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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Trump to Meet President Peña Nieto in Mexico

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stated that he will travel to Mexico on Wednesday to meet its president, only hours before delivering a highly anticipated speech on how he will manage illegal immigration. Trump tweeted on Tuesday night that he looks forward to the meeting with the

1980’s Execution Haunts Top Iranian Officials

London- Heated controversy sparked-off 20 days ago as a recording for Iran’s Deputy Supreme Leader Hussein-Ali Montazeri surfaced. The recording sounds Montazeri’s loud objection to many of the regime-carried death sentences in 1988. Montazeri’s controversial audio file had unearthed Iranian cases b

Saudi: Commercial Sector Prices on the Rise

Riyadh- In coincidence with the residential properties sector poor performance, the commercial properties sector seems to undergo a first of its kind rise in prices, especially in the commercial stores rental fees during the past five years. Ibrahim Mortada, manager of a commercial mall in Riyadh, s

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How the Fed Does More with Less

For all the fretting about how U.S. productivity isn’t growing as quickly as it should, there’s at least one place where it appears to be doing pretty well: the Federal Reserve. The Fed plays a much bigger role in the economy and financial system than it did a decade ago, yet it manages to do

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Iraq and Kurdistan Reach Agreement on Kirkuk Oil

Erbil-Iraqi government and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have agreed to import 150,000 bpd barrels from Kirkuk to Turkey. They struck a deal that it will be equally divided between Erbil and Baghdad. The two governments decided to refuse the request of the wife of former Iraqi President Jalal

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House Hunting in … New Brunswick, Canada

Canada- This three-level, four-bedroom house, built in 2008, is set on 4.74 acres at the edge of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, a historic seaside resort town on a peninsula in the Bay of Fundy. With extensive ocean views and rolling lawns, the property, in the unincorporated Chamcook local service dis

First Solar Power Car in Gaza Strip

Two engineering students from Gaza have built a prototype solar-powered vehicle, hoping to solve the energy crisis in their hometown where fuel and electricity are in short supply. Khaled Bardawil and Jamal al-Meqati, both 23-year-old, designed and built the solar power vehicle to combat fuel shorta

EU-U.S. Talks on TTIP in Critical Stage

Brussels-Unlike the vision of the German Minister of Economy, Sigmar Gabriel, the European Commission sees that hammering a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership-TTIP between the European Union and the United States is still possible. Spokesman of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas

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U.N. Defends Right to Wear Burkini

Geneva-The United Nations on Tuesday strongly defended the right of women to wear the burkini swimwear and criticized decisions taken by some French cities and towns to ban it. The U.N. rights office called on all local authorities in France that have banned burkinis to “repeal them immediately.” “D