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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)


Opinion: The Return of the State

Opinion: The Return of the State

From Egypt to Lebanon and Iraq, we are seeing a resurgence in street mobilization. Each of the protest movements in these countries are calling for the state to once again fulfill its proper role, after people have suffered as a result of politicians’ attempts to turn...
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CORRECTS SADLER’S 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)


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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


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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

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...
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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)


Opinion: Zarif’s Charm Offensive

Opinion: Zarif’s Charm Offensive

The officially announced aims behind Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s latest tour of the Gulf include improving relations with some of Iran’s neighbors, explaining the ramifications of Tehran’s nuclear deal with the P5+1, and assuaging any concerns...