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Saudi security personnel. PHOTO: REUTERS

Bahrain, UAE, Egypt Condemn Terror Attack against Saudi Security Patrol

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 31, 2017 | Middle East

Each of Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE strongly condemned on Monday the gruesome terror attack against a security patrol in Al-Masoura district in Qatif governorate in Saudi Arabia. Taking place on Sunday, the attack resulted in the death of a security officer and the...

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Pedestrians walk next to a PDVSA gas station in Caracas, Venezuela, July 25, 2017. Picture taken July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

July Oil Rates Set to Log Strongest Monthly Gain for 2017

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 31, 2017 | Business

Oil prices were near two-month highs on Monday, putting July on track to become the strongest month so far this year, as news of a producers’ meeting next week added to bullish sentiment driven by the threat of US sanctions against OPEC-member Venezuela....

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CIA Director Mike Pompeo. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)

The CIA is Entering a Danger Zone

by David Ignatius | Jul 31, 2017 | Opinion

If the ghosts who inhabit the walls of the CIA could talk, they would tell Director Mike Pompeo to be careful. The agency is entering a danger zone where a White House in turmoil wants the CIA to take aggressive action overseas but hasn’t developed the clear strategy...

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Indian gynecologists conducting ultrasound examinations on pregnant patients at a government-run hospital in the northeastern Indian city of Agartala. CreditJayanta Dey/Reuters

How to Fix India’s Sex-Selection Problem

by Sital Kalantry | Jul 31, 2017 | Health

There are too many men in India today. Over the course of several decades, 300,000 to 700,000 female fetuses were selectively aborted in India each year. Today there are about 50 million more men than women in the country. While selective abortion of female fetuses...

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US soldiers from 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne fire M203 grenade launchers after coming under fire by the Taliban while on patrol in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan.  (BAZ RATNER / REUTERS)  

What Would Happen if the US Totally Disengaged from Afghanistan?

by Max Bearak | Jul 31, 2017 | World

Kabul — The United States’ longest war doesn’t look like it will end anytime soon. Sixteen years have passed. Nearly 2,400 US troops have died. More than $700 billion has been spent. But talk of “winning” is scarce. The goal now seems more akin to “not...