by Jordan Dakamseh | Oct 14, 2016 | World
New York – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is set to start a five-year term as U.N. secretary general in January as the U.N. General Assembly unanimously appointed him on Thursday as Ban Ki-moon’s successor. The 193-member assembly passed a...
by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 28, 2015 | Middle East
New York, Aden and Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will address the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, according to Yemeni government sources. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday that Hadi will speak regarding the crisis in Yemen...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 6, 2013 | Middle East
United Nations,Reuters—The 193-member UN General Assembly elected Jordan to the UN Security Council on Friday to replace Saudi Arabia, which rejected its two-year term in protest at the council’s failure to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East...
by Ma'ad Fayad | Oct 16, 2013 | Interviews
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdish region of Iraq has made great progress in building its infrastructure and economy, and is now achieving advances in diplomatic efforts to strengthen foreign relations of the region, says it foreign relations chief. According to Falah...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 6, 2013 | Opinion
Sometimes there isn’t much difference between politicians and clergymen. The art of speech is their profession. They can justify or evade issues with their eloquence. The Iranian regime is currently saying that it does not intend to build military nuclear capabilities...
