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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Will Tillerson Side with Qatar?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 12, 2017 | Opinion

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet in Jeddah the top diplomats of the bloc of four countries boycotting Qatar over its support for terrorism and role in destabilizing the region. He will be confronted by a group of decisive foreign ministers who aren’t...

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London on May 19, 2017. (AFP)

Julian Assange Joins Trump’s War on CNN

by Eli Lake | Jul 11, 2017 | Opinion

Julian Assange has had it with CNN. Since July 4, the founder of WikiLeaks has tweeted 14 times in support of Donald Trump’s latest battle with the media: Gif-Gate. Like many controversies in Washington these days, this one involves a tweet. Last week Trump...

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The Uber mobile phone app. (Getty Images)

The World is about to Change Even Faster

by Barry Ritholtz | Jul 11, 2017 | Opinion

We sometimes take for granted that which is right before our collective noses. Creative destruction caused by technology is so rampant that it is practically a cliche. It is easy to ignore not only the speed at which disruption caused by technology is affecting...

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Targets lists. Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Scariest Thing About Cyberwarfare: No Rules of Engagement

by Leonid Bershidsky | Jul 10, 2017 | Opinion

A new report by Bloomberg News about Russia being suspected of recently hacking a dozen US power plants, including a nuclear one, is far more serious than any possible attempt to influence an election. It could be a sign of something even scarier: two military...

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Awaiting a doctor in the Hamam al-Alil refugee camp, near Mosul, in April. Credit Carl Court/Getty Images

The Misery of Mosul’s Injured

by Karin Huster | Jul 10, 2017 | Opinion

Military planes have been flying low over our hospital. I have been working in Hamam al-Alil, about 15 miles from Mosul, at a Doctors Without Borders trauma hospital. The roar of the military planes triggers painful flashbacks for one of our patients, Hamza, a...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. Reuters

Modi’s Visit to Israel, Arabs Going Green with Envy

by Ghassan Charbel | Jul 10, 2017 | Opinion

Arabs find themselves envious when they encounter the developed world. A friend of mine sought a better life in London after having had enough with reign of oppression back home. He purchased a house in his wait for the war to end. One day he was disturbed by a tree...