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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Reuters

Fatah Commences 7th Conference by Re-electing President Abbas Head of Movement

by Kifah Ziboun | Nov 30, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah- A leadership congress of the Palestinian Fatah movement has unanimously re-elected President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to a new five-year term. Abbas was re-elected by consensus at the congress which was attended by some 1,400 delegates in the West Bank city...

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Alexis Sánchez, right, celebrates scoring the first Arsenal goal in their 3-1 win against Bournemouth. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images

Dangerous Alexis Sánchez the riving force of Arsenal’s attack

by Michael Cox | Nov 30, 2016 | Sports

Arsenal’s 3-1 victory against Bournemouth perfectly summarised their recent performances: three shots on target and three goals. It means their total for November, traditionally the month where Arsène Wenger’s side endure a slump in form, is 10 goals from just 11...

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Can former duckling Jack Wilshere blossom under Eddie Howe at Bournemouth? Illustration: David Lyttleton

Jack Wilshere’s Struggle to Find a Role

by Barney Ronay | Nov 30, 2016 | Sports

Here’s an interesting thing: just over eight years ago Arsenal thrashed Sheffield United 6-0 in the League Cup, famously fielding a team of gossamer-touch man-ducklings with an average age of 19, described by Arsène Wenger as the best crop of young players he’d ever...

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President-elect Donald J. Trump would face legal challenges to following through on his campaign promise to bring back brutal interrogation practices. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times

Donald Trump Faces Obstacles to Resuming Waterboarding

by MATT APUZZO and JAMES RISEN | Nov 30, 2016 | Features

WASHINGTON — In the first few months of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, if recent history is any guide, intelligence officials will meet to discuss a terrorism suspect living abroad. This suspect might become the next target for the nation’s not-so-secret drone force....

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Iranian women walk past an anti-United States mural. (Abedin Taherkenareh/European Pressphoto Agency)

The Middle East has some Questions for Donald Trump

by David Ignatius | Nov 30, 2016 | Opinion

What does Donald Trump’s election mean for the Middle East? A group of prominent foreign ministers and policy experts gathered here last weekend to explore the election’s implications for the world’s most volatile region. The gathering, known as the Sir Bani Yas...