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Malaysian PM to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Support Saudi Arabia’s Efforts to Achieve World Peace

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Mar 2, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Razak said his country stands in solidarity with Riyadh on its efforts to achieve peace and security in the world and added that the strengthening of Saudi Arabian – Malaysian cooperation aims to guarantee peace and...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during the Iraqi Police Day at a police academy in Baghdad January 9, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily

Iraqi PM Rejects Building a Security Wall Around Baghdad

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 6, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Haider al-Abadi, Iraqi Prime Minister, on Feb.6 wrote off any military plans announced on building a concrete wall around Baghdad in a proposal to prevent ISIS assaults. “Baghdad is the capital of all Iraqis,” P.M. al-Abadi said in a statement....

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Franco Coppi (C), a lawyer of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, leaves the Court of Cassation building, in central Rome, 30 July 2013. (EPA/ANGELO CARCONI)

Italy’s top court begins crucial Berlusconi case hearing

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 30, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italy’s supreme court heard on Tuesday Silvio Berlusconi’s last appeal against a jail sentence and ban from public office for tax fraud in a case which could threaten the survival of the shaky coalition government. If five top judges hand...

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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors after a traditional iftar, the meal to break Ramadan in Ankara, on July 18. 2013. (AFP/Adem Altan)

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens to sue Times for publishing critical letter

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 27, 2013 | Media

Istanbul, Reuters—Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday threatened to sue the Times of London for publishing an open letter by a group of celebrities, academics and others criticizing his handling of anti-government protests. Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, and...

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In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr listens as US Secretary of State John Kerry, not pictured, speaks to the media at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, Egypt. Source: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Beblawi meets with cabinet candidates

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s interim prime minister, Dr Hazem El-Beblawi, began meeting ministerial candidates Sunday, with the final roster of cabinet ministers scheduled to be announced Tuesday or Wednesday. Beblawi expects the government to include roughly...