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Protesters march as a building burns in the Iranian city of Mahabad, 421 miles (678 kilometers) northwest of Tehran, following the death of a young Kurdish woman who was sexually assaulted by an Iranian man, believed to be an Iranian intelligence operative, which led to her death. (Photo courtesy of Rudaw)

Anti-regime protests rock Kurdish-majority northwestern Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 11, 2015 | Middle East

Erbil and Mahabad, Asharq Al-Awsat—On Sunday, and for the fourth day in a row, violent protests rocked the Kurdish-majority city of Mahabad in northwestern Iran, after the death on Thursday of a 25-year-old woman whom sources say died after an Iranian intelligence...

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US President Barack Obama speaks on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, on October 8, 2014. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialovski)

Opinion: Actions Speak Louder than Words, Mr. President

by Salman Al-dossary | May 11, 2015 | Opinion

The upcoming summit at Camp David may be the most significant US–Gulf meeting in the last 50 years. This is not because it would be the first time a US president has met with Gulf leaders. But rather because Washington—and this is no secret—is aware of the strain and...

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Rohingya refugees line up for breakfast in the sport stadium of Lhok Sukon, North Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 11, 2015, after being rescued from a boat off the North Aceh coast. (EPA/Zikri Maulana)

1,600 Rohingya, Bangladeshi migrants rescued in Indonesia, Malaysia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 11, 2015 | World

Jakarta, AP—Hundreds of migrants abandoned at sea by smugglers in Southeast Asia have reached land and relative safety in the past two days. But an estimated 6,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar remain trapped in crowded, wooden boats, migrant...