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An Afghan woman leaves the Karte Sakhi Shrine in Kabul on May 31, 2015. (AFP Photo/Farshad Usyan)

Afghan Taliban say informal talks took place in Norway

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 5, 2015 | World

Kabul, AP—Taliban representatives have concluded two days of meetings with a group of Afghan lawmakers and peace negotiators in the Norwegian capital Oslo, a Taliban spokesman and the Afghan president’s office said on Friday. In an email to media organizations,...

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Members of pro-Russian self-defense units hold Russian and Crimean flags during a meeting to celebrate the first anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, in central Simferopol, on March 16, 2015. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)

Russia starts nationwide show of force

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2015 | World

Moscow, Reuters—More than 45,000 Russian troops as well as war planes and submarines started military exercises across much of the country on Monday in one of the Kremlin’s biggest shows of force since its ties with the West plunged to Cold War-lows. President...

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French President Francois Hollande (L) and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal (R) leave after a group photo at the International Conference on Peace and Security in Iraq on September 15, 2014 at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris. (AFP PHOTO / Brendan SMIALOWSKI)

France opens Iraq conference urging “global” fight on jihadists

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 15, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Reuters—French President Francois Hollande called on Monday for united international action to tackle the threat from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants as he opened a conference on Iraq bringing together members of a US-led coalition. The United...

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Minister of Justice and Public Security, Anders Anundsen (L), the head of the Norwegian intelligence service (PST), Benedicte Bjoernland and head of the police Vidar Refvik attend a press conference in Oslo on July, 24, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / NTB scanpix / HEIKO JUNGE)

Islamists may be planning imminent attack in Norway: police

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 24, 2014 | World

Oslo, Reuters—Militant Islamists with ties to Syria may be planning an attack in Norway, the head of the Norwegian police intelligence service said on Thursday. “We also have information to suggest that any act of terrorism against Norway may take place shortly,...

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An LNG ship sails off the coast of Western Australia in this undated handout photo. (REUTERS/Handout/Files)

Egypt’s LNG import ambitions thrown into disarray

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 19, 2014 | Business

London/Cairo, Reuters—Egypt’s hope of importing liquefied natural gas to stave off an energy crunch this summer may fall through after a Norwegian firm pulled out of a deal to install an LNG import terminal, sources with knowledge of talks between Cairo and the...