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Knife-Wielding Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Forces

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 19, 2017 | Middle East

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teen wielding a knife on Saturday in the occupied West Bank, police said. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the teenager had been killed. There was no other comment from Palestinian officials. A 17-year-old...

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King Salman Relief Center Supervisor Meets UN Secretary General

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 19, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Supervisor General King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, KSRelief, Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah met on Friday with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the World Humanitarian Day in New York 2017. The meeting, which was attended by a number...

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Commuters wait on a crowded railway platform as a train enters a suburban station in Mumbai February 12, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Files

At Least Ten Killed, Dozens Injured in India Train Derail

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 19, 2017 | World

At least ten people were killed and dozens injured when an express train derailed in north India on Saturday, an official said. “Ten people have died and dozens have been injured. Most of the injured have been taken to the hospital,” said P S Mishra, chief...

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Egypt Foils Attempt to Smuggle 19th Century Artifacts

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Aug 19, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cairo- Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry has said that it foiled along with the Hurghada Ports Authority an attempt to smuggle six 19th century artifacts through Hurghada. The head of the Central Administration of Seized Antiquities Unit at the Antiquities Ministry, Ahmed...

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Facebook Tests Adding News Stories Customized to Users’ Interests

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 19, 2017 | Technology

San Francisco, London- Facebook Inc is testing a feature in the Facebook News Feed that provides customized links to news on topics of interest to individual users, as the company continues to search for ways to increase the amount of time that people spend using the...