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New Majalla Website: News in Motion for a World in Transition

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 24, 2016 | Features

We are thrilled to announce a new step forward in Middle Eastern journalism: Majalla, a multimedia news site in Arabic, Persian, and English. Since 1980, the print magazine Al-Majalla (“The Scroll”) has delivered reporting and analysis in Arabic to readers across the...

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Nigerian Army Confirms That Boko Haram Leader Was Wounded in Air Raid

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 24, 2016 | World

The Nigerian army yesterday announced that the leader of Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau was seriously injured and a number of the extremist group’s leaders were killed in an air strike on their stronghold in north east Nigeria. The announcement, which coincides with the...

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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donal Trump Gives Speech at a campaign rally in Austin, Texas, Reuters

Trump Suggests “Softening” His Hardline Position on Immigration

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 24, 2016 | World

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is open to “softening” his hard-line stance on illegal immigration that he has taken since the start of his campaign. Trump did not provide further details. Speaking to Fox News anchor Sean...

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Germany Reintroduces Conscription and Urges Citizens to Store Food and Water

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 24, 2016 | World

The German government has adopted a new civil defence plan under which conscription will be reintroduced after it was scrapped five years ago. Other steps that have not been taken since the end of the Cold War such as storing food and water in the case of any...

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Saudi Arabia’s Prince Khaled al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud. KUNA

Prince Khalid: ‘Serving Pilgrims is Source of Pride for Us All’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 24, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah-Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah, advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and chairman of the Central Haj Committee, stressed the importance of working hard to make this year’s Haj distinctive and well-organized. Prince Khaled called for preparing a...