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Syria Witnesses Dangerous Rise in Cholera Deaths, Warnings of Catastrophe in North

Local organizations and health authorities on Tuesday sounded the alarm about the unprecedented increase in the number of deaths from cholera reported in northwestern Syria in recent days. Concerns are also mounting over the spread of the disease in camps for the displaced. More than half a million displaced living…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 18, 2023

Did the CIA use Cuban exiles in plot involving Oswald? Questions remain as Biden withholds JFK records

Almost six decades after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination while he was riding in a motorcade in downtown Dallas, questions linger about who else, besides Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused gunman, might have been involved in what a 1979 congressional investigation report called a “conspiracy” to kill the American president.

Miami Herald · Dec 16, 2022

Students stage protest against ‘poor facilities’ at pre-exam training centre

The centre under Directorate of Scheduled Caste Development reportedly lacks infrastructure for stenography course

The Hindu · Oct 12, 2022

Saudi Interior Minister Inaugurates New E-Passport

Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif inaugurated on Thursday the new version of the electronic passport as he visited the Directorate General of Passports in Riyadh. In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Lieutenant-General Sulaiman Al-Yahya, Director General of Passports in Saudi Arabia, said the new passport, which will…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 11, 2022