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Leaders take part in the G7 summit in Brussels on June 5, 2014. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

G7 willing to step up sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 5, 2014 | World

Brussels, Reuters—The world’s leading industrialized nations threatened on Wednesday to impose harder-hitting sanctions on Russia if it does not help restore stability to eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian militias continue to operate at will. While Ukraine was...

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US President Barack Obama meets with Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev in The Hague on March 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Obama meets Putin ally with Ukraine still in mind

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 25, 2014 | World

The Hague, AP—US President Barack Obama met on Tuesday with Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he continued his efforts to isolate Moscow over its incursion into Crimea. In a last-minute addition to...

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Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, as he opened a fourth round of the US-Colombia High-Level Partnership Dialogue (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Kerry: Repercussions for Putin ‘act of aggression’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 3, 2014 | World

Washington, AP—Western powers are prepared “to go to the hilt” to isolate Russia for its military incursion into Ukraine, “an incredible act of aggression” that may lead to visa bans, asset freezes, trade and investment penalties, and a boycott...

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Inger Andersen, the World Bank’s vice president for the Middle East and North Africa, smiles during a news conference in Rabat on September 7, 2012. (AFP/Abdelhak Senna)

In Conversation with the World Bank’s Vice-President for MENA

by Mina Al-Oraibi | Sep 22, 2013 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—On her recent trip to London to attend the G8 Deauville Partnership Investment Conference, Ms. Inger Andersen, the vice-president for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, spoke with Asharq Al-Awsat about the economic challenges...

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Leila Iskander, an Egyptian social entrepreneur and consultant, takes part in a panel at the G8 Deuville conference in London, on 26 June 2013 (John Hanna/Asharq Al-Awsat)

London hosts Arab women in business conference

by Amy Assad & Grace Perriman | Jun 27, 2013 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Leading Arab businesswomen congregated in London on June 25 and 26 for a high-profile conference to promote the role of women in Arab economies. The two-day G8 Deauville Partnership: Women in Business conference, held at Lancaster House,...