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A police officer stands behind cordon tape after a man was arrested in connection with an explosion on the London Underground, in Newport, Wales, Britain, September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden

Five Suspects in Custody over London Train Attack

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

British police detained on Wednesday two more men over the bombing of a packed London Underground train last week which injured 30 people. The men, aged 48 and 30, were held under terrorism laws in Newport in south Wales. Another 25-year-old man was arrested on...

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London Underground Tube. Reuters

Night Tube for London to Start Running on August 19

by Raneem Hannoush | May 24, 2016 | World

London-London’s Night Tube service will launch on August 19 on Fridays and Saturdays after a delay caused by union protests, Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced. “Our latest statistics show that more than half of underground travelers use the system after 10:00 pm,”...

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A picture of the incident captured by CCTV on Tuesday (the internet)

Man in His Eighties is Accused of Attempted Murder by Pushing a Woman Wearing Hijab into an Oncoming Train in London

by Adhwan Alahmari | Nov 14, 2015 | World

A press officer for the British Transport Police, Jimmy Thomas, said in a statement to “Asharq Al-Awsat” that Yoshiyuki Shinohara, the pensioner who pushed a woman towards an underground train at Piccadilly Station last Tuesday is currently in custody charged with...

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Palestinian groom Emad al-Malalha, 21, walks with Manal Abu Shanar, 17, his Egyptian bride inside a smuggling tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in the southern Gaza Strip March 21, 2013. (REUTERS)

The Tunnel Economy

by Ali Ibrahim | Apr 2, 2013 | Opinion

On March 21 a couple from both sides of the Sinai border, an Egyptian bride and Palestinian groom, chose a strange place to take pictures of their wedding. They posed in one of the tunnels that pass underground through the border between Rafah in Egypt and the Gaza...