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Rae’d Al-Maliki and his work. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Ra’ed Al-Malki: A “World-Class Artist”

by Regina Youssef | Sep 16, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Because time waits for no one, and doesn’t repeat itself, Saudi photographer Ra’ed Al-Maliki says he doesn’t miss a single opportunity to take a photograph. Maliki was born in the Saudi city of Ta’if, where he graduated with a...

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A Liberian man pushes bread past a wall mural, part of a sensitization program about the deadly Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, on 15 September, 2014. (EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo)

US to assign 3,000 from US military to fight Ebola

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 16, 2014 | World

Washington, AP—The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 US military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and to...

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Iraq’s new Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi speaks to Iraqi lawmakers before submitting his government in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, September 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, Pool)

National Alliance deadlocked over candidates for Interior Ministry

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 16, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Political wrangling over the remaining unfilled posts in Iraq’s new government continued on Monday, as reports suggested members of the country’s main Shi’ite political bloc remained at loggerheads over their preferred candidate for interior...

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Demonstrators protest against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in central London on August 16, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Opinion: Iran is taking aim at the anti-ISIS coalition

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 16, 2014 | Opinion

The sudden dispute over striking ISIS has a backstory. All parties agreed to fight the terrorist organizations of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Al-Nusra Front following the sudden rush of ISIS’s victories in Iraq. These parties are Iran, the US,...

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Pro-Russian militants patrol on an armored vehicle, on September 15, 2014 on a street in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE DESMAZES)

6 killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine city

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 15, 2014 | World

Kiev, AP—Shelling killed six people and wounded 15 others in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, the city council said Monday—the worst reported violence since a cease-fire between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops took effect on September 5. Fighting around the...