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July 14, 2017 The al-Aqasa Wake-Up Call

By Abdel Bari Atwan The three young men from the Jabareen family of Umm al-Fahem who carried out Friday’s attack in Jerusalem sent a wake-up call to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its president Mahmoud Abbas. He hasted to…

What the brain’s wiring looks like?

The world's most detailed scan of the brain's internal wiring has been produced by scientists at Cardiff University. The MRI machine reveals the fibres which carry all the brain's thought processes. It's been done in Cardiff,…

When your body becomes eligible for an upgrade

We all like to joke about what might happen if robots, powered by artificial intelligence, decide they want to overthrow humans. That scenario is, at best, decades away. But this week I’ve been pondering something much more immediate, and…

The Guardian view on arms to Saudi: Yemen needs peace

YemenExtra The high court judgment that continuing British arms sales to Saudi Arabia are legal may not be surprising but it is none the less profoundly shocking. The civil war in Yemen in which these weapons are used is peculiarly…

The Saudi-Israeli Alliance

By Abdel Bari Atwan The evolving relationship between Israel and Saudi Arabia is set to become a key feature of regional politics in the forthcoming phase. This goes beyond the creeping normalization of relations between the two sides…

How Cairo handed over Arab world leadership to Riyadh?

Liberty  Fighters Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in early 20th century, some agreements led to drawing new borders between the Islamic territories and emergence of independent states in West Asia and North Africa.…