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A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. (Reuters)

North Korea Detains US Citizen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 23, 2017 | World

North Korea detained a US citizen on Friday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, saying he was arrested at Pyongyang International Airport on his way out of the country. This brings the total number of Americans held by the isolated country to three. The...

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Carter Page speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow in July. (AP)

Former Trump Aide Questions Russia Spy Claims

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2017 | World

Washington – Russian agents tried to infiltrate the electoral campaign of Donald Trump through his advisors, revealed US media. CNN reported that agents tried to use Trump’s former foreign policy advisor Carter Page in order to influence the US presidential elections....

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Sudanese FM Ibrahim Ghandour addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, October 2, 2015. (Reuters)

Sudanese FM: Dialogue with Washington Leaning towards Lifting US Sanctions

by Ahmed Younis | Apr 23, 2017 | Middle East

Khartoum – The Sudanese government hopes that US economic sanctions will be lifted by July 12. This date was set by the US administration according to the executive order issued by former US President Barack Obama, stipulating lifting the sanctions partially...

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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Al-Maliki (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Palestinian FM: Abbas Visit to Washington is an Opportunity to Influence the New Administration

by Michel Abu Najm | Apr 22, 2017 | Interviews

Paris – Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riad al-Maliki said that the upcoming visit of President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington next month was an “opportunity” to influence the new US Administration. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on the sidelines of...

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This Sept. 2, 2015, file photo shows an F-35 jet arriving at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US Delivers 3 F-35 Fighter Jets to Israel

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 22, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- Three US F-35 stealth fighter planes are on their way from the United States to Israel to join two other warplanes which landed in the country last year, The Israeli air force has announced. The five fighter jets are part of a deal to provide Israel with 50...