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The pattern of brain activation (red, yellow) and deactivation (blue, green) in the left hemisphere when listening to stories while in the MRI scanner is pictured in this undated handout image. Neuroscientists have devised the most comprehensive map ever made of the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions like abstract thought, language and memory. Matthew F. Glasser, David C. Van Essen/Handout via REUTERS

New Map Outlays Brain’s Cerebral Cortex

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 20, 2016 | Technology

Neuroscientists acting as cartographers of the human mind devised the most comprehensive map ever made of the cerebral cortex- which is the part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions such as abstract thought, language and memory. Using MRI images...

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Iraqi security forces wait for vehicles travelling to Mosul to fight against militants of ISIS at an Iraqi army base in Camp Taji in Baghdad, February 21, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/File Photo

Kerry Warns of Rising Challenges in Securing Iraq Post ISIS Riddance

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 20, 2016 | Middle East

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in an announcement made on Wednesday, said that the battlefield momentum in Iraq and Syria has shifted against ISIS but the international community must now also confront the challenge of stabilizing newly liberated areas....

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Dozens Killed in International Coalition Airstrikes on Manbij

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2016 | Middle East

A day after the first massacre that took place in the Al-Hazawiya neighbourhood in Manbij, the Aleppo countryside, airstrikes led by the international coalition have killed dozens of people and injured others in Tokhar, according to the Syrian National Coalition and...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan helps to carry a coffin with a victim of a thwarted coup following a funeral service in Istanbul, Turkey, July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Turkey Prepares Emergency Measures after Post-Coup Purge

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 20, 2016 | World

Turkey will announce emergency measures on Wednesday to try to stabilize the country and prevent damage to the economy as it purges thousands of members of the security forces, judiciary, civil service and academia after an abortive coup. One of the ruling AK...

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Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May arrives to attend a cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

May’s First Job as British PM Is to Set Up Brexit Ministry

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 20, 2016 | World

Theresa May will step into power on Wednesday, replacing British Prime Minister David Cameron who resigned after the E.U. Referendum result in June. Cameron is expected to hand in his resignation to the Queen after his last Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of...