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Smoke rises during clashes between Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters and Islamic State group militants near al-Houz bridge on the Euphrates river in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 24, 2015. (AP Photo)
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Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Turki gestures during a news conference in Riyadh March 24, 2013. (REUTERS)
Saudi Arabia foils ISIS terrorist attack: official
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi security forces have foiled a terrorist attack by militants affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an Interior Ministry spokesman announced. The “terrorist operation” would have seen seven car bombs target different...Caption:
Rebel fighters drive in a convoy as they head towards what they said was an offensive to take control of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour and the surrounding areas, which are controlled by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad April 20, 2015. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi)
Insurgents seize large parts of Syria’s Jisr Al-Shughour: monitor
Beirut, Reuters—Islamist insurgents including Al-Qaeda’s wing in Syria the Al-Nusra Front on Saturday captured large parts of the northwestern Syrian town of Jisr Al-Shugour for the first time in the four year conflict. Syrian activists and a violence monitoring...Caption:
Volunteers help remove debris of a building that collapsed at Durbar Square, after an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
Devastating Nepal earthquake kills hundreds, triggers deadly Everest avalanche
Kathmandu, Reuters—A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing hundreds of people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and triggering a fatal avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports...Caption:
epa04719033 Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis (L) and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe after family photo at Informal Meeting of Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) in Riga, Latvia 24 April 2015. (EPA)