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Richard W. Collins III’s graduation gown. (Neal Augenstein/Associated Press)

The US Has a Homegrown Terrorist Problem, It’s Coming from the Right

by Colbert I. King | Jun 14, 2017 | Opinion

Richard W. Collins III, fatally stabbed last May on the University of Maryland’s College Park campus, was as innocent as the 22 victims slain in the Manchester suicide bombing on Monday. Collins, an African American, newly commissioned US Army officer from Maryland,...

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FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer – Borussia Dortmund v AS Monaco – UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg – Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany – 11/4/17 The Borussia Dortmund team bus is seen after an explosion near their hotel before the game. Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

Germany Doubts Islamist Motive behind Dortmund Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 15, 2017 | World

German prosecutors have cast doubt on the authenticity of letters that suggested Islamist militants attacked soccer team Borussia Dortmund’s bus and a newspaper cited an investigator as saying right-wing extremists were probably behind the bomb attack. Three...

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Heinz-Christian Strache of Austria’s Freedom Party (FPOe)
speaks during a news conference in Vienna, Austria, June 17, 2016.
“Sicherheit” means “Safety”.Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters

European Fundamentalism…’Metaphysics of the Current Scene’

by Emile Amin | Feb 14, 2017 | Features

Cairo – Many questions have emerged after a report issued by the Amnesty International – on 17 January – revealed that a series of new anti-terrorism laws across Europe will cause discrimination against Muslims and refugees, spreading fears and...

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Francois Fillon, former French prime minister, member of The Republicans political party and 2017 presidential candidate of the French centre-right, leaves home in Paris, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

French Elections Battered by Scandals

by Michel Abu Najm | Feb 3, 2017 | World

Paris- The French right-wing is going through a crisis following the scandal of the “fake employments” of the wife of Francois Fillion, once the clear front-runner to become France’s next president, and two of his sons. Three months prior to the first round of...

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Syrians walk over rubble of damaged buildings, while carrying their belongings, as they flee clashes between government forces and rebels in Tariq al-Bab and al-Sakhour neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo, November 28, 2016. (Reuters file Photo)

Israeli Right-wing Bargains Assad to Joulan

by Nazir Majli | Jan 2, 2017 | Middle East

Tal Aviv- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in Syria and “continued security cooperation”, his office said. “The two leaders discussed developments in the...