Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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Boring presentation. Group of young business people in smart casual wear looking bored while sitting together at the table and looking away

How to Make Boredom Work for You

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 31, 2016 | Health

Most of us have had times when we couldn’t find anything satisfying to do or couldn’t keep our attention focused on a lecture or book. If we were asked to describe how we felt at the time, we’d probably have answered “bored.” Boredom...

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Members of the New York Police Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau patrol Times Square in the lead up to New Year’s celebrations in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Sand Trucks to Secure Times Square on New Year’s Eve

by Mounir al-Manawri | Dec 31, 2016 | World

WASHINGTON- New York City’s iconic New Year’s Eve celebration will be surrounded by sanitation vehicles to stop truck-driving attackers like those in Germany and France. As many as 2 million people are expected to gather on Saturday to welcome the new...

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Republic of Djibouti President Omar Guelleh addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Secrets of Stability in Djibouti

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Dec 31, 2016 | Features

Djibouti- Ethnic and cultural diversity is a secret component of stability in Djibouti. This does not come from nowhere, there is actually a long history of integration between African and Arab tribes that shared the many tragedies that hit Djibouti throughout the...

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Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. CREDIT: ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP

Iran Cover-Up Haunts Argentine’s Ex-President

by Mohammed Fahmi | Dec 31, 2016 | World

Buenos Aries- Argentine’s appeals court reopened the case accusing ex-president Christina Fernandez of attempting to cover-up Iran’s alleged role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Center in Buenos Aires. The cover-up case was originally filed by prosecutor Alberto...

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Boys walk near a damaged building in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria December 30, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Moscow Acts to Internationalize Syria’s Fragile Truce

by Nazeer Rida, Saeed Abdulrazeq | Dec 31, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut, Anakra- Russia tried on Friday to internationalize the Syria ceasefire deal it has reached with Ankara, as Moscow asked its allies at the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution supporting the upcoming peace talks in Astana. Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly...