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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz. (Saudi Press Agency)
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Sierra Leone’s president, Ernest Bai Koroma, attends a meeting of regional group Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Yamoussoukro on June 29, 2012. (REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon)
Sierra Leone declares emergency as regional Ebola death toll hits 729
Freetown, Reuters—Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighboring Liberia in imposing controls as the death toll from the outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa. The World Health Organization...Caption:
A Yemeni attendant holds a fuel nozzle at a gas station following rises in fuel prices in Sana’a, Yemen, on July 30, 2014.(EPA/YAHYA ARHAB)
Yemeni security and military on high state of alert following fuel subsidy protests: source
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s military was placed on high alert this week after the government took the decision to end a controversial fuel subsidy program, sparking scattered protests across the country. Hundreds took to the streets of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a,...Caption:
A general view of the 124th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe at the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria, on May 6, 2014. (EPA/DRAGAN TATIC)
Europe in push to stop violence against women
Paris, AP—The Council of Europe is taking new steps to combat violence against women under a newly ratified convention that comes into force Friday. Fourteen European states are committing themselves to better fight violence against women following the signature of...Caption:
A general view of destruction in the Shejaia neighborhood, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes, in the east of Gaza City on August 1, 2014. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem)