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2015

Russia: ISIS carried out gun attack in Dagestan

BBC World NewsGunmen opened fire at the Derbent citadel, a Unesco World Heritage site in the North Caucasus, on Tuesday evening.A statement posted to IS's main channel on the Telegram messaging app said the attack had targeted…

Microsoft Will Warn Users About Suspected Attacks

TechCrunchMicrosoft users will now be notified if a state-sponsored attacker tries to break into their accounts, the company said in a blog post. The announcement comes the same day as a Reuters report that Microsoft did not warn…

9 of the best smartphones from 2015

The Next WebWith 2016 knocking on the door, there’s just about enough time to look at some of the best smartphones of the year. While we saw lots of new devices across the premium and mid-range categories, only the most notable make…

Book review: Translating Libya by Ethan Chorin

The NationalIt takes a particular type of American diplomat to master Arabic, fall in love with a country and reinvent himself as a literary archaeologist and translator of fiction. Yet this is exactly what Ethan Chorin has managed…

Security Raised at New Year Celebrations

NBC NewsNew Year celebrations around the world were going ahead despite heightened terror fears Thursday — as New York deployed 6,000 police officers to Times Square and Belgium charged a 10th suspect over the Paris massacre.…

Simone de Beauvoir Explains “Why I’m a Feminist”

Open CultureIn Simone de Beauvoir’s 1945 novel The Blood of Others, the narrator, Jean Blomart, reports on his childhood friend Marcel’s reaction to the word “revolution”:It was senseless to try to change anything in the world…

AP’s top albums of 2015

AP EntertainmentMore than hit singles, albums are works of art that move you to think, reflect, dance and smile. Here are 10 albums that did that in 2015, according to Associated Press music editor Mesfin Fekadu."Blue…

Oman to slash fuel subsidies

APOman's government will hike fuel prices and charges for public services in the face of falling oil prices, the official ONA agency reported on Wednesday.Non-OPEC Oman is the latest Gulf state to announce austerity plans amid…

Gaza’s child workers

Aljazeera EnglishScores of children in matching uniforms pass by on the busy road in Gaza's Beit Lahia district, some chatting loudly, others singing songs and running ahead, taunting their friends to try to catch them.Wissam keeps…

National Accord Forum Rejects Serraj Government

Libyan NewsIn a statement released today following an event held in the capital Tripoli, National Accord Forum denounced all kind of foreign interference in Libya’s domestic affairs, including the UN-brokered agreement which was…

Sisi call for Egyptian parliament to convene on Jan 10

ReutersPresident Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called for Egypt's new parliament to convene on Jan. 10, state television said on Thursday, more than three years after the old Islamist-dominated chamber was dissolved.Egyptians held…

More than 55,000 people were killed in Syria in 2015

AFPMore than 55,000 people were killed in Syria in 2015In 2015 alone, the monitor documented the deaths of 55,219 people, including 13,249 civilians. Among them were 2,574 children, it said.As in previous years the dead were…

Tunisian Authorities Extend Their Ban on Libyan Flights

Libyan NewsThe ban on Libyan flights from landing in Carthage airport has been extended to the 31st of January, according to Libyan Airways Co.Libyan Airways Company announced today that they received a letter from the…

“Dabashi” No Longer Libya’s UN Envoy

Libyan NewsThe AlBayda-based government, led by prime minister Abdullah El-Thinni, issued a resolution banning its envoy to the United Nations, Ibrahim Dabashi, from continuing his mandate.The official spokesman for the Thinni…

Energy: Would Eni maintain position in Libyan oil industry?

Oil PriceIt has been a rough year for Italy’s Eni much like it has been a rough year for many other oil majors. Yet part of Eni’s troubles stem from a unique set of challenges – Libyan security concerns. Eni has faced almost…

Bill Cosby is charged with sexually assaulting a woman

Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago - the first criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as…

New York’s forgotten mosque

Evidence showing the existence of a century-old mosque in the heart of New York is a reminder that Muslims have long been part of US historyMiddle East EyeNew York City is well known for its numerous…

When is failure a good thing?

NY Times Review of BooksAfter more than a half-century of unraveling cognitive biases, the psychologist and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman feels deeply pessimistic about our ability to change our behavior. In a 2014 Guardian…

How Big Data Analytics Affecting The Music Industry

Forbes MagazineIt wasn’t long ago that it was a common belief that the internet was killing the music industry. For many years the industry failed to keep pace with technology – meaning consumers turned in droves to illegal…

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