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Lebanese protesters carry a placard while chanting slogans outside the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on September 1, 2015. (EPA/Nabil Mounzer)
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CORRECTS SADLERS SCHOOL TO SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY, INSTEAD OF SACRAMENTO UNIVERSITY – U.S. National Guardsman from Roseburg, Ore., Alek Skarlatos, left, U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, second left, and Anthony Sadler, right, a senior at Sacramento State University in California, leave the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, with U.S. Ambassador to France Jane D. Hartley after being awarded the French Legion of Honor by French President Francois Hollande on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. The three American travelers say they relied on gut instinct and a close bond forged over years of friendship as they took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium on Friday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
Opinion: France train attack could happen again if the world fails to tackle terrorism
There is no convincing explanation to turning a train, a coach or any civilian place crowded with people into a battlefield. While investigations into the motives and intentions of the attack on an Amsterdam-to-Paris train by a Moroccan gunman are in their early...Caption:
A woman burns a portrait of ousted President Mohamed Mursi while another wears a shirt with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s picture on it, at the funeral of Egyptian public prosecutor Hisham Barakat on the second anniversary of the June 30 protests, in Cairo, Egypt, June 30, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Opinion: The Qatari Offer to Mediate between Cairo and the Muslim Brotherhood
In August 2013 Egypt was in a state of alert: supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood were protesting at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square in Cairo and at Al-Nahda Square in Giza while the rest of the Egyptians were deeply angered by the Islamist group and its violent methods. At...Caption:
Migrants sit near a fire next to a Eurotunnel train depot on August 5, 2015 in Fréthun, near Calais. The European Commission offered August 4 to help France and Britain deal with the migrant crisis at the Channel Tunnel, as police on both sides braced for new attempts at the crossing. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN
Opinion: Migration to and from Europe
European leaders have recently been preoccupied with the crisis of boat migrants as more asylum seekers continue to cross into Europe from Africa via the Mediterranean. By choosing to take the perilous journey, those illegal migrants risk everything, including their...Caption:
A handout photo released by the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA on July 26, 2015, shows Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah (R) receiving Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) in Kuwait City upon his arrival for a Gulf tour. (AFP Photo/HO/KUNA)