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A US Navy jets lands on the USS George H.W. Bush after conducting strike missions against ISIS on September 23, 2014 (AFP PHOTO/NAVY MEDIA CONTENT SERVICES/HO/ Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens)
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Obama speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. (Reuters)
Obama urges world to follow US lead on climate
United Nations, AP—World leaders on Tuesday were in agreement at a United Nations summit as to how seriously they took global warming . US President Barack Obama pressed other countries to follow the United States’ lead on the issue, even as the summit revealed...Caption:
ISIS militants with a captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, in June 2014 (AP Photo)
Iraqi prime minister shakes up military high-command
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minster Haider Al-Abadi launched a major re-organization of Iraq’s top military leadership on Tuesday, in a step many observers say was aimed at defusing growing public anger over Iraqi military defeats at the hands of radical...Caption:
Armed Yemeni Shi’ite Houthi anti-government rebels shout slogans as they man a checkpoint erected after the Houthi group seized northern districts of the capital Sana’a on September 21, 2014. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)
Opinion: Treason or War?
The fall of Yemen’s state institutions into the hands of the Houthis without any significant resistance is a remarkable development. More interestingly, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Monday that a verbal altercation had occurred between the Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh...Caption:
A group of Palestinians prepare to throw roses in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Gaza City on September 18, 2014 in mourning over the loss of fellow Palestinians who had boarded a boat to Europe that sank off Malta last week. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)