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Julian Assange addresses the media on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Reuters

Swedish Court Upholds Assange Arrest Warrant

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 16, 2016 | World

A Swedish appeals court upheld the arrest warrant for Julian Assange on Friday over a rape accusation, prolonging the six year long legal standoff with prosecutors and clearing the way for the Wikileaks founder to be questioned in London next month. Assange, 45, is...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a ceremony at the United Nations in Geneva November 24, 2013. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Washington Threatens to Stop Cooperation with Moscow

by Hiba Al-Qudsi Jordan Daqamssa and Taha Abdul Wahed | Sep 16, 2016 | Middle East

Washington, New York, Moscow: The White House threatened on Thursday to stop cooperation with Russia over the Syrian crisis, if Moscow fails to force Syrian head of regime Bashar al-Assad to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to besieged areas. The White House...

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Opinion: The Mullah, the Prince and the Taqiyah Trap

by Amir Taheri | Sep 16, 2016 | Opinion

Ever since they seized power in 1979, Iran’s ruling mullahs have faced the challenge of forging a synthesis between perception and reality. In almost every case, attempts at replacing reality with the perception of an ideal ends in grief. And in many cases, the...

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Libya Parliamentarians Promote Haftar to Field Marshall

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 16, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- General Khalifa Haftar made history in Libya as he is the first military official to be promoted to field marshal by parliamentarians in the east of the country. The promotion coincided with the sudden arrival of Fayez Al-Sarraj, head of the U.N.-backed...

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Muslim teenager calls for greater diversity in proposal to
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Saudi Teenager Pitches Idea for Hijab Emoji

by Khaldoun Ghassan Said | Sep 16, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Jeddah- A 15-year-old teenager, Rayouf Alhumedhi, from Saudi Arabia, has decided that time is up to have hijab emoji as part of chatting apps on smart devices. She has made a proposal to Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit that governs the creation and approval of emojis,...