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Firefighters try to put out a fire in an oil tank in Libya’s Sidra port, on December 26, 2014. (Reuters Photos)


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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir addresses a crowd in North Khartoum, on June 8, 2013. (Reuters)


Opinion: Sudan’s False Promises of Change

Opinion: Sudan’s False Promises of Change

The Sudanese people on Thursday celebrated the 59th anniversary of national independence but without any feelings of optimism that there will be any real change to their political, economic and living conditions in the near future. All promises of change made since...
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In this photo taken on Dec. 13, 2012, a National Intelligence Service agent covered her face with a mask sits in front of her computers as officers from police and national election commission visit her to collect evidence from her computers at her home in Seoul, South Korea. Source: AP Photo/Im Hun-Jung


Opinion: The Dangerous Wars of the Future

Opinion: The Dangerous Wars of the Future

The Internet has affected almost all aspects of our lives. Our online dependence has increased to a point where it has become difficult to imagine what our lives would be like without this technology. According to a recent International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...
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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Cairo on October 25, 2014. (AFP)


Opinion: Egypt faces a war on several fronts

Opinion: Egypt faces a war on several fronts

The measures that some Western embassies in Egypt took this week—closing their doors and warning their citizens of potential terrorist attacks—remind us once again of the extent of the threats facing the Egyptian state, and the gravity of the events taking place not...
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Syrian women stand in line to receive their families’ share of winter aid kits at Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan last winter. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)


Opinion: Perpetuating Syrian Suffering

Opinion: Perpetuating Syrian Suffering

The situation in Syria is going from bad to worse. The major strategy shift the US administration announced months ago to primarily focus on defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and postpone addressing the other complex aspects of the crisis has not...