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An Afghan police officer surveyed the damage from a truck bomb near several embassies in Kabul in May. The United States is redrawing the Green Zone to cover nearly all major ministries and Western compounds. Credit Andrew Quilty for The New York Times

US Expands Kabul Security Zone

by Rod Nordland | Sep 21, 2017 | Features

Kabul- Soon, American Embassy employees in Kabul will no longer need to take a Chinook helicopter ride to cross the street to a military base less than 100 yards outside the present Green Zone security district. Instead, the boundaries of the Green Zone will be...

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, file photo, Amr Moussa listens during an interview with The Associated Press at the Shoura Council in Cairo (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Amr Moussa Reveals Scenes from his Journey with Diplomacy

by Mohamed Nabil Helmy | Sep 21, 2017 | Features

Cairo– Prominent Egyptian Diplomat and Political Figure Amr Moussa has recently published his first memoirs, recounting his long journey with diplomatic work. The book, entitled “Kitabiyah”, is the first volume of the veteran diplomat’s memoirs, that will be issued...

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Armed policemen stand outside Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15. (photo credit:REUTERS)

Is It Even Possible to Protect a Public Transit System from Terror?

by Amanda Erickson | Sep 18, 2017 | Features

London- As Friday’s attack on the London Tube reminds us, public transit is a plum target for terrorists. That’s true around the world. In Israel, Hamas routinely calls for suicide bombers to destroy public buses. The Irish Republican Army regularly...

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US soldiers walk near a police checkpoint in Afghanistan. (Reuters)

Questions on al-Qaeda’s Possible Return

by Emile Amin | Sep 18, 2017 | Features

Cairo – In mid-August al-Qaeda threatened to derail Britain’s train system, urging its supporters to heed its call. This brought up the debate about whether the extremist organization was on the rise again, 16 years after the United States declared war against it....

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Saudi students sit for their final high school exams in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 19, 2010. (AFP)

World Bank: Reforming Education in Arab World Must Be Priority

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2017 | Features

London – The quality of education in the Arab world has dropped in comparison to other regions in the world, which demands immediate reform to tackle development needs and employment in the future, said a recent World Bank report on education in the Middle East and...

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Rohingya refugees walk to a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) post after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims Once Again Under the Spotlight

by Prakriiti Gupta | Sep 16, 2017 | Features

New Delhi- The modern world has in recent days expressed concern over the atrocities committed by the Buddhists in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims. The latest round of violence has forced tends of thousands to flee to safer areas on the border with Bangladesh. Human...