by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2010 | Middle East
Washington/London, Asharq Al-Awsat – US officials have stated that the Obama administration withdrew a series of tough measures from a draft sanction against Iran that was being discussed until recently. One of the measures removed from the original draft...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2010 | Middle East
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Gunmen opened fire on a group of engineers inspecting a high school in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province Friday, killing one of them, local officials said. Three other people were wounded in the attack in the provincial...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2010 | Middle East
Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat – Algerian security forces are investigating the disappearance of an Israeli national in the Sahara desert and there are concerns that Al Qaeda in the Islamist Maghreb, the Al Qaeda wing of North Africa, kidnapped him. Informed sources...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2010 | Middle East
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sealed an agreement on Friday on a landmark treaty to slash their nuclear arsenals by a third and will sign it on April 8 in Prague. After months of deadlock, a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2010 | Middle East
HANGU, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistani troops killed at least 34 militants after about 150 Taliban attacked a military checkpost in the northwest on Friday, challenging government assertions crackdowns have weakened the group. Homegrown Taliban rebels are...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2010 | Middle East
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations’ leading communications agency called on Iran on Friday to end jamming of foreign satellite broadcasts, saying such action is prohibited under its global regulations. “The (International Telecommunication Union)...
