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US President Donald Trump August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Trump Seeks 9 Percent Increase in Military Budget

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 27, 2017 | World

President Donald Trump is seeking what he called a “historic” increase in military spending of more than 9 percent, a huge rise even as the United States has wound down major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and remains the world’s strongest military...

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. SPA

Saudi Crown Prince Chairs National Cabinet Session

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 27, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz chaired a national cabinet session on Monday afternoon at the Riyadh-based Al-Yamamah Palace. At the onset of the meeting, the Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif expressed...

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Pep Guardiola, pictured with Sergio Agüero, says of the first leg against Monaco ‘it is special for football when two teams play like that’. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola: If We Do Not Score in Monaco We Will Go Out

by Andy Hunter | Feb 27, 2017 | Sports

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City will be eliminated from the Champions League if they fail to score in Monaco, despite holding a 5-3 lead from an extraordinary encounter at the Etihad Stadium. The City manager vowed to maintain his commitment to attack at Stade...

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5 Reasons Germany isn’t Suffering in the 21st Century

by Justin Fox | Feb 27, 2017 | Opinion

Don’t get excited about the low unemployment rate, or high stock prices, Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute writes in his latest gloomy screed, “Our Miserable 21st Century.” Don’t believe the ninnies at the New York Times...

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An armed police officer stands on duty in Downing Street, London, in this file photograph dated November 17, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Hackett/files

Saudi Embassy in London Advises Caution to Citizens, to Abide by Local Security Instructions

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 27, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s embassy based in the United Kingdom issued a statement advising Saudi citizens living in Britain to keep to the security instructions supplied by local police authorities. The released embassy statement reads that in in light of the alarming threats of...