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A magazine with cartoons of U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) is displayed at a book store in Seoul, South Korea, on January 3, 2015..(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea blasts US for sanctions over Sony attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 4, 2015 | World

Seoul, AP—North Korea on Sunday criticized the United States for slapping sanctions on Pyongyang officials and organizations for a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures—the latest fallout from a Hollywood movie depicting the fictional assassination of North Korea’s...

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Sunni volunteers stand in line to joined the Iraqi army to fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, at the Ain Al-Assad military base in the Anbar province, November 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)

Iraq’s Baghdadi Besieged

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Jan 4, 2015 | Features

Anbar (Al-Baghdadi District), Asharq Al-Awsat—For the past six months, Iraq’s small town of Al-Baghdadi—55 miles west of Ramadi—has been fighting off Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters seeking to take control of the town. Asharq Al-Awsat entered the Anbar...

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Michele and Georges Maria’s ‘Showdown’ table. (House of Today)

Lebanese designers reveal all in Beirut exhibition

by Vivian Haddad | Jan 4, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—People often keep their secrets and real intentions hidden deep inside, yet the Naked: Beyond the Social Mask exhibition has uniquely revealed these inner thoughts through the handiwork of thirty Lebanese and international designers brought...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on July 11, 2014. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)

Opinion: Israel’s ICC Embarrassment

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 4, 2015 | Opinion

Rejection of the Palestinian statehood bid went so smoothly that the US didn’t even have to resort to its UN Security Council veto. The draft resolution failed to garner the 9 votes required after Nigeria, which had initially backed the Palestinian plan,...