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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Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl’s Unfinished Business

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who died at the age of 87 on Friday, was the man who put German history to bed. It was also he who, with his idealism, helped lay the groundwork for the current confrontation between Russia and the West. A local dialect speaker from Rhineland Palatinate, Kohl wa

Gunmen Attack Mali Resort, Four Guests Killed

Unidentified gunmen stormed a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako, killing four guests and leaving one other guest missing, a security source at the scene said on Monday. One of the victims of Sunday’s attack was Portuguese and one Cameroonian, t

Qatar Riyal Dips to Lowest Level since 2005

London- Qatar’s riyal is being quoted weaker than its peg against the US dollar as Doha grapples with a diplomatic crisis, but that is the result of poor liquidity in the currency market. The Qatar’s riyal, officially fixed at 3.64 to the dollar since 2001, has been offered as low as 3.6680 si

Number of Global Displaced up to 65.6 Million in 2016

Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes last year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Monday. That number that includes refugees, asylum seekers and people uprooted inside