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Twenty-year-old trainee volunteer surf life saver Mecca Laalaa runs along North Cronulla Beach in Sydney during her Bronze medallion competency test January 13, 2007. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/Files

Scotland, Canada Encourage Veiled Muslims to Join Police Forces

by Michel Abo Najem, Najlaa Habriri, Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2016 | World

Paris, London, Ottawa- As the debate over the Islamic swimsuit Burkini has taken a new dimension in France, Scotland Police announced that the veil now falls under the optional uniforms of Scotland police in a quest to urge Muslim women to join the service....

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Receives U.S. Delegation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received on Wednesday a U.S. delegation from the Republican and Democratic parties at his office at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah. The delegation included Ambassador Dennis Ross, Ambassador...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani/ AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, file

Rouhani Hit by Arrest of Official in Nuclear Negotiations Team

by Adil Alsalmi | Aug 25, 2016 | World

London-Doubts gathered steam on Wednesday concerning the arrest of the financial official in the Iranian nuclear negotiation team, Abdol Rasul Dori Esfahani, who is accused of spying for western states, at a time when the Iranian Foreign Ministry had denied for the...

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Crown Prince meeting with the delegation (SPA)

Saudi Crown Prince Discusses Counter Terrorism with U.S. Delegation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah-Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, received a U.S. Democrats and Republicans delegation. The delegation included Ambassador Dennis Ross, Ambassador Jim Jeffery, Ambassador...

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Rescuers work at a collapsed house following a quake in Amatrice, central Italy, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Emiliano Grillotti

Italy Quake Toll Rises to 247 as Rescuers Hunt for Survivors

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2016 | World

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers desperately worked through the night to try to find survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages. Hundreds of others were injured, some...