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Kabul: Dozens Killed in Attacks on Mosques

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2016 | World

Afghan citizens in Kabul criticised the government’s inability to guarantee the security of its people during the commemoration ceremony of Ashura after an attack on a mosque killed at least 14 people. At least 14 people including a child died during the attack on a...

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King Salman Orders KS Relief to Treat Those Injured in Great Hall Incident Outside of Yemen

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Oct 13, 2016 | Middle East

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has instructed the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KS Relief) to coordinate with the leadership of coalition forces, the legitimate Yemeni government and UN institutions in order to...

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Raids Carried Out by Russia and Assad’s Regime Target a Market in Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2016 | Middle East

Both the Syrian regime and Russia yesterday expanded their air campaign against areas controlled by the opposition, specifically in the city of Aleppo, the countrysides of Idlib and Homs and Ghouta, east of Damascus. Sources reported the death of dozens of people and...

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This video grab image created on August 14, 2016 taken from a video released on youtube purportedly by Boko Haram showing what is claimed to be one of the group’s fighters at an undisclosed location standing in front of girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014. AFP

Boko Haram Releases 21 Chibok Girls

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 13, 2016 | World

Boko Haram militants have released 21 schoolgirls kidnapped more than two years ago in the northern town of Chibok following a prisoner swap, an official in the president’s office said Thursday. The Chibok girls were released as part of the swap deal struck...

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A Lebanese banker counts US dollars at BLOM Bank’s head office in Beirut October 22, 2008. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

Saudi Arabia Promotes First International Bonds

by Wael Mahdi | Oct 13, 2016 | Business

Khobar- Saudi Arabia will meet investors on Wednesday and Thursday in London followed by three-day meetings in the U.S. which will conclude on October 18 to sell its first international issuance of Saudi government bonds. During the meetings, attendees will discuss...