the basis for resuming negotiations between the Yemeni government and Houthi...

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Ghassan Salame (center), seen in Benghazi on August 10, 2017. Abudllah Doma / AFP

UN Presents Three-Phase Plan for Solution in Libya

by Jamal Jawhar | Sep 21, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo, New York – Ghassan Salame, the UN envoy for Libya, outlined an action plan of three phases to resolve the crisis in the country, during a high-level meeting on Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York. He said the...