by Asharq Al-Awsat Online | Aug 13, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
Sydney- More than 80,000 runners took part in Sydney’s annual City2Surf race on Sunday, with 2016 champion Harry Summers defending his title in 42 minutes and 16 seconds, media reported. Celia Sullohern was the first woman to complete the 14-km (8.7 mile) run from the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 2, 2017 | World
One man from four who were arrested over the weekend over an alleged terrorist plot to bomb a plane traveling from Australia has been release, police announced on Wednesday. The 50-year-old, named by his lawyer as Adbul Merhi, was arrested after five homes were raided...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 29, 2017 | World
Four people were arrested in the Australian city of Sydney on Saturday in raids, which Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said were aimed at thwarting terrorist attacks in the country. “These operations are designed to disrupt and prevent plans to undertake...
by Marcelle Sussman Fischler | Apr 12, 2017 | Business
Sydney – This two-story Victorian house was built in 1880 in Woollahra, a neighborhood of nearly 8,000 in Sydney’s verdant eastern suburbs, about three miles from the central business district. It is one of eight similar homes on an “elegant, tree-lined street,”...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 29, 2015 | World
Sydney, AP—A hostage who died during a siege in a downtown Sydney cafe was killed when she was struck by fragments of a bullet fired from a police officer’s gun as authorities stormed in to end the 16-hour standoff, a lawyer told an inquest on Thursday. Katrina...
