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Emmanuel Macron campaigning in the south of France this month. Credit Pierre Terdjman for The New York Times

France and the Benefits of a Little Dictatorship

by Andrew Roberts | May 1, 2017 | Opinion

He was only in his 30s when he came to power, defeating a sinister ultraright group that threatened to wreck France. Well read and intelligent, he had had the finest education France offered and made the best of it. He had high ambitions for the unity of Continental...

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Police officers stand next to terraced housing in Harlesden Road, north London April 28, 2017. (Reuters)

Three Women Arrested on Suspicion of Terrorism in London

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 1, 2017 | World

Three women with suspected terrorist links were arrested in London on Monday, police announced. They said that they were arrested under Britain’s anti-terror laws in east London and that they may have connections to the thwarted attack last week. The...

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Three of the national monuments now under review by the Department of the Interior: (from left to right) Gold Butte in Nevada, the Pacific Remote Islands and Giant Sequoia in Northern California.
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National Monuments Are Safe From Presidential Whims

by Noah Feldman | May 1, 2017 | Opinion

The next fight over the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive orders will be about the designation of national monuments. Trump’s order to review all major monument declarations in the last 20 years sets the stage for reversal of some or all of President...

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Parts of the Imam Ali mosque in Jarfalla north of Stockholm, Sweden has been destroyed in a fire during the night of May 1, 2017. (Reuters)

Swedish Police: Arson Possibly behind Mosque Fire

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 1, 2017 | World

Swedish police announced on Monday that they have not ruled out the possibility of arson behind a fire that cause major damage at a mosque near the capital Stockholm overnight. Stockholm police spokesman Lars Bystrom said: “It appears to have been lit from the...

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Palestinian prisoners at the Megiddo Prison. (AFP)

The Region of Prisoners

by Ghassan Charbel | May 1, 2017 | Opinion

Any Arab witnessing the bravery of the Palestinian prisoners inside the occupation’s jails would feel proud, angry and pain. He would be proud because the long detention behind the bars did not break the will of people demanding the restoration of their land, rights...