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Members of the emergency services work inside the charred remains of the Grenfell apartment tower block in North Kensington, London, Britain, June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Over 50 Possibly Killed in London Tower Fire, PM May Admits Failings

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 17, 2017 | World

A fire that engulfed a London tower block this week killed at least 58 people, police said on Saturday, as Prime Minister Theresa May admitted that the response from the authorities had not been good enough. With anger mounting over the government’s handling of...

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Japanese Welcome Their PM’s Historic Visit to Pearl Harbor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 29, 2016 | World

The Japanese yesterday welcomed their Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor and considered it a historic gesture and a political message to the next US president Donald Trump. Japan’s official Japanese television channel NHK broadcasted live the...

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Kurdish PM: Managing Mosul Will be Harder Than Liberating it

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 14, 2016 | Uncategorized

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani yesterday warned that managing Mosul will be more difficult than the ongoing operation to free it. In a speech that he made at a conference on tolerance and coexistence which began in Erbil...

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This is a Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 file photo of Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a press statement with Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos at 10 Downing Street in London., AP

UK PM May Says Values Independent Judiciary

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 6, 2016 | World

Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that she valued the independence of the judiciary after some British newspapers strongly criticized the judges involved in a court ruling which could delay Brexit. On Thursday Britain’s High Court ruled the government...

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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAIDFETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images

Tunisian President Names Youssef Chahed as PM Designate

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 3, 2016 | Middle East

Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi has proposed Youssef Chahed as a new candidate to replace the north African country’s ousted prime minister Habib Essid. “I met today with the president… who charged me with forming a national unity...