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Iraqi Yazidi refugees boarding a helicopter aid flight in northern Iraq, 10 August 2014. (EPA/MICHEL REIMON / HANDOUT)
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Pope Francis is escorted by South Korean President Park Geun-hye upon his arrival at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea, on August 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. Pool)
China blocks travel by some for South Korea papal visit: organiser
Seoul, Reuters—Pope Francis sent an unprecedented message of good will to China on Thursday before touching down in Seoul, but the first papal trip to Asia in 15 years got off to a shaky start with the news some Chinese had been barred from joining a youth...Caption:
Haider Al-Abadi (L), and Iraq’s parliament speaker, Salim Al-Jabouri, attend a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq on July 15, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)
Iraqi PM-designate says government formation talks underway
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Al-Awsat—Iraqi prime minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi has called on the country’s political blocs to begin talks on distributing ministerial portfolios in the new Iraqi government. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Abadi said talks about the...Caption:
Hadi Al-Bahra, president of the Syrian National Coalition, in Istanbul, August, 2014 (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Syrian Coalition Head: Lebanon must rein in Hezbollah
Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—The shocking rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its rampage across Iraq has taken attention away both from the conflict in neighboring Syria and the other organizations seeking the downfall of Bashar Al-Assad’s government....Caption:
A Liberian nurse in protective clothing being sprayed with disinfectant after preparing several bodies of victims of Ebola for burial in the isolation unit of the ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, on August 01, 2014. (EPA/Ahmed Jalianzo)