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Iraqi fighters from the Peace Brigades and the Promised Day Brigade, groups formed by Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr, parade in the central city of Kufa, some 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on May 3, 2015. (AFP Photo/Haidar Hamdani)
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This 2014 file photo shows smoke billowing from buildings in Derna, after the Libyan Air Force launched airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions in the eastern city. (AFP Photo)
Libyan Air Force targets ISIS in Derna
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Libyan Air Force launched a series of airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions in the eastern city of Derna on Saturday, the stronghold of a number of extremist groups currently operating in the war-torn country....Caption:
A protester, who is an Israeli Jew of Ethiopian origin, shouts at a policeman during a demonstration against what the minority community says is police racism and brutality, after the emergence last week of a video clip that showed policemen shoving and punching a black soldier, during a protest in Tel Aviv, on May 3, 2015. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)
Ethiopian protests draw attention to racism in Israel
Jerusalem, Reuters—Images of Israeli police firing stun grenades are usually set in the West Bank and involve Palestinian protesters. But on Sunday the situation was quite different—riot police battling thousands of Ethiopian Jews in the center of Tel Aviv. The spark...Caption:
Smoke billows as supporters of exiled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi clash with Shi’ite Houthi rebels on the outskirts of the Taiz province, Yemen, on May 3, 2015. (AFP Photo/Taha Saleh)
Yemen’s ruling party backs Hadi, Popular Resistance enters Aden
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s ruling General People’s Congress (GPC) party has announced it is backing the internationally recognized government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, directing a powerful blow to his rival and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. In a...Caption:
British Prime Minister David Cameron holds up a photocopied note left by former chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne on his desk after Labour’s 2010 election defeat, which reads “Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid there is no money. Kind regards—and good luck! Liam.” as he delivers a speech at the Ambleside Sports Club in Nuneaton, England, on May 3, 2015. Britain goes to the polls in a General Election on May 7. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, Pool)