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Ibrahim Ghandour, Foreign Minister of Sudan, addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, October 2, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Sudanese FM: Washington Convinced We Don’t Sponsor Terrorism

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Oct 26, 2016 | Interviews

Riyadh- Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour expressed optimism at the right steps taken by the U.S. administration, saying Washington is convinced that Khartoum does not sponsor terrorism, adding that he is looking forward to a move to lift U.S. sanctions by...

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Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. Reuters

Sudanese President Plans to Attend U.N. AIDS Meeting, Challenging ICC

by Ahmed Younis | May 20, 2016 | Middle East

Khartoum- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is challenging the International Criminal Court (ICC ) and planning to attend an AIDS conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York next month. The Sudanese presidency has announced that it applied for U.S. visas and is...

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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir looks on ahead of the 25th African Union summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 14, 2015. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)

South Africa court bars indicted Sudan leader from leaving

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 15, 2015 | World

Pretoria, Geneva and Johannesburg, Reuters—A South African judge barred Sudan’s indicted president from leaving the country on Sunday, in a deepening rift between Africa and the West over what Pretoria called anti-poor country bias in the International Criminal...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) talks with his chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (L) during an Arab foreign ministers meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, January 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Palestinian Authority will defy Israeli sanctions: Saeb Erekat

by Kifah Ziboun | Jan 20, 2015 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tel Aviv’s decision to withhold funds from the Palestinian Authority (PA) will not prevent it from seeking statehood, a senior Palestinian official told Asharq Al-Awsat, calling on the Israeli government to “shoulder its responsibilities...

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A plume of smoke rises from buildings after an Israeli airstrike in the eastern part of Gaza City on August 22, 2014. (AFP Photo/Roberto Schmidt)

ICC opens investigation into Israeli-Palestinian conflict

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 16, 2015 | Middle East

Amsterdam, Reuters—The International Criminal Court (ICC) opened an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, thrusting it into one of the world’s most chronic, heated conflicts and opening a path to possible charges against Israelis or...