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Southern provinces announce independence from central Yemeni government
A number of southern provinces such as Ibb and Taiz have “declared independence” from Sana’a, while other provinces such as Ma’rib said they would no longer accept any instructions from the capital. This comes after Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the country’s government headed by premier Khaled Bahah resigned last Thursday, following pressure from the Houthi movement whose armed members have been surrounding the presidential palace compound and Hadi’s home.
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Saudi entrepreneurs achieve high success rate, only 16% fail
A top official at the National Entrepreneurship Institute (Riyadah) said on Monday that 84 percent of Saudi entrepreneurs have succeeded in their business ventures, while only 16 percent failed, a percentage considered very high compared to the international standard.
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Iraq War Vet Tells His Tragic Story in Cartoon Form
Brace yourself — this is probably unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Back in 2005, Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams was the sole survivor when his squad was ordered to go on a rescue mission in Iraq and became the victims of a roadside bomb. In this animated video, Williams recalls the events of the day and how he’s managed to move on.
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Seriously, a fatwa against snowmen? Saudis push back on Twitter.
This online interaction reflects the Islamic principle of ijma, or consensus, on religious edicts, under which public opinion is able to cast off weak or impractical fatwas.
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KSA, Venezuela discuss oil market developments
Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz, deputy premier and minister of defense, discussed with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro bilateral ties, regional issues and global oil market developments at a meeting here on Sunday. Maduro arrived in Riyadh late on Saturday where Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz, deputy crown prince and second deputy premier, received him, the Saudi Press Agency said. “The Venezuelan president was accompanied by a number of ministers,” it said.
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Foreigners fighting Islamic State in Syria: who and why?
Western governments are closely monitoring foreign fighters but law enforcement agencies are acting differently towards those joining Islamic State or those linking up with the Kurdish resistance whose motivations are far more diverse.
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The rise and ugly fall of a moderate Syrian rebel offers lessons for the West
The story of Maarouf’s rise and fall illuminates some of the reasons why moderate rebels have fared so badly in the competition for influence with Islamists in Syria’s complicated war. It also underscores the challenges confronting the United States as it casts around for allies on the ground in the fight against the Islamic State, the main focus of America’s latest Middle East intervention.
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Pentagon, moving to close Guantanamo, sends five prisoners to Kazakhstan
The U.S. military has sent five detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay to Kazakhstan, the Pentagon announced late Tuesday, capping a year of intensified efforts by the Obama administration to shut down the detention center. The transfer of the prisoners, three Yemenis and two Tunisians, to the central Asian nation brings the number of detainees moved out of Guantanamo this year to 28.
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Islamic State kills Qods Force general in central Iraq
An Islamic State sniper gunned down a general in Iran's Qods Force who was advising Iraqi troops and Shiite militias in the battleground city of Samarra in central Iraq.
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First of 400 Pakistani militants hanged in wake of school massacre
Pakistan executed two convicted terrorists Friday, the first of 400 militants headed to the hangman’s noose amid a government crackdown ordered after Taliban attackers gunned down 148 children and teachers Tuesday at a school in the northern city of Peshawar.
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