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A Venezuelan opposition activist is backdropped by a burning barricade during a demonstration against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. (AFP)

Pope Urges Respect for Human Rights in Venezuela

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 30, 2017 | World

Pope Francis urged on Sunday for an end to the violence that has marred the anti-government protests in Venezuela. He called for the respect of human rights where nearly 30 people were killed in unrest this month. Francis, speaking to tens of thousands of people in...

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Syriand Democratic Forces fighters walk near damaged ground east of Raqqa city. (Reuters)

Airstrikes on Raqqa as Syrian Democratic Forces advance in Tabqa

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 30, 2017 | Middle East

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced that fighter jets carried out raids on dawn on Sunday on the city of Raqqa, the stronghold of the ISIS terrorist group. The strikes coincided with strikes on the al-Jisr al-Jadeed area that connects the city to the...

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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar speaks to supporters in Laghman province. (Reuters)

Hekmatyar Calls Taliban to End ‘Pointless Unholy War’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 30, 2017 | World

Kabul — In his first speech after his first public appearance in Afghanistan after nearly two decades underground, warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar called on Taliban insurgents to “join the peace caravan and stop this pointless unholy war.” He also urged all political...

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Injured people are assisted after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London. (Reuters)

Terrorists Will Not Stop the People from Living

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 30, 2017 | Opinion

At the heart of the city of London, a wave of dead-end traffic once again clogged city veins as police forces enforced a security lockdown after a bearded man was arrested with a knife near Westminster offices, which were attacked last month. I asked the cab driver,...

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Pope Francis embraces Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb during a meeting at Cairo, Egypt April 28, 2017. (Reuters)

Ties with the Vatican and other Religions

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 30, 2017 | Opinion

Prior to the Pope Francis’ visit to Egypt, an aggressive campaign was launched by members of certain political movements, like the Muslim Brotherhood, and supported by the ISIS attacks on the two Coptic churches. Yet, despite the threats, the Pope insisted on going...