by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 19, 2016 | World
Tens of thousands of people gathered in sweltering heat on Japan’s Okinawa Island on Sunday June 19, crowing in the biggest demonstrations in two decades against U.S. military bases, after an American was arrested on the grounds of murdering a local woman. This...
by Nazir Majli | May 2, 2016 | Middle East
Israeli police are refusing to release footage that shows Maram Ismail, a 23-year- old Palestinian mother, and her 16-year-old brother Ibrahim Taha being killed on Wednesday, at the Qalandia checkpoint outside Jerusalem. The police are claiming that Ismail and Taha...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 29, 2016 | Opinion
As a result of Saudi actions against the Lebanese Hezbollah, some are confused and think that the Lebanese people are satisfied or are in cahoots with the group. Is this really the case? Let us remember that those who assassinated Rafik Hariri were members of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 4, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
An Israeli court found two Jewish defendants on Thursday, guilty for a revenge murder of a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem that contributed to inducing the 2014 Gaza war. The court sentenced one of the Jewish teenagers for life and the other for 21 years of jail...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 1, 2014 | Opinion
Yet another sickening narrative in the world of crime has brought up an old question: Isn’t it about time we reconsidered provisions in some Gulf countries that allow criminals to be released and escape punishment as a result of a pardon from the victim’s...
