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A Blackhawk helicopter flies support for US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel over Kuwait City on December 8, 2014.
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Hagel in Iraq as US sees momentum against ISIS
Baghdad, Reuters—US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday as the United States expands its presence and touts progress against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants four months after starting a campaign of air strikes in Iraq. Hagel is...Caption:
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz speaks during an extraordinary GCC leaders’ summit in Riyadh on November 16, 2014. (AFP Photo/HO/SPA)
King of Saudi Arabia orders major cabinet reshuffle
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi monarch King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued a royal order on Monday appointing nine new ministers in the largest cabinet reshuffle seen in the Kingdom in years. The decree, which came a few days before the drawing up of the annual...Caption:
Senate Intelligence Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, on June 3, 2014.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
US prepares for security risks from torture report
Washington, AP—American embassies, military units and other US interests are preparing for possible security threats related to the release of a report on the CIA’s harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the September 11, 2001,...Caption:
Princess Alice’s photos of her trip to Saudi Arabia on display in Manchester Central Library, December 2014. (James Hanna)