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A Saudi woman sits behind the wheel of a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 28, 2013. EPA-EFE FILE/STR

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Baby You Can Drive My Car

Women's rights activists have campaigned for years to have the ban on women driving lifted, among…

September 27th, 2017

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Young participants of the "Climate strike" movement, created by the 15-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, pose during the climate summit (COP24) of Katowice (Poland), on December 14, 2018. EFE / Andrzej Grygiel

Nothing Tangible

December 17th, 2018

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A child observes the dust rising from the site of the air strikes in Saada, Yemen, on February 27, 2018. (Reuters / Naif Rahma)

Humanitarian crisis in Yemen

December 3rd, 2018

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The US president, Donald Trump (first row-left), talks with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe (first row-right), in the presence of the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez (second row-left) and the Prime Minister from Canada, Justin Trudeau (second row-right), during the family photography of the G20 Summit held at the Costa Salguero convention center in Buenos Aires (Argentina). EFE/Ballesteros

Trump in Latin America

November 30th, 2018

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The International Federation of Journalists on Monday called on Saudi Arabia to clarify the disappearance of a Saudi journalist who is suspected of having been murdered at the Middle Eastern kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. EFE

A BONE OF CONTENTION

October 17th, 2018

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Weam Al Dakheel, Saudi Arabia's first woman news anchor. Photo: YOUTUBE / SAUDIA TV

U.S. media needs more…

September 26th, 2018

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Image of the remains of the medical assistance center run by Doctors Without Borders in Abs, Yemen, which was destroyed by the US-backed coalition on Monday. Source: @msf_yemen

MEDICAL FACILITY BOMBED

June 12th, 2018

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People inspect damaged buildings after an air strike in Douma, Syria, April 7, 2017. There were more than 15 victims in an attack perpetrated by the Syrian army in the opposition areas around Damascus. (Damascus, Syria). EFE / EPA / Mohammed Badra

Syria: A Summary

April 9th, 2018

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William Dobson presciently explained that the new breed of strongmen around the world have learned a set of tricks to maintain control that are far more clever and sophisticated than in the past.

Thought Leaders

[OP-ED]: Strongmen have a…

November 16th, 2017

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The United States suffered the largest terrorist attack in its history with nearly 3,000 dead 16 years ago. The Twin Towers of New York are reduced to rubble after the impact of two airplanes, kidnapped by an al-Qaeda command. The Pentagon was hit by another aircraft and a fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. EFE / MICHAEL REYNOLDS

September 11th, 2017

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A Houthi militiaman keeps watch near a building after it was allegedly hit by Saudi-led airstrikes on the northern outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, Aug. 23, 2017. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

Yemen: on the brink of abyss

August 24th, 2017

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Video still from a 1996 music video of Macarena, directed by Vincent Calet, featuring Los Del Río and Tracee Ellis Ross

From Dancing to Detainment

August 23rd, 2017

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US President Donald J. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi opening the World Center for Countering Extremist Thought in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 21 May 2017. EPA/SAUDI PRESS AGENCY HANDOUT

One for All?: Trump calls…

June 7th, 2017

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Leaked German intelligence reports show that charities “closely connected with government offices” of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait are funding mosques, schools and imams to disseminate a fundamentalist, intolerant version of Islam throughout Germany. EFE

Thought Leaders

[OP-ED]: How Saudi Arabia…

May 30th, 2017

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US President Donald Trump prays outside the Wailing Wall during his visit to Jerusalem, Israel. EFE / Ronen Zvulun

Three Temples and a Pilgrim…

May 26th, 2017

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The US Air Force One carrying US President Donald J. Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump approaches Ben Gurion Airport, in Lod outside Tel Aviv, Israel, May 22, 2017. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

Orient Express: Trump…

May 22nd, 2017

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Donald Trump begins his first international tour on Friday with the objectives of proposing an "Arab NATO" and connecting with his European allies. EFE/Michael Reynolds

Lamp in the street,…

May 19th, 2017