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Newly-elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, arrives for an inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, September 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Omar Sobhani, Pool)

Afghanistan swears in new leader amid dispute, violence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 29, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—Afghanistan inaugurated its first new president in a decade on Monday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf Ghani to head a power-sharing government just as the withdrawal of most foreign troops presents a crucial test. The first democratic handover of power...

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US President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Global Health Security Agenda Summit, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) in Washington DC, USA, on September 26, 2014. (EPA/Michael Reynolds)

Obama says US intelligence underestimated ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 29, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut and Mürşitpınar, Reuters—The head of Syria’s Al-Qaeda branch said militants will attack the West in retaliation for US-led air strikes in Syria and Iraq, and President Barack Obama acknowledged on Sunday that US intelligence had underestimated the rise of...

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Workers clear broken glass from windows at a building damaged by fighting between Shi’ite Houthi rebels and government forces in Sana’a on September 28, 2014. (REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)

Sana’a completely occupied by Houthis, Ansar Allah: UN Special Envoy

by Arafat Madabish | Sep 29, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthis and their Ansar Allah affiliates are now in complete control of the Yemeni capital Sana’a, UN Special Adviser on Yemen Jamal Benomar told Asharq Al-Awsat in an exclusive interview, as violence continued to rage in and around the...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks to the media in his office in Ankara, Turkey, on April 23, 2014. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Turkey’s Inferiority Complex

by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 29, 2014 | Opinion

For more than a year now, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been breaking all diplomatic customs and political protocols with his extreme enmity towards all that is Egyptian and his clear support for the Muslim Brotherhood, which was booted out of power by...

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Riot police use tear gas against protesters after thousands of people blocked a main road at the financial central district in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong protesters defy Beijing with calls for democracy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 29, 2014 | World

Hong Kong, Reuters—Hong Kong democracy protesters defied volleys of tear gas and police baton charges to stand firm in the center of the global financial hub on Monday, one of the biggest political challenges for Beijing since the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25 years...