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    Jordanian filmmaker wins award for best director at Venice film festival

    Naji Abu Nowar, a Jordanian filmmaker, won the Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the 71st Venice Film Festival

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    Tunisia’s main Islamist party to stay out of presidential election

    Tunisia’s main Islamist party, Ennahda, said on Sunday it would not contest a presidential election in November, in the interest of ensuring an inclusive government for all Tunisians.

  • NATO and Afghanistan
    NATO Unable to Finalize Troop Numbers for Afghanistan

    NATO leaders did not agree on the size of a training and assistance force expected to be based in Afghanistan from 2015 to 2017, as the alliance still waits for Kabul to approve an operating arrangement. Some of the 28 alliance members have not come forward with troop commitments since the Afghan government has not signed a bilateral security agreement, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.

  • AQ in India
    Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent incorporates regional jihadist groups

    The new regional al Qaeda affiliate likely includes elements from the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban, Harakat-ul-Muhajideen, Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami and Brigade 313, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the Indian Mujahideen (a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Turkistan Islamic Party, Junood al Fida, and other groups based in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

  • Women's Education
    Opinion: How To Improve Educational Opportunities For Saudi Women

    Public separation of women and men is one of the most vexing issues facing Saudi colleges for girls. According to Article 155 of the Educational Policy of Saudi Arabia, mixing the sexes is forbidden at all levels of education, except in pre-school education.  For over 40 years, the “studio” system has torn nearly 22 universities apart. Only medical colleges and universities are exempted from this educational system. This has allowed women studying medicine to realize great success worldwide, according to a 2010 report on Saudi women’s achievements by the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education.

  • Diplomacy
    Opinion: Saudi Arabia is essential for regional stability

    In a world replete with conflicting interests, no country can claim to be powerful or impose its prestige unless it possesses the necessary tools. Nor can any country force major states that oppose it to respect its stances and policies. The prestige of the state cannot be imposed overnight or by means of financial power. Rather, it is the accumulation of mature and rational political stances and clear-sighted positions. A state’s prestige is based on its ability to interpret and predict risks.

  • Iran Talks
    Iran nuclear talks to resume Sept. 18

    Plans to resume talks come as the parties seek to reach a comprehensive Iran nuclear accord by the extended deadline of Nov. 24, after failure to reach a deal in July. While the talks in New York are expected to convene at the political director level, foreign ministers from the P5+1 and Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are also expected to meet together in New York during the UNGA events, officials said.

  • Pakistan
    Opinion: In Pakistan a Soft Coup Stalls

    Pakistan’s security establishment — a term that covers everyone from army chief General Raheel Sharif, to his fellow Corps commanders, to the ISI, to retired officers who may or may not be acting under official orders — is notoriously opaque. All that can be said, then, is that Khan has been useful to the security establishment in the past, but either has a tendency to go his own way, or draws his support from particularly hard-line elements.

  • Turkey
    Turkey Struggles to Halt Islamic State ‘Jihadist Highway’ – WSJ

    Turkey is struggling to close a "jihadist highway" that lets foreign militants slip across its border into Syria, amid pressure from Western governments and mounting security fears at home. Turkish forces have stepped up arrests, patrols and interrogations in recent months, but the rapid advance of Islamic State extremists in Iraq has made Ankara's initiative even more urgent, say Turkish officials, Western diplomats and residents.

  • Saudi Economy
    Analysis | Saudi Economy – Jadwa Chartbook – September 2014

    Economic data for July was strong with the non-oil PMI expanding at the fastest rate since September 2012. Consumer spending also remained robust. Cement production and sales declined on the back of seasonal trends, but also due to changes in labor market.