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David Dicko, chief executive of SkyLights, with the headset his company provides for onflight virtual reality experiences. Credit Brian L. Frank for The New York Times

Communal TV Screens in a Binge-Watching Age? Won’t Do, Airlines

by Mark Scott | Jan 10, 2017 | Technology

New York- What airline passenger hasn’t felt the letdown? For a public increasingly accustomed to nearly ubiquitous internet access, with on-demand video and continuous social media feeds, the airline cabin too often feels like a final, frustrating frontier. But David...

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Palestinians watch a wall being built between Palestinian and Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli Occupation Forces Impose Blockade on Jabel Mukabar Neighborhood

by Nazir Majli | Jan 10, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – Israel’s security cabinet approved new measures in the wake of Sunday’s truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem, which led to the killing of four Israeli soldiers and left another 16 wounded. The Israeli government imposed a blockade on Jabel Mukabar...

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Riyadh governor Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz (R) greets Lebanese President Michel Aoun upon his arrival in Riyadh on January 9, 2017 (AFP Photo/)

Saudi-Lebanese Discussions Tackle Ten Topics

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Jan 10, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Saudi-Lebanese discussions will mainly tackle ten topics including: Saudi deposits, double taxation rules and facilitation of transfers between the two countries, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. Other topics to be discussed also include: mechanisms of...

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the press at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Kremlin Dismisses U.S. Report on Election Hacking as “Witch Hunt”

by Taha Abdul Wahed, Mounir al- Manawri and Moath al-Amri | Jan 10, 2017 | World

Moscow, Washington – Allegations of Russia’s hacking and involvement in the presidential elections is a “witch hunt,” said the Kremlin. In his first reaction on the U.S. intelligence report, Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, dismissed...

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U.S. Drop-off Operations Target ISIS in Deir Ezzor

by Nazeer Rida | Jan 10, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The U.S.-led coalition against ISIS conducted on Monday drop-off operations near the province of Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria, killing more than 25 militants and detaining many others. Kurdish sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the operation was the...