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British Charity Says That Children Are at Risk in Overcrowded Refugee Camps

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 18, 2016 | World

The international charity Save the Children yesterday warned that serious congestion in the camps for migrants in Greece is exposing thousands of Syrian children to risk after the number of immigrants arriving in the country more than doubled during the first half of...

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United Nations special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

UN Syria Envoy Bemoans Lack of Aid Deliveries, Urges Aleppo Truce

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East

Humanitarian convoys have not reached this month besieged areas of Syria with civilians in dire need of food and medicine, U.N. peace envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday. “Not one single convoy in one month has reached any of the humanitarian...

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U.S. Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid) / Reuters

‘A Lot of People Are Saying’ Trump Is a Democratic Party Plant

by Eli Lake | Aug 18, 2016 | Opinion

How would Donald Trump assess Donald Trump’s candidacy? As he might put it: A lot of people are saying his campaign is an operation on behalf of the Democratic Party to destroy the Republicans. “A lot of people are saying”? That’s not a very...

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A robot paints brake drums at Webb Wheel Products in Cullman, Ala. (Dave Martin/Associated Press)

The Brave New World of Robots and Lost Jobs

by David Ignatius | Aug 18, 2016 | Opinion

Job insecurity is a central theme of the 2016 campaign, fueling popular anger about trade deals and immigration. But economists warn that much bigger job losses are ahead in the United States — driven not by foreign competition but by advancing technology. A look at...

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People rush to the blast scene after a car bomb attack on a police station in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig, Turkey August 18, 2016. Kamilcan Kilic/Ihlas News Agency via REUTERS

Bomb Attacks Kill Seven, Wound 224 in Southeast Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East

Two bomb attacks blamed on Kurdish militants rocked on Thursday eastern Turkey, killing seven members of the security forces and wounding 224 people, officials and security sources said, as Kurdish rebels launched a new campaign of attacks targeting areas that are not...