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Controversy Rising on Khamenei’s Successor in Iran

Controversy Rising on Khamenei’s Successor in Iran

by Adil Alsalmi | Apr 16, 2016 | Middle East

London- Ongoing dispute on who will run for the third Supreme Leader has been razing through the corners of the Iranian decision-making body for months now. The controversy on who would succeed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei first sparked in light of his deteriorating...

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Police officers check a collapsed house after an earthquake in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo April 16, 2016. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo

Second Deadly Quake Kills at Least 16 in Southern Japan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 16, 2016 | World

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan early on Saturday, killing at least 16 people, injuring hundreds more and trapping people in collapsed buildings, barely a day after a quake killed nine people in the same region. Thousands of army troops and...