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The site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash is seen at the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. (REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev)

Official: Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 17, 2014 | World

Kiev, AP—A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down on Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace. Anton Gerashenko, an adviser...

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Graduate Shaheen Qasamani explains her art work to the Prince of Wales.
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Traditional arts shine at Prince Charles school exhibition

by Abeer Mishkhas | Jul 17, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The annual graduation show at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London is highly anticipated by the school’s students and teachers. The event is an exhibition of the fruits of a two-year intensive course in a variety of traditional...

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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz. (Saudi Press Agency)

Saudi King receives honorary doctorate from Al-Azhar University

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jul 17, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Al-Azhar University, one of the world’s foremost Sunni Islamic academic institutions, has granted the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, an honorary doctorate in appreciation of his support for...

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Shi’ite Turkmen families, who have fled the violence in Mosul, gather at a Shi’ite mosque in the town of Nahrawan, east of Baghdad, July 16, 2014. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud)

Religious minorities facing oppression in ISIS-controlled areas in Iraq: sources

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jul 17, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Religious minorities in Iraqi territory controlled by extremist Islamist militants are facing increasing persecution, sources with knowledge of the situation told Asharq Al-Awsat. Khedr Doumli, a Yezidi researcher and expert on minority affairs...

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A Tunisian army armored personnel carrier patrols near the Jebel Chaambi mountains, on June 25, 2013 (AP Photo/Paul Schemm, File)

At least 14 Tunisian troops killed in mountain ambushes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 17, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Reuters—At least 14 Tunisian troops were killed when gunmen attacked checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains, the deadliest militant strike on the North African country’s armed forces. Since April, thousands of Tunisian soldiers have been deployed to...