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The cruise ship Carnival Magic passes near Cozumel, Mexico, on October 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Angel Castellanos)
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Gunmen loyal to the Houthi movement sit outside the headquarters of Sana’a province in Sana’a, Yemen, on October 19, 2014.
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Houthis seize town south of Yemeni capital
Sana’a, AP/Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’ite rebels captured a town south of the capital Sana’a early on Sunday, when they also blew up the house of a rival Islamist politician, security officials said. In Sana’a, the rebels, known as the Houthis, stormed the...Caption:
Thick smoke and flames from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and ISIS, as seen from the Turkey-Syria border on October 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
US officials in contact with Syrian Kurds “for more than two years”: PYD spokesman
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Representatives from the main Syrian wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been in contact with US officials “for more than two years,” an official spokesperson told Asharq Al-Awsat, adding that the talks had been kept secret by...Caption:
A woman reads on a road barricaded by pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong on October 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ALEX OGLE)
Hong Kong street clashes erupt despite imminent talks
Hong Kong, Reuters—Violent clashes erupted in Hong Kong early on Sunday for a second night, deepening a sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong...Caption:
Tanker trucks wait to be loaded at Taq Taq oilfield in Erbil on September 5, 2012. (Reuters/Azad Lashkari)