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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition addresses supporters after he was announced as the presidential candidate for the 2017 general elections during a rally at the Uhuru Park grounds, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Kenya’s Opposition Leader Decides to Take Election Dispute to Supreme Court

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 16, 2017 | World

Kenya’s Opposition leader Raila Odinga said Wednesday he would take his claims that presidential election was rigged to the Supreme Court, after previously refusing to do so, and vowed to protest peacefully. Odinga has charged that last Tuesday’s election...

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Fears for 600 still missing in Sierra Leone floods
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma fought back tears on Tuesday as he visited the devastated hilltop community of Regent, saying the scale of the challenge ahead was “overwhelming us”

Children Killed, Thousands Made Homeless in Sierra Leone Floods

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 16, 2017 | World

As 600 people remain missing, and thousands left homeless international concerns shifted towards the recently announced fact of at least a third of the casualties of the devastating Sierra Leone mudslide being children. Officials at Freetown’s central morgue...

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LABOUR: Rohingya refugee workers carrying bags of salt this month in a processing yard in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Over 500 Persecuted Rohingya Muslims Escape into Bangladesh

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 16, 2017 | World

At least 500 Rohingya Muslims had made the difficult journey into Bangladesh, some claiming they had been abused by soldiers in Myanmar.The influx followed a fresh military build-up in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, community leaders said Wednesday. The latest flood...

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Southern Popular Resistance fighters gather on a road during fighting against Houthi fighters in Yemen’s southern city of Aden May 3, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Yemeni Prime Minister Says Real Victory against Coup Militias Is Imminent

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 16, 2017 | Middle East

Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obaid bin Daghar declared on Wednesday that his country’s army and popular resistance are close to score a real and final victory over coup militias which controls capital Sanaa, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) . According to...

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President Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters at an arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 21, 2017. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

In Dealing with North Korea, Trump Needs Allies

by David Ignatius | Aug 16, 2017 | Opinion

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has defiance in his blood. It’s said his grandfather once asked what would happen if the United States defeated North Korea in war, to which his father answered: “If we lose, I will be sure to destroy the Earth. What good is the Earth...