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A Palestinian looks for his belongings after a house was destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, August 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Ten dead in strike on Gaza school as Israel renews shelling

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2014 | Middle East

Gaza/Jerusalem, Reuters—An Israeli air strike killed at least 10 people and wounded about 30 others on Sunday in a UN-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics said, as dozens died in renewed Israeli shelling of the enclave. The Israeli military...

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An ambulance arrives with Ebola victim Dr. Kent Brantly (R) at Emory University Hospital In Atlanta, on Saturday, August 2, 2014. (AP Photo/WSB-TV Atlanta)

US doctor with Ebola in Atlanta for treatment

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2014 | World

Atlanta, AP—The Ebola virus has killed more than 700 people in Africa and could have catastrophic consequences if allowed to spread, world health officials say. So why would anyone allow infected Americans to come to Atlanta? The answer, experts say, is because Emory...

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Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who have taken over Mosul and other northern provinces wave from a truck in Baghdad, on June 18, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)

Opinion: The ISIS–Iraq Military Dance

by Wafiq Al-Samarrai | Aug 3, 2014 | Opinion

During my service in the Iraqi armed forces, the country witnessed flurries of successes and failures. Despite all this, I never felt that the fate of the country was under threat. Despite the complex circumstances that followed the fall of Mosul into the hands of the...

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Mohammad Ali Berno during his coverage of the earthquake in Iran in 2012.

Award-winning Iranian photographer Mohammad Ali Berno speaks of dark series showing public execution

by Mansoureh Farahani | Aug 3, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian photographer Mohammad Ali Berno was named the 2014 Photographer of the Year at the Prix de la Photographie (Px3) last month. His winning work, The Last Moment, was a series depicting the last ten minutes of the lives of two Iranians who...