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Palestinians gather in the streets of Gaza City on August 26, 2014, to celebrate the long-term truce agreed between Israel and the Palestinians. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
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A damaged aircraft is pictured after shelling at Tripoli International Airport, Libya, on August 24, 2014. (Reuters/Aimen Elsahli)
Libya: Islamists declare rival government in Tripoli
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Victorious Islamist militias declared they were reinstating the country’s previous parliament and forming a cabinet on Monday, in defiance of the country’s new interim government. A spokesman for the General National Congress, which was...Caption:
JS Kabylie’s Cameroonian striker Albert Ebosse (C) converts a penalty during his team’s match with USM Alger in the city of Tizi-Ouzou, he was fatally injured at the end of the match after an object was thrown at him by fans, on August 23, 2014. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
Player death: Algerian club faces more sanctions
Algiers, AP—An Algerian football club has been banned from using its home stadium and could be thrown out of national and international competitions after one of its players was hit and killed by an object thrown by fans. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on...Caption:
A Saudi man explores a website on his laptop in Riyadh in this file photo taken on February 11, 2014. (Reuters/Faisal Al-Nasser)
Saudi Arabia moves to regulate e-commerce
Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—A number of Saudi ministries and official bodies are cooperating to produce new legislation to regulate e-commerce activities in the Kingdom, following a growth in online fraud and money laundering. An official within the Ministry of Commerce...Caption:
Followers of the Shi’ite Houthi movement sit at an anti-government protest camp in Sana’a August 23, 2014.(REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)