by Eli Lake | Dec 26, 2016 | Opinion
Ever since the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong and handed hard drives filled with highly classified documents to the journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, there has been rampant speculation over whether he was...
by Amy Assad | Nov 6, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A slim, but innocuous-looking man with ashen skin and dark circles under his eyes studies himself in the mirror of his Hong Kong hotel room, where he has been hiding out for over a week. The TV screen by him is playing the day’s leading world...
by Ali Ibrahim | Mar 19, 2014 | Opinion
In addition to the sheer magnitude of the tragedy and the sorrow at the fate of the passengers of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane, a significant part of what has puzzled the world regarding this mystery for over a week now is that no one can believe that in this...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 17, 2014 | World
Washington, AP—US President Barack Obama is ordering changes to the government’s vast collection of phone records, promising that “we will not monitor the communications of heads of state and government of our close friends and allies.” The president said on Friday he...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 18, 2013 | World
Jakarta, AP—Indonesia on Monday recalled its ambassador from Australia and was reviewing bilateral cooperation after reports that an Australian security agency attempted to listen in on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s cellphone in 2009....
