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Gunfight at Taliban Hostage Siege in Kandahar Kills Dozens – The New York Times

Taliban Detains Dozens of Hostages in South Afghanistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 22, 2016 | Technology

Kabul- Officials stated that gunmen from Afghanistan’s Taliban detained on Tuesday dozens of people after attacking their vehicles in Helmand, south Afghanistan. According to Mohammad Ismail, a district police chief in Helmand, the attack happened in Gareshk district...

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House Hunting in … Finland

Finland… Baltic’s Real Estate Heaven

by Marcelle Sussman Fischler | Jun 22, 2016 | World

Finland-On a country lane surrounded by farm fields, this 1995 house is on a 0.9-acre lot in the well-to-do suburb of Kauniainen, about eight miles from downtown Helsinki. The 6,800-square-foot dormered wooden house was designed with a nod to French Provence,...

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A combination photo shows U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (L) and Jim Urquhart/File Photos

Clinton’s Lead over Trump Narrows to Nine Points

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 22, 2016 | World

Democrat Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump has slipped by about five percentage points since mid-June, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, bringing the race for the White House to within nine points. The poll showed...

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Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin in October. Photograph by Alexei Druzhinin, AP

Russia Warns Assad by Reducing Air Support

by Caroline Akoum | Jun 22, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Syrian opposition links the reduction of Russia’s air strikes in the past two days, especially in the North, with a possible agreement between Moscow and Washington, in an attempt to activate Geneva talks from one side and deliver a message for the Syrian...

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His Majesty King Abdullah II

Jordan Closes Borders with Syria and Declares it a Military Zone

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Jun 22, 2016 | Middle East

Amman – Jordan has declared its border with Syria and Iraq a closed military zone after a suicide bombing on Tuesday killed six soldiers and injured 14 others near Rakban camp. King Abdullah II of Jordan said that “anyone who assaults or attempts to harm...