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“Iraq (+100)”, Iraq in 100 Years

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 31, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

London-Is it possible to a space made of our imagination and fantasies to visualize our future in stories of science fiction for what could happen in Iraq within the 100 coming years? Comma Press publishing house has launched a creative writing project, in which it...

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Victims, Executioner on Same Land

by Fadel al-Sultani | Oct 31, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

How can innocent, tortured spirits live in peace while their oppressors haven’t paid for their acts and may never do? Chilean-American novelist Ariel Dorfman has raised this question in his book “Death and the Maiden”, inspired from a real incident that took place in...

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Somali men parade as members of al Shabaab in the capital Mogadishu, March 5, 2011, as they prepare to fight government forces. The African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM) captured a key position from al Shabaab rebels in the capital, losing several troops in the fighting, REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Al Shabaab Hardliners Seize Town from Somali Government

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 30, 2016 | World

Extremist group, al Shabaab, seized a town northwest of Somalia’s capital from government forces on Sunday, the latest small center taken by the militant group trying to topple the country’s internationally-backed government. African Union and Somali...

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Saudi Arabia Arrests ISIS Suspects Plotting Attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 30, 2016 | Middle East, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has arrested at least eight suspected extremists plotting killings and a car bombing, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday, and authorities were pursuing other accomplices. A ministry statement said those arrested included ISIS suspects who had planned...

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People view a crack along the outer colonnade of St. Paul’s Basilica closed following the earthquake in central Italy, Rome, Italy, 30 October 2016.

New Earthquake Rocks Italy, Buildings Collapse but No Deaths

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 30, 2016 | World

A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors over the past two months, with more homes and churches brought down but no deaths reported. The quake, which measured 6.6 according to the U.S....