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International Court of Justice. AP

Iran Resorts to The Hague to Restore Funds Withheld in Washington

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 6, 2017 | World

London-The Iranian government said in a statement on Sunday that it has submitted a detailed complaint divided into four parts about the confiscation of funds withheld in America to The Hague’s International Court of Justice. Following the Islamic Republic of Iran’s...

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Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the Ziegler Building at the Washington County Fair Park & Conference Center in West Bend, Wisconsin. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

The Boxer, the Generals and the Regional Wolves

by Ghassan Charbel | Feb 6, 2017 | Opinion

From the very first moment, he stormed into the ring, with a great boxer’s appetite. His decision is clear. I am not Obama. Under my term, America will not follow the former president’s path. The president looks a lot like the presidential candidate. He is not afraid...

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Bahrain: Terror Blast Hit Budaiya Street

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Feb 6, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – A terrorist bombing west of Bahrain on Thursday evening resulted in sizable damage to civilian vehicles, without registering any injuries. The Bahraini Ministry of Interior on its Twitter account reported on the blast, citing it at the western Budaiya...

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President Trump signs addition executive orders in the Oval Office on Saturday. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Trump Backpedals from Reopening Black Site Prisons Abroad

by Mounir al-Manawri | Feb 6, 2017 | World

Washington-The Donald Trump administration stepped back from an earlier draft executive order that would have called for a review on whether the United States should reopen overseas “black site” prisons, where CIA-led interrogation techniques often...

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Quebec City Imam Hassan Guillet. Getty Images

Between Quebec’s Mosque and Paris’ Louvre

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 6, 2017 | Opinion

The imam of the mosque that was attacked in Canada’s Quebec City last week said during the funeral of three of the six victims of the shooting: “We have 17 orphans. We have six widows. We have five wounded.” Hassan Guillet prayed for their speedy recovery and...