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US President Donald Trump holds a football helmet given to him by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (R) and head coach Bill Belichick (L) alongside members of the team during a ceremony honoring them as 2017 Super Bowl Champions on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, April 19, 2017. SAUL LOEB / AFP

What Can Trump Learn from Truman?

by David Ignatius | Apr 20, 2017 | Opinion

The only modern president who rivaled Donald Trump in his lack of preparation for global leadership was Harry Truman. Both men took office with little knowledge of the international problems they were about to face, and with worries at home and abroad that they...

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A logo is seen in front of the entrance at the headquarters French drugmaker Sanofi in Paris October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

Up to 4,100 Children Victims of Epilepsy Drug in France

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 20, 2017 | Health

An estimated 2,150 to 4,100 children in France suffered “severe malformations” in the womb between 1967 and 2016 after their mothers took a treatment against epilepsy and bipolar disorders known as valproate, France’s drug regulator said on Thursday. Women who...

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Abror Azimov, 26, appeared in court on Monday charged with masterminding the St. Petersburg atrocity. Reuters

Brother of One of St. Petersburg’s Attack Masterminds Arrested

by Taha Abed alWahed | Apr 20, 2017 | World

Moscow-The elder brother of the prime St. Petersburg bombing suspect was detained just outside Moscow on Wednesday. “Originally from Kyrgyzstan, Akram Azimov, born in 1988, was arrested in Odintsovo, outside Moscow,” according to the media communications office of...

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Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs the Security Council. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

UN Security Council Discusses the Libyan Crisis

by Jordan Dakamseh | Apr 20, 2017 | Middle East

New York – Widespread conflicts could return to Libya, yet the Libyan agreement could be amended to overcome the current political impasse, according to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. An emerging consensus on the need for limited amendments to...

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A convoy of Egyptian armoured vehicles heads along a road in El-Arish on the Sinai Peninsula on August 13, 2011 (AFP Photo)

Egypt Army Says ISIS Leaders Killed in Sinai Air Strikes

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

Air strikes have killed 19 members, including several leaders, of Egypt’s ISIS affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula where the extremists are waging an insurgency, the Egyptian military said on Thursday. In a statement on its official Facebook page, the military said...