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Displaced Iraqis walk as they flee after a battle between the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service and ISIS militants in western Mosul, Iraq, April 22, 2017. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Mosul Residents Flee in Droves as Iraqi Forces Advance against ISIS Strongholds

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 22, 2017 | Middle East

Hundreds of people fled Mosul on Saturday after national Iraqi forces retook two more districts in the west of the city from terror group ISIS. Families transported in busses deporting from a government checkpoint in the south of the city to camps housing more than...

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Taif University Launches Project to Develop Islamic Culture Curriculum

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 22, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Taif University, based in Saudi Arabia, officially announced on Saturday its effort invested in developing an Islamic culture program. The new program focuses on university students in all medical, scientific and humanitarian disciplines and employs modern methods of...

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French police officers stand guard by the Eiffel tower a week after a series of deadly attacks in the French capital Paris, France, November 22, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

French Police Arrest Knife-Wielding Man at Paris Train Station

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 22, 2017 | World

A man threatened police with a knife at Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Saturday, causing panic before he was arrested, a spokesman for French rail operator SNCF said. The SNCF spokesman said the man had approached gendarmes patrolling the train station. He was...

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Chris Hughton was in charge of Norwich before becoming Brighton boss – Getty Images

Brighton’s Long March Ends in Chris Hughton’s Completion of a Job Well Done

by Nick Miller | Apr 22, 2017 | Sports

London – Two days after an exhausted Brighton had lost to Sheffield Wednesday in last season’s play-off semi-final, the club announced that the manager, Chris Hughton, had signed a new four-year contract. In the afterglow of ostensible failure that sort of thing...

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A street in Bangalore, India, as seen by an Uber driver. Uber is pouring money, engineers and logistical expertise into what could be the world’s largest market for transportation services. Credit Atul Loke for The New York Times

Uber Wants to Rule the World. First It Must Conquer India

by Farhad Manjoo | Apr 22, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

BANGALORE, India — Nandini Balasubramanya’s office here on the southern edge of India’s technology capital does not look as if it would play a key role in the world’s most valuable start-up’s plans for global conquest. On many days, the tiny space has no electricity....