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Wilmslow Road in Rusholme, Manchester, known as the Curry Mile. The city is home to 10,000 Libyans, the largest population outside Libya. Credit Andrew Testa for The New York Times

For Manchester, as for Its Libyans, a Test of Faith

by RORY SMITH and CEYLAN YEGINSU | May 28, 2017 | Features

MANCHESTER, England — The stretch of Wilmslow Road that runs through the Rusholme neighborhood, south of the city center, is known as the Curry Mile, thanks to the Indian and Pakistani restaurants that have been here for decades. But that label no longer seems to do...

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Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz

King Salman: Saudi Arabia Saves No Effort in Supporting Egypt’s Fight against Terrorism

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 28, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah – Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, reaffirmed that his kingdom stands in solidarity with and supports all efforts spent by the Egyptian government on reigning in terrorism. King Salman...

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FILE PHOTO – A man passes a road sign while pulling supplies towards the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing in Chaman November 28, 2011. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Reopens on ‘Humanitarian Grounds’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2017 | World

Pakistan reopened a major border crossing with Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, more than three weeks after several people were killed when troops from both sides exchanged fire for hours. The Chaman crossing into Afghanistan’s Kandahar province was...

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Qassem Soleimani uses a walkie-talkie in town of Tal Ksaiba in Salahuddin province. Source: Reuters

Iranian Senior Commander Killed in Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2017 | Middle East

A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander has been killed in an explosion during clashes west of Mosul, an Iraqi official said. According to Associated Press, news came as aid groups voiced concern for the safety of civilians after Iraq’s government called...

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Front row, L-R: Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, Guinea’s President Alpha Conde, U.S. President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou and Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi pose for a family photo with other participants of the G7 summit during the Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7, the group of most industrialized economies, plus the European Union, in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stephane de Sakutin/Pool

G7 Leaders Set out to Fight Protectionism

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2017 | Business

US President Donald Trump joined ally countries in the fight against protectionism on Saturday, but refused to endorse a global climate change accord, saying he needed more time to decide. Trump, who has previously called global warming a hoax, tweeted that he would...