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Afghan security personnel stand guard near to a damaged vehicle that was hit by a remote control bomb on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday July 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Car bomb attack kills at least 30 in Afghanistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 15, 2014 | World

Gardez, Reuters—A car packed with explosives detonated on Tuesday as it was passing by a crowded market in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktika, killing at least 30 people and wounding 40, police said. “Right now, police are taking all the wounded to...

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An Airbus A380 taxis on the runway during the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow in Farnborough, Hampshire, southeast England, on 14 July 2014. (EPA/Andy Rain)

Airbus under fire from Qatar Airways, says A380s due by year end

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 15, 2014 | Business

Farnborough, Reuters—Airbus said the snags holding up delivery of the new A380 superjumbos ordered by Qatar Airways would be resolved by the end of the year, after the chief executive of the Middle Eastern airline criticized the European plane-maker. Akbar Al-Baker,...

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UNAMID troops from Tanzania, deployed in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, conducting a routine patrol in Karbab village, where the community reported threats by other tribes, Sudan, 01 July 2014. (EPA/ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN / UNAMID / HANDOUT)

Sudanese opposition criticize UNAMID report on Darfur

by Mustafa Sirri | Jul 15, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Sudanese opposition criticized a UN–African Union report on the situation in Darfur and called on the Security Council to review the world body’s mission to the region on Sunday. The spokesman for the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves after conducting a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Rouhani sends brother to join Iran nuclear negotiations

by Ali M. Pedram | Jul 15, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sent his younger brother, Hossein Fereydoun, to the latest round of international talks in Vienna over Iran’s nuclear program as the deadline for a final settlement approaches. Fereydoun, who is also one of...

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File picture dated September 5, 2004 of Izzat Al-Douri, who had been the most senior aide to Saddam Hussein. (Reuters)

Opinion: A Relic of the Past

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 15, 2014 | Opinion

Izzat Al-Douri was a figure of little consequence when he was the deputy of Iraq’s late President Saddam Hussein, and he has been of little significance since the Ba’ath Party collapsed and his president and other commanders were executed. What brought Douri back to...