Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

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The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University concealed "illegal aliens" as the Trump ...

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The country is trying to move forward following an outbreak of sectarian violence that has killed hundreds of people ...

Philippine ex-President Rodrigo Duterte appears by video link before judges at the International Criminal Court.