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The second tower of the World Trade Center explodes into flames after being hit by an airplane, New York September 11, 2001 with the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground. REUTERS/Sara K. Schwittek

September 11 Secret Documents Exonerate Saudi Arabia

by Heba El Koudsy | Jul 16, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Washington-Part of a Congressional report that had been kept under wraps for more than a decade, and was declassified on Friday, confirmed that the United States has no proof over the involvement of Saudi officials in the 9/11 attacks. U.S. intelligence believed that...

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Mai Medhat at the Global
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Egypt Lost between Large National, Individual Projects

by Mahmoud Najem | Jul 16, 2016 | Business

Cairo-The State Information Service published a month ago the “Enormous National Projects… Development’s Engine” book that included 17 national projects on which the Egypt has been working to finish as soon as possible. The book falls in line with the government’s...

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U.N. Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. Reuters

U.N. Human Rights Chief Describes Syria as ‘Gigantic Graveyard’

by Jordan Dakamseh | Jul 16, 2016 | Middle East

New York-The U.N. Human Rights Chief has warned that Syria has turned into “a gigantic, devastated graveyard,” and rang the alarm about the increasingly desperate situation of at least 200,000 civilians trapped in three towns in Syria where attacking forces have been...

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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir talks to the media during a meeting on Syria with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva, Switzerland May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Jubeir Calls for Turning Page of Past and Looking to Future

by Heba El Koudsy | Jul 16, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Washington-Less than two hours after declassified pages from a congressional report into the 9/11 attacks were released Friday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said his government welcomed the release of the 28 pages on the inquiry carried out by a committee in...

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People stand on a Turkish army tank at Ataturk airport in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

Turkish Armed Forces Seize Power… Erdogan: The Coup Will Fail

by Said Abdul Razzak | Jul 16, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-Turkish Armed Forces announced taking over the administration, imposing martial laws and suspending the constitution, in an attempt to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. However, the president, who urged people to take to the streets, said that...