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Bomb experts gather evidence in a crater that was caused by a bomb blast explosion at Nyanyan, Abuja April 14, 2014. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Three Suicide Bombers Kill 12 in Nigeria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 18, 2017 | World

At least 12 were killed and injured 26 by suspected suicide bombers on Monday in northeast Nigeria’s state of Borno, epicenter of the ultra-hardliners militant Boko Haram insurgency, the chairman of the local emergency agency said. “Three suicide bomber infiltrated a...

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Damaged vehicles are seen after a suicide car bomb attack in Khost province, Afghanistan May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Saudi Arabia Condemns Market, Security Patrol Bombing in Afghanistan, Pakistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 18, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry deeply condemned on Monday the two bombings which targeted a popular market in the city of Khost, in Afghanistan and a patrol of security forces, in Bajaur region of Pakistan, the Saudi state-owned press agency (SPA) cited an...

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United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers march during a media display in Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 4, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Human Rights Watch Pushes for Sanctions against Myanmar Army

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 18, 2017 | World

Human Rights Watch urged world leaders to impose sanctions on Myanmar’s military, which is accused of driving out more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims in an orchestrated “ethnic cleansing” campaign. The call from the rights group came as the United...

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Supermax is the appropriate punishment. Photographer: Bob Daemmrich/AFP/Getty Images

Arrest the American ISIS Fighter

by Noah Feldman | Sep 18, 2017 | Opinion

President Donald Trump has to decide what to do with an American who was fighting for ISIS, captured by Kurdish forces in Syria and handed over this week to the US military. The best solution is also the simplest: Charge him with material support for terrorism,...

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Armed policemen stand outside Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15. (photo credit:REUTERS)

Is It Even Possible to Protect a Public Transit System from Terror?

by Amanda Erickson | Sep 18, 2017 | Features

London- As Friday’s attack on the London Tube reminds us, public transit is a plum target for terrorists. That’s true around the world. In Israel, Hamas routinely calls for suicide bombers to destroy public buses. The Irish Republican Army regularly...