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80 ISIS Militants Killed in US Strikes on Sirte

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 20, 2017 | Middle East

Brigadier Ahmed Abu Shahma, the military governor of the city of Sirte in southwestern Libya, told Asharq Al-Awsat that sudden air strikes carried out by US warplanes at dawn yesterday against ISIS sites in the city were implemented at the request of Al-Bunyan...

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Two members of the police special forces patrol outside a police station after an attack in Istanbul, Turkey, August 10, 2015. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

Rocket Fired near Istanbul Police Headquarters

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 20, 2017 | Middle East

A rocket was fired near the police headquarters in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul on Friday. Nevertheless, the projectile missed the building and there were no reports of casualties, national broadcaster CNN Turk said. Turkey has been hit by a series of gun...

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European Union (EU) flags fly in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo

European Shares Ease ahead of Trump Inauguration

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 20, 2017 | Business

European market shares fell, posting their biggest weekly loss since before Donald Trump won the U.S presidential election in November, as investors grew cautious before his inauguration. The STOXX 600 closed 0.1 percent lower, marking a five-day loss of almost 1...

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Donald Trump speaks at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Donald Trump Is Sworn in As The 45th U.S. President

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 20, 2017 | World

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, succeeding Barack Obama and taking control of a divided country in a transition of power that he has declared will lead to “America First” policies at home and abroad. As...

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Opinion: Do We Have a Place in the Future?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 20, 2017 | Opinion

One of the most exciting activities that took place at the World Economic Forum that is currently being held in Davos was the United Arab Emirates’ presentation about the future which is being manufactured in the world’s laboratories. It differed from the wars and...