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Donald Trump isn’t the only US presidential candidate who needs to brush up on what’s going on in the Middle East. Many of the other 2016 hopefuls have also made embarrassing gaffes about the region, from celebrity neurosurgeon Ben Carson asking if Palestine can’t simply be “slipped down” into Egypt to Jeb Bush claiming that toppling Saddam Hussein “ turned out to be a pretty good deal .” Here are the eleven clumsiest things US presidential contenders have said about the Middle East so far. (We’ll make another list closer ...

Drip! Splash! BANG! These words convey sounds every English-speaker can identify. But how to communicate those sounds in Arabic ? As if learning this language wasn’t enough of a challenge, turns out that describing how cats purr or balloons burst is a lexicon onto itself. It’s not just Arabic - sounds are said differently across languages. How will we ever achieve world peace when we can’t even agree on the sound of hiccups? British physicist James Chapman is pursuing his doctoral degree and, in his down time, he draws adorable ...

Milan is hosting a universal exhibition called Expo 2015 from May 1 through October 31. It's an occasional world fair where nations convene for a theme-based event, and t his year’s concept is “ Feeding the Planet , Energy for Life". The Fertile Crescent , bridging ancient Mesopotamia and present-day Egypt, is where Sumerians, and later Mesopotamians, domesticated many of the wild plants which now form the basis of global food production. Arab Gulf states, grappling with water scarcity and harsh growing climates, are world leaders in innovative irrigation and ...

Riyadh: Ailton’s header eight minutes from time earned Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal a 1-1 draw with Al Ahli of the United Arab Emirates in the first leg of their 2015 AFC Champions League semi-final on Tuesday, leaving the tie firmly in the balance.

Ban Ki-Moon opened the 70th United Nations General Assembly on Monday, putting a spotlight on finding peace for Syria. Ban says five countries hold the key to ending the war there: Russia, the US, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey. Yet ever since the war began in 2011, these countries (and others) have failed to end the conflict. Their policies towards Syria have been bumbling and ham-fisted; many have reversed course multiple times. Here’s a look at world leaders who have flip-flopped on their approach to the brutal civil war.