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Cullen Michael Alex Osburn, 27, has been arrested and charged with the murder of University of Wisconsin-Stout student Hussain Saeed Alnahdi, 24, who was beaten to death on October 30, 2016. (HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE)

Saudi Student Murderer Arrested in Wisconsin

by Mounir al-Manawri | Jan 15, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Washington – Two months after the murder incident of the Saudi student Hussain al-Nahdi, 24, in the University of Wisconsin-Stout the police arrested Cullen M. Osburn, 27, of Minneapolis who was charged with felony murder and aggravated battery. Osburn was transferred...

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US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (C) hosts defense ministers of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (ISIS) at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, July 20, 2016. / AFP / SAUL LOEB

Global Coalition against ISIS’s Chiefs of General Staff Meet in Saudi Arabia

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jan 15, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia hosts in Riyadh on Sunday the general staff chiefs of fourteen countries of the Global Coalition Against ISIS. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, U.S., Jordan, UAE, Bahrain, Turkey, Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco and...

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Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Qassemi speaks during his first press conference in Tehran. Reuters

Tehran Denies Receiving Kuwait’s Relayed GCC Message

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 15, 2017 | Middle East, World

London- Iran denies receiving any official or clear message from the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Qasimi said. The announcement comes after Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah having announced on Thursday that...

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President Abbas during the opening of the embassy (AFP)

Palestinian President Opens Embassy in Vatican

by Kifah Ziboun | Jan 15, 2017 | Middle East, World

Ramallah, London – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that more countries of the world recognizing Palestine will bring the peace process closer. Speaking at the official opening of the Palestinian Embassy in Vatican, Abbas said that the embassy is a place of...

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President-elect Donald Trump. Reuters

Possible CIA Resignations as Trump’s Feud with Spy Agencies Escalates

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 15, 2017 | World

Washington – After criticism showered the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump , many national Secret Service agents plan their resignation. A Secret Service official said that a growing number of officers, in their 50’s with over 20 years of experience under their...