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Migrants sit near a fire next to a Eurotunnel train depot on August 5, 2015 in Fréthun, near Calais. The European Commission offered August 4 to help France and Britain deal with the migrant crisis at the Channel Tunnel, as police on both sides braced for new attempts at the crossing. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN

Opinion: Migration to and from Europe

by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 6, 2015 | Opinion

European leaders have recently been preoccupied with the crisis of boat migrants as more asylum seekers continue to cross into Europe from Africa via the Mediterranean. By choosing to take the perilous journey, those illegal migrants risk everything, including their...

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US Secretary of State, John Kerry (L), speaks during a joint press conference with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah (R), in Doha, Qatar, on August 3, 2015. (EPA/STR)

US Treasury targets 2 Qataris suspected of funding terrorists

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 6, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, AP— The US Treasury Department is targeting two financiers from Qatar who are suspected of being major supporters of Al-Qaeda and the Al-Nusra Front terrorist groups throughout the Middle East. Treasury official Adam Szubin says the action is aimed at...