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Pope Francis meets al-Azhar’s Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb in Egypt. (AFP)

From the Vatican to al-Azhar: Dialogue and Rationalism in Face of Terror and Extremism

by Emile Amin | May 1, 2017 | Features

Cairo – The visit of Pope Francis I to the Grand Azhar in Egypt over the weekend came at a time of raging extremism. The meeting between the pontiff and Sheikh al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb can be seen as a humanitarian confrontation against extremism. The image of the...

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Police Serves ‘Pizza Lovers’

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

Gaggenau (Germany)- The police of the Gaggenau town in Germany proved its total readiness to serve pizza lovers by delivering pizza orders for customers after the courier who was supposed to deliver them crashed the car. A spokesperson from the police said that pizza...

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A rare handwritten copy of the US Declaration of Independence is seen at the West Sussex Record Office in Chichester in south England, Britain, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

How Did a Copy Of US Declaration of Independence Get to Southern England?

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Chichester (England)- British experts will carry out tests to try to determine how a rare copy of the US Declaration of Independence found its way to an archive in southern England. The handwritten manuscript, one of only two copies in the world, had been stored for...

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A ship is docked at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad

Yemeni PM: Arms Trafficking via Hodeidah Port Continues

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | May 1, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh- Yemen’s Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr said on Sunday armed trafficking going en route the Hodeidah port continues and threatens the security of both Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Daghr urged that local, Arab and international forces monitor the port. The...

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A view of a burnt jeep abandoned by the suspects after GEM TV founder Saeed Karimian was shot dead in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2017. (Reuters)

Ambiguity Surrounds Assassination of Iranian Opposition Member in Istanbul

by Saeed Abdel Razek and Mirza al-Khuweildi | May 1, 2017 | World

Ankara, Kuwait – Ambiguity surrounded the assassination of Iranian opposition businessman Saeed Karimian and his Kuwaiti business partner, Mohammad Metab al-Shalahi in the upscale Maslak neighborhood of northern Istanbul on Saturday night. The two men were...