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Opinion: Iran’s Dilemma After Aleppo

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 11, 2016 | Opinion

There are more than 70,000 Iranian troops in Syria and some estimates are double that figure. These troops include militias that the Iranian regime brought in from throughout the region and whose expenses it pays for. They have been fighting to gain control of Aleppo...

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The increase in goals is largely an issue of tactical philosophy. The change in the offside law permitted a style of flourish, and that style, in its various guises, has become hegemonic.’ Composite: PA, Rex, Getty

Goals are on the Rise, but does this Mean Defending has become Unfashionable?

by Jonathan Wilson | Dec 11, 2016 | Sports

Manchester City have kept two clean sheets all season. Liverpool have kept three. Both sides may have come out of last weekend lamenting defeats that have allowed Chelsea to open a small gap at the top of the table but it could be argued that with defences like they...

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President Obama’s policies raised taxes on the rich, but still managed to increase the slice of income going to the poorest fifth of families by just 0.6 of a percentage point, to a grand total of 4 percent. Credit Zach Gibson/The New York Times

A Dilemma for Humanity: Stark Inequality or Total War

by Eduardo Porter | Dec 11, 2016 | Business

Is there nothing to be done about galloping inequality? Last year the typical American family experienced the fastest income gains since the government started measuring them in the 1960s. But the top 1 percent did even better, raising their share of income higher...

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An ISIS militant waves the group’s flag in Raqqa, Syria, in June 2014. (Reuters)

Trump’s Generals, Hardened by War, See Iran as Dire Dangers

by Greg Miller | Dec 11, 2016 | World

President-elect Donald Trump is assembling a national security team dominated by retired generals who share a deep distrust of Iran and have characterized the threat of Iran in far more dire terms than Obama administration officials and intelligence assessments. The...

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South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley addresses the Republican Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nikki Haley…Third Woman in Row to Represent U.S. in United Nations

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Dec 11, 2016 | Features

Washington – Her original name was Nimrata Randhawn, now known as Nikki Haley, was an Indian Sikh, now a Protestant; she was a legal accountant then she moved to the business and trade sector, and finally became a Politician. She used to describe herself a black...