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A policeman inspects the site of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, on Friday, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Obama says downing of plane a “wake-up call” for Europe over Ukraine conflict

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 19, 2014 | World

Hrabove and Washington, Reuters—US President Barack Obama said the downing of a Malaysian jetliner in a Ukrainian region controlled by Russian-backed separatists should be a “wake-up call for Europe and the world” in a crisis that appears to be at a...

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Jalal Talabani addresses a press conference in Baghdad in this March 2, 2009, file photo.

Talabani to return to Iraq as Kurds try to nominate successor

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jul 19, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ailing Iraqi President Jalal Al-Talabani will return to his country on Saturday after a year and a half in Germany receiving medical treatment, his Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party said Friday. The 80-year-old, who has been receiving...

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A relative mourns during the funeral of Rani Abu Tawila, a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli attack, on July 18, 2014 in Gaza city. Israel warned it could broaden a Gaza ground assault aimed at smashing Hamas’s network of cross-border tunnels, as it stepped up attacks that have killed more than 260 Palestinians. […]

Opinion: A Crime Overlooked

by Diana Moukalled | Jul 19, 2014 | Opinion

When an Arab deputy in the Israeli Knesset, Ahmad Al-Tibi, was asked by a Jewish member not to read out the names of those killed by the Israeli Army this week, Tibi responded by saying: “Shut up while I am reading names of people you killed with missiles. Are...

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Regent’s Park Mosque (L) and the Director General of the mosque’s Islamic Cultural Centre Dr. Ahmed Dubayan. (Asharq Al-Awsat/James Hanna)

London’s Muslims celebrate Ramadan in traditional style

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Jul 19, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite being expats and practicing different customs to those of the West, Muslims from around the world who are living in London have not abandoned the religious rituals and social customs they practice during Ramadan. The multicultural...

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah supporters hold banners and wave Hezbollah (C) and Palestinian flags (L) during a demonstration against Israel’s military action in Gaza, in front of the United Nations headquarters in Beirut July 18, 2014. Israel stepped up its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and declared it could “significantly widen” […]

Opinion: Contradictions and Compromises in Lebanon

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 19, 2014 | Opinion

A man named Hussein Atwi stands accused of launching a rocket from Lebanon towards northern Israel. The Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya said Atwi, who is currently being detained and interrogated, is one of its members. According to the Lebanese...