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People are treated at the General hospital in Potiskum, Nigeria, on November 10, 2014, following a suicide bomb attack at Government Science Technical College Potiskum. (AP Photo/Adamu Adamu)

Suicide bomber kills dozens at school assembly in Nigeria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 10, 2014 | World

Potsikum, Reuters—A suicide bomber dressed as a student killed at least 48 people, most of them students, and injured 79 others at a school assembly in the northeastern Nigerian town of Potiskum on Monday, a hospital official said. No one immediately claimed...

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An image from a propaganda video by Al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the ISIS Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi on July 5, 2014 (AFP PHOTO / HO / AL-FURQAN MEDIA)

Baghdadi injured, deputy killed in anti-ISIS airstrikes: Iraqi defense minister

by Dalshad Abdullah | Nov 10, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil and Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was wounded and his deputy killed in a coalition airstrike on an ISIS vehicle convoy outside the Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday evening, the Iraqi defense minister...

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Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (R) meeting with United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Damascus on November 10, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA)

Syria’s Assad says he’ll study UN ceasefire offer

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 10, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut and Damascus, AP—Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has said a ceasefire proposal for the embattled northern city of Aleppo, which has been raised by the UN envoy to the country, is “worth studying.” The official SANA news agency reported...

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Yemen’s newly appointed Prime Minister Khaled Bahah (L) swears in before the country’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi at the Presidential Palace in Sana’a on November 9, 2014. (REUTERS/Yemen’s Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters)

Yemeni minister: Houthis and Saleh have failed to stop new government

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 10, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The new Yemeni government headed by Prime Minister Khaled Bahah was sworn in on Sunday at the Presidential Palace in Sana’a in front of Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. Faris Al-Saqaf, an adviser to President Hadi, told Asharq Al-Awsat...

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and China’s President Xi Jinping, right, shake hands during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, in Beijing, on November 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kyung-Hoon, Pool)

China’s Xi, Japan’s Abe hold landmark meeting after awkward handshake

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 10, 2014 | World

Beijing, Reuters—After an awkward handshake, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held formal talks on Monday for the first time since the two leaders took office, a breakthrough in efforts to improve ties between the Asian rivals....