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Members of the New York Police Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau patrol Times Square in the lead up to New Year’s celebrations in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Sand Trucks to Secure Times Square on New Year’s Eve

by Mounir al-Manawri | Dec 31, 2016 | World

WASHINGTON- New York City’s iconic New Year’s Eve celebration will be surrounded by sanitation vehicles to stop truck-driving attackers like those in Germany and France. As many as 2 million people are expected to gather on Saturday to welcome the new...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz/File Picture

Kerry: Two-State Solution Or Endless Occupation

by Mounir al-Manawri | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Washington- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made on Wednesday a final plea to save the two-state solution, warning that disregarding such a solution would lead to an endless Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. During remarks delivered on the Middle...

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Thomas Bossert will be Trump’s homeland security aide, the president-elect announced on Tuesday. (Credit: Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla)

Trump Appoints Bossert as Homeland Security Aide

by Mounir al-Manawri | Dec 28, 2016 | World

Washington – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has named Thomas Bossert as his Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism. Bossert served as top homeland security advisor during President George W. Bush’s tenure. Trump’s team announced that...

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A general view shows a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York April 16, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Trump Plans to Move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem

by Mounir al-Manawri | Dec 25, 2016 | Middle East

Washington – President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in response to the U.N. resolution against the Israeli settlements in Palestine. Trump expressed his intentions to visit Jerusalem next year, as the...