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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)
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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)
Islamist fighters hiding in Lebanese city: sources
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Dozens of Islamist fighters remain in hiding around the port city of Tripoli after the Lebanese military liberated it from control of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) earlier this week, local sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. A...Caption:
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina arrives to attend the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Milan, Italy, 17 October 17, 2014. (EPA/MATTEO BAZZI)
India uncovers suspected plot to assassinate Bangladeshi PM: security officials
New Delhi, Reuters—India’s top counter-terrorism agency has uncovered a suspected plot by a banned militant group to assassinate the prime minister of Bangladesh and carry out a coup, three senior Indian security officials told Reuters on Tuesday. India will...Caption:
This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)