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Mawson battles with the Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus during Swansea’s 2-1 defeat at the Etihad. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Alfie Mawson: ‘I’ve Got a Football Signed by Ranieri and the Chelsea Players … But My Dog Chewed It’

by Stuart James | Feb 16, 2017 | Sports

Alfie Mawson is thinking about the times when he would drive home from training and spend the afternoon working on his dad’s fruit and veg stall at Ealing market, happily swapping life as a professional footballer for a few hours as a greengrocer, back in the days...

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A general view picture shows the Israeli barrier running along the East Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat, in an area Israel annexed to Jerusalem after capturing it in the 1967 Middle East war February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

UN, Arab League Chief Endorse 2-State Solution

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 16, 2017 | Middle East

The United Nations and the Arab League on Thursday issued a joint statement endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian state. Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul-Gheit affirmed that the conflict “It requires a comprehensive and just settlement based on a two-state...

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Saudi interior ministry spokesman Major General Mansur al-Turki (AFP Photo/Hamad Olayan)

Saudi Arabia Breaks Up Four ISIS Cells

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has broken up four ISIS cells suspected of providing shelter and financial support to wanted militants and recruiting fighters, spokesman of the Saudi Interior Ministry Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said on Thursday. Maj. Gen. al-Turki said in a statement...

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Reuters

NATO Establishes South Center to Coordinate Information on Terrorism

by Abdullah Mustafa | Feb 16, 2017 | World

Brussels- NATO defense ministers were expected in a Wednesday meeting to decide on establishing a southern defense hub at NATO’s allied inter force command center in Naples, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the beginning of two-day talks with NATO defense...

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U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller. KUNA

Washington Wants Yemen Solution that Guarantees Safety of Gulf States

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Feb 16, 2017 | Middle East

London- Yemen’s Ambassador to Washington Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak told Asharq Al-Awsat that the new U.S. administration has informed his country of its keenness to find a political solution in Yemen that would not turn into a reward for Iran and would guarantee...