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Study: A British EU exit could hit GDP by 2.2 percent
March 23, 2015
Study: A British EU exit could hit GDP by 2.2 percent
Britain leaving the European Union could result in a permanent loss of 2.2 percent of the country's gross domestic product…
Saudi Arabia invites Iraq’s Abadi to visit in big sign of thaw
March 23, 2015
Saudi Arabia invites Iraq’s Abadi to visit in big sign of thaw
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has invited Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to visit the kingdom, Abadi's office said on Monday,…
UN warns Yemen conflict could become Iraq-Libya-Syria scenario
March 23, 2015
UN warns Yemen conflict could become Iraq-Libya-Syria scenario
The United Nations warned on Sunday that Yemen's conflict could become an "Iraq-Libya-Syria" scenario if either side pushes for control…
North Africa jihadi front spreads to Arab Spring cradle Tunisia
March 22, 2015
North Africa jihadi front spreads to Arab Spring cradle Tunisia
Praised as a model of Arab Spring progress, Tunisiahas finally been drawn onto the global jihadi battlefield after Islamist militants gunned…
Houthis seize strategic Yemeni city, escalating power struggle
March 22, 2015
Houthis seize strategic Yemeni city, escalating power struggle
Houthi fighters opposed to Yemen's president took over the central city of Taiz in an escalation of a power struggle…
Spain’s fractured political landscape in focus as Andalusia votes
March 22, 2015
Spain’s fractured political landscape in focus as Andalusia votes
An election in Spain's Andalusia region on Sunday is expected to provide the first real test for two new parties…
Saudi Arabia’s OPEC governor – hard to reach US$100-120 oil again
March 22, 2015
Saudi Arabia’s OPEC governor – hard to reach US$100-120 oil again
Saudi Arabia's OPEC governor Mohammed al-Madi said on Sunday that he believed it would be difficult for oil to reach…
Obama says it is now ‘hard to find a path’ on Israeli-Palestinian peace
March 22, 2015
Obama says it is now ‘hard to find a path’ on Israeli-Palestinian peace
President Barack Obama said that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu's pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes…
Report: 9 British medical students believed to be in Syria
March 22, 2015
Report: 9 British medical students believed to be in Syria
Nine British medical students have traveled to Syria, apparently to work in hospitals controlled by Islamic State, Britain's Observer newspaper…
Fearing Islamic State, some Afghan Shi’ites seek help from old enemies
March 22, 2015
Fearing Islamic State, some Afghan Shi’ites seek help from old enemies
Even by Afghanistan's standards of often-shifting alliances, a recent meeting between ethnic Hazara elders and local commanders of the Taliban…