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Why Europe’s Central Bank Shouldn’t Worry About the Euro

by Ferdinando Giugliano | Sep 11, 2017 | Opinion

The European Central Bank has spent much of this decade convincing markets that the euro is irreversible. It is therefore mildly ironic that policy makers in Frankfurt may be in trouble because of the sudden return of confidence in the single currency. Investors...

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A shopper checks her shopping list in a supermarket in London, Britain April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall

ISIS Urges Followers in Europe to Resort to Cyanide Poisoning

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Sep 9, 2017 | World

Cairo- ISIS terrorist organization has issued new threats to Europe by urging its supporters to resort to cyanide poisoning in grocery stores and supermarkets. In a cryptic message posted by ISIS on a channel traditionally used by these terrorists, lone wolves are...

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A worker sticks giant logos of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) outside Strasbourg’s Congress Center March 27, 2009. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

NATO to Keep Close Eye to Major Russian Military Drill

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 7, 2017 | World

NATO said it will be keeping a close eye on a major military exercise with Belarus next week, in a region still on edge after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. NATO and the US have powerful airborne radars deployed in drones that they can use to track the...

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Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan speaks during the bank’s annual general meeting in Frankfurt, Germany May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

German Banks Call for Ending ‘Era of Cheap Money’ in Europe

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2017 | Business

Frankfurt- Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) chief executive John Cryan has called on the European Central Bank to change course on providing cheap money, warning he sees price bubbles in stocks, bonds and property. “The era of cheap money in Europe should come to an end...

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A truck forced itself into the Christmas market near Breitscheidplatz, a popular tourist destination in western Berlin, a bit after 8 PM. On December 20, 2016 (Photo: Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski)

Who Stands Behind Terrorist Attacks in the West?

by Osama Naaman | Aug 31, 2017 | Features

London- In the first detailed analysis of terrorist operations against European countries and the United States over the past years, a new report by international terrorism experts presents an overview of terrorists led by extremist ideologies and their affiliations....