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Saudi Arabia: Good Quality Education Is Core for Achieving Sustainable Development

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 11, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gave emphasis to education as a basis to improving the lives of people, said the Kingdom’s permanent delegation to United Nations Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Ghunaim on Wednesday. In his speech, Ghunaim said that Saudi Arabia pays great...

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North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho has derided US President Donald Trump as “mentally deranged” (AFP Photo/Jewel SAMAD)

N.Korean FM at UN Says Confrontation with US ‘Inevitable’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 23, 2017 | World

North Korea’s foreign minister assailed US President Donald Trump at the United Nations on Saturday, deriding him as a “mentally deranged” leader whose threats had increased the chances of military confrontation. FM Ri Yong-ho told the UN General...

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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York. Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Hadi: We have Exhausted Peaceful Means to Prevent Rebels from Implementing Iran’s Agenda

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 22, 2017 | Middle East

New York – Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi said the legitimate government has depleted all peaceful means to prevent the rebels from implementing Iran’s expansionism plans in the region. “We are ending our third year of the war imposed on our country by the...

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President Trump arrives to address the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19, 2017. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump ‘Decided’ on Iran Nuclear Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 21, 2017 | World

New York- US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has reached a decision on whether to recertify Iran’s compliance with an international deal to curb its nuclear program.  Without revealing his decision, Trump told journalists “I have decided”...

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Syrian children stockpile bread during the siege of Aleppo (AFP)

Friends of Syria: No Reconstruction Before Political Solution

by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 20, 2017 | Middle East

New York– The Friends of Syria group, which includes Arab, Gulf and Western countries, underlined the importance of reaching a political solution to the crisis before launching any reconstruction campaigns in the war-torn country. The group convened on Monday evening...