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Donald Trump, center, gives a fist bump to a pedestrian as he arrives for jury duty in New York, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. Trump was due to report for jury duty Monday in Manhattan. The front-runner said last week before a rally in New Hampshire that he would willingly take a break from the campaign trail to answer the summons. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)


Opinion: Radicalism Still Alive and Kicking

Opinion: Radicalism Still Alive and Kicking

by | Aug 19, 2015 | Opinion

The early flourish of right-wing tycoon Donald Trump and veteran progressive Senator Bernie Sanders in the US Presidential primaries has been impressive. On the other side of the Atlantic, the “Old Labour” left-winger Jeremy Corbyn is creating shock waves in the race...
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This file picture taken on June 23, 2014 shows former Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry (unseen) at the Prime Minister’s Office in Baghdad. (AFP Photo/Pool/Brendan Smialowski)


Iraq: Ex-PM Maliki rejects Mosul report findings

Iraq: Ex-PM Maliki rejects Mosul report findings

by | Aug 19, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Tuesday rejected a report implicating him in the fall of Iraq’s second city Mosul to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in June 2014. In a post on his official Facebook page, Maliki said...
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In this Nov. 10, 2014, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, right, speaks with United Nations envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP, File)