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A poster featuring a Brexit vote ballot with “out” tagged is on display at a bookshop window in Berlin on Friday. (John MacDougall/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

Opinion: Britain’s Awful Vote May Be a Tipping Point

by Sebastian Mallaby | Jun 27, 2016 | Opinion

The British vote to leave the European Union may come to be seen as a tipping point in global politics, perhaps more consequential than anything since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It may mark the moment when Europe comes face to face with its own constitutional...

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Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. SPA

Deputy Crown Prince Concludes Visit to the U.S.

by Abdul Hadi Habtor and Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 27, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

New York and Riyadh- Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense concluded his two-week business visit to the U.S. by signing an agreement with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and granting 3M Global an...

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A photo circulated by the Taliban of new leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada.

Mullah Haibatullah …From Courts to Leadership

by Mahmoud Rahmani | Jun 27, 2016 | Features

Kabul-Taliban announced in the last week of May the appointment of Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada to succeed its former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed by an American air raid. The new leader was born in a small village in Kandahar province, in southern...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on March 13, 2016. AFP / GALI TIBBON

Netanyahu Lauds Benefits of Restoring Israel-Turkey Ties

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 27, 2016 | Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that his nation’s agreement with Turkey to normalize ties will have “immense” implications for the Israeli economy, six years after a deadly raid on an aid flotilla soured relations. Netanyahu,...

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A still image from video shows Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking following the results of the EU referendum, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain June 24, 2016. Reuters

Scottish Decision Key to Britain’s Future

by Najlaa Habriri | Jun 27, 2016 | World

London-Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has made fiery statements that threatened the unity of the UK, as Britain began mulling who the next Prime Minister will be after the resignation of David Cameron following Thursday’s Brexit vote. “The...