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In this Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, file photograph, a Seaside Park police officer sits in his cruiser near charred rubble along the boardwalk in Seaside Park, N.J., after a fire started near a frozen custard stand in Seaside Park and quickly spread north into neighboring Seaside Heights,AP

Bomb Goes Off before Marines Charity Run

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 17, 2016 | World

A pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey town on Saturday. The bomb was set off shortly before thousands of runners were due to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors, authorities reported. No injuries were reported in the blast in Seaside Park...

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Turkish tanks stationed near the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, AP

Syrian Opposition Official: Syria Truce ‘Will Not Hold Out’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 17, 2016 | Middle East

Russia’s Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he remained “more positive than negative” over the recent shaky ceasefire implemented in Syria, but a senior Syrian Opposition official in Aleppo warned the truce “will not hold out” as some fighting...

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In this March 5, 2013 file photo, Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari gestures during a press conference in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines, AP

Norwegian Hostage Freed by Al Qaeda-Linked Group in Philippines

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 17, 2016 | World

Officials in the Philippine security forces said that a Norwegian man, previously held hostage by the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf extremist militant group in the southern Philippines since September last year, was freed on Saturday. The group seized Kjartan Sekkingstad...

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UN: The Number of South Sudanese Refugees Has Exceeded the 1 Million Mark

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 17, 2016 | Middle East

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that more than one million people have fled the conflict in South Sudan and have taken refuge in neighbouring countries. The agency’s spokesman in Geneva said that “The number of South Sudanese...

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Turkish Authorities Arrest 28 ISIS Fighters

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 17, 2016 | World

Turkish security forces arrested four people on the basis of intelligence information that stated that the terrorist organisation ISIS is planning to target the British and German embassies in Ankara. However, sources at the Turkish Ministry of Interior confirmed that...