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The wind from Hurricane Nate pushes waves from the Santa Rosa Sound on October 7, across the Navarre Beach causeway in Navarre Beach, Florida. (AP)

Hurricane Nate Weakens to Tropical Storm before Reaching US Coast

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2017 | World

Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday ahead of lashing the Mississippi coast with powerful winds and torrential rain. Streets and highways were left flooded as the fast-moving former hurricane was expected to rapidly weaken as it moved inland. The...

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Egypt detains 14 members of the terrorist Hasm movement. (Reuters)

Egypt Arrests 14 Members of Terrorist ‘Hasm’ Group

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2017 | Middle East

Egypt announced on Saturday the arrest of 14 members of the terrorist Hasm organization. The Interior Ministry said that the detainees include one of its leaders in the Menoufiya province in the Nile Delta region. They were planning on carrying out several terrorist...

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A man rides a motorcycle past a banner that reads ‘Yes for the independence of Kurdistan’ in Kirkuk, Iraq September 10, 2017. (Reuters)

Erdogan Discusses with Macron Mediation Plan between Irbil, Baghdad

by Saeed Abdel Razek and Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Irbil – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held telephone talks on Saturday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the latest developments in the aftermath of the Kurdish independence referendum. Turkish sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the two...

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Orouba Barakat (L) and her daughter Halla Barakat. (Twitter)

Turkey: Ahmed Barakat Admits Killing his Two Relatives

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – A Turkish court has ordered the imprisonment of Ahmed Barakat, who admitted to killing Syrian opposition activist Orouba Barakat and her daughter, journalist Halla Barakat, whose bodies were found three weeks ago inside their home in Istanbul. The man was...

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A Lebanese soldier mans a checkpoint at the entrance of the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)

Meeting in Lebanon’s Ain el-Hilweh Addresses Latest Security Developments

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – A Palestinian committee met in the refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in southern Lebanon to address the latest developments in the camp. The meeting was held by the “operations room,” a committee that was established in wake of a Palestinian embassy meeting...