by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 12, 2013 | World
Ankara, AP—Police and protesters retrenched Wednesday after punishing overnight clashes in Istanbul’s Taksim Square—an uncertain hiatus before officials were to hold talks aimed to end Turkey’s biggest anti-government protests in decades. Nearly two weeks...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 1, 2013 | World
Istanbul, AP—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called on demonstrators to end anti-government protests now into a second day, but he remained defiant, insisting police would break down protests at a main Istanbul square and indicating that the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2013 | World
Lashio, Reuters—Buddhist mobs armed with sticks and machetes burned Muslim homes on Wednesday for a second day in the northern Myanmar city of Lashio, contradicting claims in state media that soldiers and police had restored calm. A Reuters reporter saw scores of...
by Monji Saidani | May 20, 2013 | Middle East
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Clashes in Tunisia between Salafist extremists and security forces in Tunisia and Kairouan on Sunday have left one Tunisian citizen dead. Eleven policemen and 3 protesters were also injured in the clashes that followed the government’s decision...
