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CORRECTS SADLER’S SCHOOL TO SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY, INSTEAD OF SACRAMENTO UNIVERSITY – U.S. National Guardsman from Roseburg, Ore., Alek Skarlatos, left, U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, second left, and Anthony Sadler, right, a senior at Sacramento State University in California, leave the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, with U.S. Ambassador to France Jane D. Hartley after being awarded the French Legion of Honor by French President Francois Hollande on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. The three American travelers say they relied on gut instinct and a close bond forged over years of friendship as they took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium on Friday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Opinion: France train attack could happen again if the world fails to tackle terrorism

by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 25, 2015 | Opinion

There is no convincing explanation to turning a train, a coach or any civilian place crowded with people into a battlefield. While investigations into the motives and intentions of the attack on an Amsterdam-to-Paris train by a Moroccan gunman are in their early...

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In this photo taken on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, fighters against Shi’ite rebels known as Houthis stand on their armored vehicles on a road leading to Al-Anad base near Aden in the southern province of Lahej, Yemen. (AP Photo/Wael Qubady)

Saudi troops arrive in Aden to secure Yemen’s south: military official

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Aug 25, 2015 | Middle East

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi troops have arrived in Aden to help Yemen’s internationally recognized government to maintain security in the southern areas they recently liberated from Houthi rebels, a senior Yemeni military official has said. Speaking to Asharq...

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A general view shows the temple of Baal Shamin in the historical city of Palmyra, Syria on October 26, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer)

ISIS’s destruction of Roman temple in Syria is war crime: UNESCO

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) demolition of a renowned ancient Roman temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra is a war crime that targeted an historic symbol of the country’s diversity, the United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO said...