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France’s Audrey Azoulay, the newly-elected director general of UNESCO, speaks to the media at the organization’s headquarters in Paris, France. (Reuters)

France’s Azoulay Wins UNESCO Director General’s Post

by Michel Abu Najm | Oct 14, 2017 | World

Paris – UNESCO’s executive board voted Friday to make a former French culture minister the UN cultural agency’s next chief for the four coming years after an unusually heated election. UNESCO’s executive board voted 30 to 28 in favor of Audrey...

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A man rides a motorcycle past a banner that reads ‘Yes for the independence of Kurdistan’ in Kirkuk, Iraq September 10, 2017. (Reuters)

Erdogan Discusses with Macron Mediation Plan between Irbil, Baghdad

by Saeed Abdel Razek and Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Irbil – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held telephone talks on Saturday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the latest developments in the aftermath of the Kurdish independence referendum. Turkish sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the two...

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Why Macron Doesn’t Fear France’s Unions

by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry | Oct 1, 2017 | Opinion

The first street protests against Emmanuel Macron’s proposed labor-market reforms have been underwhelming. Several major unions stayed away. Estimates of the turnout varied — from 223,000, according to fairly reliable police figures, to 500,000, according to the...

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani meets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (AFP)

Fate of Iran Nuclear Agreement Dominates New York UN Meetings

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

New York – The fate of the nuclear agreement with Iran is dominating this week’s United Nations General Assembly as European officials will attempt to persuade US President Donald Trump to maintain the agreement. Trump is to meet a number of leaders who have...

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (not pictured) guides the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated combination photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea Says Seeking Military ‘Equilibrium’ with US

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 16, 2017 | World

North Korea said Saturday it aims to reach military “equilibrium” with the United States which earlier hinted its patience for diplomacy is running out after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan for the second time in under a month. North Korea...