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A convoy of Peshmerga vehicles (R) arrives at Habur border gate, which separates Turkey from Iraq, near the town of Silopi in southeastern Turkey, on October 29, 2014. (Reuters/Kadir Baris)
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Tourists buying souvenirs in one of Jeddah’s souqs. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Jeddah: Way station for pilgrims and souvenir hunters
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Walking around the narrow alleyways, souqs (traditional markets) and hundred-year-old buildings of Downtown Jeddah, or Al-Balad, in Saudi Arabia, at this time of year, is like being in the middle of an international convention of languages and...Caption:
A Sri Lankan resident shelters under an umbrella as she walks through a heavy downpour in Colombo on October 7, 2014. Most of Sri Lanka has seen heavy monsoon rains over the past few weeks. (AFP Photo/Ishara S. Kodikara)
10 dead, over 250 missing in Sri Lanka mudslide
Colombo, AP—A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers’ houses at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and leaving more than 250 missing, an official said. The mudslide struck at around 7:30 am and...Caption:
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Cairo on October 25, 2014. (AFP)
Opinion: A New Wave of Terrorism
It is natural that Egyptians feel shock and anger about last Friday’s terrorist attack in Sinai, which killed 30 soldiers. It is also natural for there to be widespread calls across the country for a decisive response to this crime, and for the liquidation of...Caption:
Residents look at debris following clashes between Lebanese soldiers and Islamist gunmen in Tripoli, northern Lebanon October 28, 2014. (Reuters/Omar Ibrahim)