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Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14. Photo: Reuters

North Korea Leader Urges more Missile Launches amid UN Condemnation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 30, 2017 | World

The United Nations condemned North Korea’s “outrageous” firing of a ballistic missile over Japan as the communist country’s leader called for more weapons launches targeting the Pacific Ocean despite China’s claims that it was working with other...

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President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping in July. (Saul Loeb / Associated Press)

US, China Presidents Hold Talks to Resolve North Korea Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 13, 2017 | World

Bejing- Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged restraint in a phone call with President Trump on Saturday, following a week of blustery rhetoric between North Korea and the US. Xi warned that “concerned parties” should avoid “remarks and actions” that could escalate tensions...

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United Nation Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syrian Arabic Republic co-commissioner Carla del Ponte speaks during a news conference at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 8, 2016. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

Carla Del Ponte Quits UN Syria Inquiry

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 7, 2017 | World

Geneva- Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte announced on Sunday she is quitting a United Nations commission investigating human rights abuses in Syria because it “does absolutely nothing”. Del Ponte, 70, who prosecuted war crimes in Rwanda and...

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A civil defense member breathes through an oxygen mask, after the gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Head of Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack Inquiry Appeals for Countries to Back Off

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 8, 2017 | Middle East

London- An international inquiry aims to report by October on who was to blame for a deadly sarin gas attack in Syria’s Khan Sheikhoun in April, the head of the probe has said, as he appealed for countries to back off and stop telling investigators how to do their...

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Yemen’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi. Reuters

Notes to Yemen’s Government on Statement of Security Council

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 17, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah, New York- Yemen’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi announced that his country’s government will send a letter to the Security Council to express its reservations on the statement the latter had issued Thursday on the Yemeni...