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A member of Russia’s special police, OMON, sits on an armored vehicle during a drill in the southern Russian city of Stavropol on May 30, 2008

Suicide Bombing Shakes Police Station in S. Russia

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 11, 2016 | World

A rural police station in southern Russia has come under attack in what is suspected to be a suicide bombing, reports said Monday. Three men attacked a police station in Russia’s Stavropol region in the north Caucasus on Monday including at least one suicide...

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Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport

Two Beirut Airport Employees Detained Over Terror Links

by Nazeer Rida | Apr 11, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanese authorities announced that Rafic Hariri Airport’s security apparatus in Beirut detained two Lebanese employees of a Beirut airport service company on Friday over contacts with “terrorist groups”. An official Lebanese source told Asharq Al-Awsat that...

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Syrian refugees ask for water in Akcakale at the Turkish border near the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, on June 13, 2015. Turkey said it was taking measures to limit the flow of Syrian refugees onto its territory after an influx of thousands more over the last days due to fighting between Kurds and jihadists. Under an “open-door” policy, Turkey has taken in 1.8 million Syrian refugees since the conflict in Syria erupted in 2011. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

ISIS Regains Syrian Stronghold near Turkey Border

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 11, 2016 | Middle East

ISIS militants took back a stronghold in Syria’s northern Aleppo countryside near the border with Turkey on Monday, four days after losing it to a grouping of fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The monitoring group reported that the...

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Belgian troops and police control a road leading to Zaventem airport following Tuesday’s airport bombings in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Brussels Bombers Had Planned to Attack France Again

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 10, 2016 | World

The militant cell behind bombings in Brussels had intended to launch a fresh strike in France again after carrying out the Paris attacks in November, but was forced to attack in the Belgian capital instead after being “surprised” by a quick-moving...

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A simulation of the new Emaar Properties development in Dubai, “The Tower,” designed by Santiago Calatrava Valls and planned to be the world’s tallest, being slightly higher than current title holder, the Burj Khalifa. PHOTO: EMAAR PROPERTIES

Dubai’s Emaar Plans New ‘World’s Tallest’ Tower

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 10, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Dubai’s Emaar Properties plans on Sunday unveiled plans to construct a new tower in the emirate to surpass the Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest building. Chairman Mohamed Alabbar told reporters on Sunday that the height of the tower “will...