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A view shows the construction of the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Saudi-British Projects Set to Grow

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Feb 15, 2017 | Business

Riyadh- The British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Simon Collis, has expected a rise in joint investment projects between Riyadh and London, hoping the number of Saudi visitors to the United Kingdom would surge after the British Tourism Authority inaugurated its first...

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Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (L) greets Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Foreign Office in London, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool

May to Netanyahu: Britain Is Committed to a Two-State Solution

by Nazir al-Majli and Asharq al-Awsat | Feb 7, 2017 | Middle East

London, Tel Aviv – British Prime Minister Theresa May told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of a meeting between the two leaders that the U.K. government is committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. May’s statement...

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Members of the Honourable Artillery Company fire a 62 round royal gun salute from the Gun Wharf outside the Tower of London near Tower Bridge to mark the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne, London, 6 February, 2017. Photo: CHRIS J RATCLIFFE / AFP

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth Marks Sapphire Jubilee

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 7, 2017 | Uncategorized

London – Queen Elizabeth II became on Monday the first British monarch to reign for 65 years. Her Sapphire Jubilee is being marked with ceremonial gun salutes at London’s Green Park and the Tower of London, and in several other locations across the United Kingdom....

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British PM Theresa May (REUTERS)

British House of Commons to Discuss EU’s Brexit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 1, 2017 | World

London – Members of British parliament started debating the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill in parliament on Tuesday. The legislation would give Prime Minister Theresa May the power to invoke article 50 and start two years of negotiations to leave the...

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks by phone with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump Enhances Relations with Putin, Assures Europeans

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 30, 2017 | World

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he carried out an essential step to enhance U.S.-Russian relations and to assure his allies of the importance of NATO, through a phone call with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The positive call...