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A bakery employee holds a ‘question mark’ cupcake in front of a Scottish Saltire cake (L) and a Union cupcake (R) at a bakery in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 16 September, 2014. (EPA/Andy Rain)
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From L-R, Iraqi President Fuad Masoum, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, and Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari arrive at the International Conference on Peace and Security in Iraq at the French Foreign Ministry in Paris, on September 15, 2014. (AFP Photo/Michel Euler)
Saudi FM tells Paris meeting fight against ISIS will last decade
Paris and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will likely take a decade, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal told an international summit in Paris on Monday devoted to dealing with the threat of the...Caption:
Yemeni army soldiers man a checkpoint amid fears of attacks by Shi’ite Houthi militants in Sana’a, Yemen, on September 14, 2014. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
Yemen’s Houthis advancing close to Saudi border: source
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Houthi forces are advancing in Yemen’s western Al-Hudaydah province, seeking to take control of a number of strategic areas including the port of Midi, close to the Yemeni–Saudi border, local sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Local people are set...Caption:
Egyptian military policemen stand guard before the Africa Cup of Nations group G qualifying soccer match between Egypt and Tunisia in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Egypt
El-Arish, Egypt AP—A powerful explosion killed five Egyptian police conscripts and an officer near the border town of Rafah in the restive Sinai Peninsula early on Tuesday, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of a local Al-Qaeda-inspired group, Egyptian security...Caption:
A broker monitors stock prices on a screen at the Saudi Investment Bank in Riyadh in this file photo taken September 5, 2013. (Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser)