by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 9, 2017 | World
Militants attacked two military bases in northeastern Congo on Monday, killing a UN peacekeeper and injuring a dozen others, the UN mission and the army said. The attack took place in Beni where UN soldiers have been battling the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which...
by Roger Cohen | Oct 4, 2017 | Opinion
BERLIN— The Volk is back in its tribal sense. That was the message of Alexander Gauland, a leading politician of the extremist Alternative for Germany (or AfD) party, when he vowed on election night to “take back our country and our Volk!” Volk means people. Sure it...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2017 | World
Berlin- German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged her supporters to keep up the momentum in the final hours before Sunday’s national election, urging a last push to try to sway undecided voters. Merkel is seeking a fourth term in office and her conservative bloc of the...
by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Dec 26, 2016 | Middle East
Jordan – The Jordanian government signed an agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) aimed at developing the Kingdom’s water sector and infrastructure, as part of an EU project to assist Jordan with the Syrian refugees crisis. Jordanian Minister of Planning...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 17, 2016 | World
BERLIN, April 17 – According to the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), Islam and the German constitution are not compatible together, and accordingly AFD vowed to press for bans on minarets and burqas at its party congress in 2 weeks. The AfD...
