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