Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55335277
Caption:

Waleed Hussein Abu Al-Faraj, vice president of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, and Hwan Min Gang, chief financial officer of the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), sign an MoU to boost nuclear and renewable energy cooperation between Saudi Arabia and China in the Chinese capital Beijing, on Saturday, August 9, 2014. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia, China sign nuclear and renewable energy agreement

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Aug 10, 2014 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia and China have signed an agreement to boost cooperation in the production and peaceful use of nuclear and renewable energy, as the Kingdom seeks to reduce its dependence on hydrocarbons and bolster its ties with the world’s...

Media ID: 55335275
Caption:

A Palestinian woman flees her house following what witnesses said was a nearby air strike on an apartment in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip August 10, 2014. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem)

Palestinian families divided by Israeli policy as war rages

by Jessica Purkiss | Aug 10, 2014 | Features

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the latest conflict in Gaza, the death toll has reached almost 1,900 as Israeli airstrikes resumed following the end of a 72-hour truce on Friday morning. Every day, Hekmat Bsaiso waits by her phone in her home in the West Bank city of...

Media ID: 55335271
Caption:

In this file April 2011 photo, Mohamed Mursi (R) speaks, alongside other members of the Muslim Brotherhood group’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egyptian court dissolves Muslim Brotherhood’s political party

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Aug 10, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court dissolved the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) in a legal ruling announced on Saturday. The ruling will prevent the party from contesting parliamentary elections expected to be held by the...

Media ID: 55335267
Caption:

A Yemeni soldier checks a vehicle at a checkpoint amid fears of attacks by terrorist organizations, on August 9, 2014, in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)

At least 14 Yemeni soldiers killed in Al-Qaeda ambush

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 10, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 14 Yemeni soldiers were kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Friday, as they made their way to an army base in the country’s Hadhramaut governorate. Local sources in Hadhramaut, speaking on condition of...

Media ID: 55335264
Caption:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on July 11, 2014. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)

Netanyahu says Israel shunning Gaza truce talks, won’t negotiate under fire

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 10, 2014 | Middle East

Gaza/Jerusalem, Reuters—Israel said on Sunday it would not return to Egyptian-mediated ceasefire talks as long as Palestinian militants in Gaza kept up cross-border rocket and mortar fire. The head of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo said earlier that it would pull...