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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. (AFP)

Saudi Alliances between Washington and Moscow

by Salman Al-dossary | Oct 8, 2017 | Opinion

Hours after Moscow’s announcement that Saudi Arabia is interested in purchasing the most advanced Russian air defense system, the S-400, Washington declared that the American government agreed to sell the advanced THAAD missile defense system to the kingdom. This...

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Erin Lee Macke is seen in this booking photo released from City of Johnston, Iowa, US on September 29, 2017. (Reuters)

US Mother Leaves Kids at Home to Go on European Tour

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 2, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Washington, London – A vacation in Europe has cost a US mother her freedom. The mother of four has been sentenced to jail after being accused of endangering her children and leaving them alone at home for 11 days. According to Reuters, Erin Lee Macke, 30,...

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A man holds an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) as people gather at Plaza Catalunya after voting ended in the independence referendum, in Barcelona. (Reuters)

From Barcelona to Irbil

by Ghassan Charbel | Oct 2, 2017 | Opinion

My British neighbor has been anxious for days. He has been following up on the news on the television and internet. He has a feeling of imminent disaster. He has forgotten all about the Brexit and his current and future concerns. He ignored the conference of the...

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A crowd of protesters gather outside the Catalan region’s economy ministry after junior economy minister Josep Maria Jove was arrested by Spanish police during a raid on several government offices, in Barcelona, Spain, September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea

Spanish Police Arrest High-Ranking Catalan Officials in Raids

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 20, 2017 | World

Spanish police stormed Catalan government offices and buildings and arrested officials on Wednesday to halt the region’s independence referendum, an action the regional president said meant Madrid had effectively taken over his administration. In the early hours...

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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...