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Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump speaks at the Saint Andelm College New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, New Hampshire June 13, 2016. Timothy A. Clary/AFP

Trump: Lord of the Lies

by Timothy Egan | Jun 15, 2016 | Opinion

The New York Times By Timothy Egan Earlier this month, the world’s most battle-scarred cable news network did something extraordinary in this year of vaporous political contrails. While Donald Trump was delivering one of his easily debunked lies, CNN fact-checked him...

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Smoke rises after airstrikes on Aleppo’s Castello road, Syria June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail/File Photo

Escalation in Violence Cuts Aid, Food for Rebel-Held Parts of Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 15, 2016 | Middle East

Aid has been locked out from rebel-held areas of Aleppo for the longest period since the Syrian civil war began due to an escalation in air strikes and bombardments, driving up food prices and hampering efforts to ease the plight of residents. “For the last few...

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Opinion: Saudi-Iranian Struggle in Iraq

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 15, 2016 | Opinion

What is happening nowadays in Iraq and Syria is due to decades of conflict between two major axes, Iran and the Arab group. It began with the 1979 Iranian revolution and continued with threats to change regimes of regional countries by force under the title of...

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French Police Alerted to Possible Arrival of Fighters

French Police Alerted to Possible Arrival of Fighters

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 15, 2016 | World

French police and anti-terrorism investigators have been warned of the possibility that small groups of extremists have left Syria for France and Belgium with plans to stage attacks. A French security official said Wednesday that Belgian intelligence services alarmed...

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Bubbles form on the surface of a cup of coffee in a cafe in New York, April 11, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

Can Coffee Cause Cancer? Only if It’s Very Hot, Says WHO Agency

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 15, 2016 | Health

There is no definite proof that drinking coffee leads to cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency said in reverse of its previous warning, but it also noted that all “very hot” drinks might cause it. Coffee had been previously rated as...