by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 29, 2014 | World
Shanghai, Reuters—Fifteen people were killed when a group threw explosives into a crowded street where vendors were selling food in China’s restive region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Eleven were attackers who were killed by the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2014 | World
Hong Kong, Reuters—Hong Kong pro-democracy protests that brought tens of thousands on to the streets last week dwindled to a few hundred on Wednesday after activist leaders agreed to talks with the government which are all but certain to go nowhere. The student-led...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 6, 2014 | World
Reuters—A city in China’s restive western region of Xinjiang has banned people with head scarves, veils and long beards from boarding buses, as the government battles unrest with a policy that critics said discriminates against Muslims. Xinjiang, home to the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 30, 2014 | World
Beijing, Reuters—Western tourists saw a body lying in a pool of blood in a major city in China’s violence-prone Xinjiang province on Wednesday, as security forces flooded in after the government said dozens of knife-wielding attackers were shot dead elsewhere in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 4, 2014 | World
Beijing, Reuters—Officials in China’s restive western region of Xinjiang have told Muslims to ignore religious customs during the holy month of Ramadan, an indication of what rights groups say is discrimination targeting the Uighur minority group. The fasting...
