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Flames engulfing the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London on Wednesday. Credit Toby Melville/Reuters

London Fire Shows Why Britons Don’t Trust the System

by Heather Brooke | Jun 16, 2017 | Opinion

LONDON — Helicopters are not unusual in London, but the intense buzzing from the sky at 5 a.m. roused me early. From my balcony, I could see a huge plume of smoke billowing up from behind trees. It came from a blaze at Grenfell Tower, a 24-floor residential building,...

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This CCTV image from the Brussels Airport surveillance cameras made available by Belgian Police, shows what officials believe may be suspects in the Brussels airport attack on March 22, 2016. The Belgian state prosecutor said in a press conference on Tuesday, that a photograph of three male suspects was taken at Zaventem. “Two of them seem to have committed suicide attacks. The third, wearing a light-coloured jacket and a hat, is actively being sought,” the prosecutor said. REUTERS/CCTV/Handout via Reuters

Two Britons Jailed in Belgium for Funding Brussels Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 14, 2016 | World

London- Two Britons were jailed on Monday for funding terrorism by handing cash to Brussels bombing suspect Mohamed Abrini, “the man in the hat.” Abrini, 31, was arrested in Belgium in April in connection with a suicide bombing at Brussels’ Zaventem Airport and a...

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Britons Want Queen to Pay for Palace Repair

by Raneem Hannoush | Nov 23, 2016 | Features

London – More than 125,000 Britons have signed an electronic petition calling the resident of Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II to pay for the palace repair, which is expected to cost £370 million funded by the taxpayer. Activist Mark Johnson has set up the...

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Opinion: Shocking Hypocrisy

by Hussein Shobokshi | Jun 27, 2016 | Opinion

Political earthquakes come in different forms, and the result of the recent British referendum which resulted in a vote to leave the EU is “a powerful political earthquake”. The most pessimistic members of the British government did not expect this outcome. As soon as...