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No mention of resignation as Mugabe ends televised address - 11/19/2017

Harare - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has ended a national televised address without indicating whether he will resign,   instead saying he will preside over an upcoming conference of the...

Containing Iran’s influence: The regional players’ wagers on Tel Aviv and Israel’s calculations - 11/19/2017

Waters will not flow again under the bridges after the return of Lebanese outgoing prime minister Saad al-Hariri from Riyadh – via Paris then another Arab capital – to Beirut. Attempts to pressure...

Saudi torture victims include former king's son - 11/18/2017

Sources confirm Prince Miteb, son of late King Abdullah, is among six princes who needed hospital treatment following arrest in Saudi purge Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, the son of the late King...

Gaza's Rafah border to Egypt opens under Palestinian Authority - 11/18/2017

Cairo - The Gaza Strip's main Rafah crossing to Egypt opened Saturday under the control of the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas, for the first time in 10 years, after the Islamist...

Hariri tells Lebanese president he returns home on Wednesday - 11/18/2017

Cairo - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, now in Paris, has informed Lebanese President Michel Aoun he will return home on Wednesday, Lebanon's official news agency NNA reported.   Aoun got a...

How Houthis Control Yemen? - 11/18/2017

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed is the former general manager of Al-Arabiya television. He is also the former editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat, and the leading Arabic weekly magazine Al-Majalla. He is also a...

Diplomats worried over alarming pollution in New Delhi - 11/17/2017

New Delhi - Upset and worried over New Delhi's toxic air, foreign missions have taken up the issue of hazardous pollution and demanded answers from the Indian government, diplomats said Friday....

UN chief sends letter to Saudis urging end to Yemen blockade - 11/16/2017

New York - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres sent a letter to Saudi Arabia's UN mission urging the full reopening of Yemen's ports and airports, his spokesman told reporters in New York.  ...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe 'under house arrest' after army takeover - 11/15/2017

Zimbabwe's military has placed President Robert Mugabe under house arrest in the capital Harare, South African President Jacob Zuma says.   Mr Mugabe told Mr Zuma in a phone call that he was...

Berlusconi rules out eurozone exit if his coalition wins Italy vote - 11/15/2017

Rome - Italy's former premier Silvio Berlusconi pledged Wednesday that if his centre-right coalition wins general elections next year, it would not take the country out of the European Union or the...
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