Asharq Al-Awsat Editorial

Editorial desk and wire-service reports (AFP, Reuters, AP) as published in the Asharq Al-Awsat English Edition. This archive preserves the original text (2005–2017); attribution appears in the article dateline where provided by the source.

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North Korea Detains US Citizen

North Korea detained a US citizen on Friday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, saying he was arrested at Pyongyang International Airport on his way out of the country. This brings the total number of Americans held by the isolated country to three. The man, a Korean-American in his fi

Lebanon: Jumblat Proposes New Hybrid Electoral Law

Beirut – Head of Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat presented on Saturday a new parliamentary electoral law in a bid to end the ongoing crisis over the issue. The new hybrid law is a combination of the proportional representation and winner-takes-all system. At a time when the ma

Former Trump Aide Questions Russia Spy Claims

Washington – Russian agents tried to infiltrate the electoral campaign of Donald Trump through his advisors, revealed US media. CNN reported that agents tried to use Trump’s former foreign policy advisor Carter Page in order to influence the US presidential elections. The Federal Bureau of Investiga

Ballot Boxes Open in French Presidential Elections

Paris – The French presidential elections got underway on Sunday with voters heading to 67,000 ballot boxes distributed throughout the country in wake of the dark shadow of the terrorist attack that hit Paris on Thursday night. Given the serious threats, the French president and prime minister were