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Lieutenant-Colonel Yacouba Issaac Zida (C) arrives at the Place de la Nation square on October 31, 2014 in Ouagadougou after the resignation of Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore. (AFP/Issouf Sanogo)

Army officer takes charge in Burkina Faso, ousting general

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 1, 2014 | World

Ouagadougou, Reuters—An officer in Burkina Faso’s presidential guard seized power on Saturday promising to lead the West African country to elections after the resignation of longtime President Blaise Compaore, in an apparent putsch against the military chief of...

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Palestinian flag is on display outside the Palestinian Representative Office in Stockholm, Sweden capital, on October 30, 2014. Sweden on October 30, 2014 officially recognised the state of Palestine, becoming the first major European country to do so, in a move hailed as “historic” by Palestinians but denounced by Israel. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND

Opinion: Thank You, Sweden

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 1, 2014 | Opinion

When the Swedish foreign minister promised weeks ago that his country would recognize the State of Palestine, we weren’t sure that Sweden would do so given the tremendous amount of pressure such a decision would face from the European Union, the United States and...

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Tourists look out the window of a luxury train at a station in Tehran after arriving in the Iranian capital from Budapest on October 27, 2014. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

Iran welcomes Western tourists on first private rail tour

by Ali M. Pedram | Nov 1, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—For the first time in history, a private train carrying European, Australian and American passengers entered Iranian territory through the Razi border station between Turkey and Iran’s West-Azerbaijan province on October 23. Once it had crossed...

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Armored personnel carriers (APC) of the Egyptian Army patrol on a road close to El Gorah in northeastern Sinai, Egypt, 21 May 2013. (EPA)

Opinion: Egypt Trapped Between Two Wars

by Osman Mirghani | Nov 1, 2014 | Opinion

Egypt is facing a fierce attack that aims to drag the country into a quagmire of chaos and instability that a number of other regional states have already fallen into. The terrorist attacks, which have escalated in recently, aim to weaken and destabilize Egypt,...