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British Trade and Investment Minister Mark Price and U.S. Deputy Trade Representative Michael Punke attend the opening ceremony of the 2016 G20 Trade Ministers Meeting in Shanghai, China July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song

British Officials Warn G20 Delegation of Chinese Spies

by Najlaa Habriri | Sep 5, 2016 | World

Hangzhou – The 2008 Chinese espionage incident has cast its shadows on the G20 summit in Hangzhou this year. The British government warned its delegation of any similar attempts and called for extreme caution. A source close to the British delegation in Hangzhou said...

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ISIS militants take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province in Syria, June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

ISIS Leader Interviews for Heir to Spokesman Adnani

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 5, 2016 | Middle East

London-ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been meeting senior members in the group’s headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa to decide who will replace his spokesman, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, who was killed in an American airstrike last week. The Sunday Times...

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ISIS Recruiter Reaches out to British Model Using Facebook

by Raneem Hannoush | Sep 5, 2016 | Middle East

London-West Yorkshire’s anti-terror police announced on Sunday its fears of a former British model being led on for recruitment by the terror group ISIS. The model was being recruited through Facebook. The Sunday Times has discovered that Kimberley Miners, 27, has...

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People cycle past a billboard for the G20 summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song

Chinese President Launches G20 Summit in Presence of Deputy Crown Prince

by Fadiah Fawzi | Sep 5, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Hangzhou-Chinese President Xi Jinping launched on Sunday the G20 Nations Summit in the presence of Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and world leaders. Speaking at the opening session, the Chinese president said that the global economy has arrived “at a...

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A boy rides a bicycle near rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel held al-Maadi district of Aleppo, Syria, Aug. 31, 2016/ Reuters/ Abdalrhman Ismail

U.S.-Russian Agreement on Syria Stumbles at Last Minute

by Caroline Akoum | Sep 5, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The level of optimism surrounding a U.S.-Russian deal dropped in the last few hours when Washington announced the failure of the two states to reach a final agreement on Syria, blaming Moscow for backtracking on already agreed issues. Meanwhile, Russian...