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Britain’s Security Service: We Have Foiled 12 Attacks in the Past 3 Years

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2016 | World

Sky News has revealed that the majority of convicted terrorists who were imprisoned since the September 11 attacks that took place more than 15 years ago are back on Britain’s streets. The news network explained that about three-quarters of the 583 people imprisoned...

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Yasin Aktay, the AK Party’s deputy chairman

Yasin Aktay: Turkey’s Majority Supports Instating a Presidential System, Opposition Is Isolated

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Nov 2, 2016 | Interviews

Ankara- Heated controversy stirs up when Turkey’s agenda crosses with the ruling Justice and Development party, especially on pitches broaching political democracy. Recent discussions on amending the national constitution and the present counterterrorism policy...

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Riek Machar. Edward Echwalu/Reuters

Riek Machar: Salva Kiir is Leading Ethnic Cleansing Operations, I’m not Preparing for New War

by Mustafa Sirri | Nov 2, 2016 | Interviews

London–South Sudan’s former first vice president and prominent opposition leader Riek Machar is frank about his aspirations to rule the country despite it being difficult due to the country’s demography. Machar who belongs to the ethnic Nuer group -the second...

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Police officers salute the hearse as they attend the funeral of slain Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith in Dallas, Texas, U.S., July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Two Police Officers in Iowa Killed in ‘Ambush’ Attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 2, 2016 | World

Two U.S. police officers were shot and killed while sitting in their patrol cars in the Des Moines, Iowa, area in separate “ambush-style attacks” on Wednesday, and police were searching for the shooter or shooters, NBC News reported. “We’re just a few...

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Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov gives a speech during the Greek Russian social forum in Athens on November 2, 2016. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI

Russia Offers New Aleppo Pause, Claims ‘Honest’ Cooperation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 2, 2016 | Middle East

Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday it was extending a moratorium on air strikes against targets inside the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo until Friday evening to give rebels more time to leave its besieged eastern part. “A decision was made to...