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File photo of a car crash in Saudi Arabia. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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A handout photo released by the Palestine Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas chairing a meeting of the Political Committee of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah on July 29, 2014. (EPA)
Egypt demands unified Palestinian position on ceasefire: official
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Egyptian government has called on the Palestinian Authority and Hamas to unify their stance on the Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire initiative to end the fighting in Gaza ahead of a forthcoming meeting in Cairo. A senior Palestinian official,...Caption:
Sheik Umar Khan, head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone, poses for a picture in Freetown on June 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Umaru Fofana)
Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor dies from virus
Freetown, Reuters—The doctor leading Sierra Leone’s fight against the worst Ebola outbreak on record died from the virus on Tuesday, the country’s chief medical officer said. The death of Sheik Umar Khan, who was credited with treating more than 100...Caption:
File photo of an oil refinery. (Reuters/Bret Hartman/Files)
Kurdish security service takes aim at ISIS oil smuggling
Erbil and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq claim to have made major inroads into shutting down oil smuggling by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Major Farouk Ahmed, an officer in the Kurdistan Regional...Caption:
A Palestinian woman stands outside a United Nations-run school that witnesses said was hit by Israeli shelling in Jebalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on July 30, 2014. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem)