Are you feeling radical? Do you think that the status quo is fundamentally broken and we have to start thinking about radical change? If so, I’d like to go back a century so that we might learn how radicalism is done. The years around 1917 were a great period of radical ferment. Folks at The [&helli
Aden- Undersecretary of the Ministry of Human Rights in Yemen Lola Abdulkarim Saleh told Asharq Al-Awsat that the number of people displaced outside the country is about 400,000 Yemenis with the Yemenis suffering aggravating as a result of the war. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee
The only decent argument in favor of UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision not to step down as prime minister after a disastrous election is that the first round of Brexit talks is scheduled for June 19. The clock has been ticking on the two-year process since March 29, when May triggered A
Seven people were killed and at least 59 injured on Thursday in an explosion at a kindergarten in eastern China, state media said. Official news agency Xinhua said the blast took place just outside the kindergarten in Fengxian county in the eastern province of Jiangsu as parents were parents were pi
London – A new report issued in May by Common Sense Media found that 59 percent of parents see that their teen children are addicted to mobile devices. However, surprisingly, 50 percent of teens confirmed their addiction. While parents feel uneasy about their kids constantly being tethered to
London – The day Ernesto Valverde left Olympiakos, bringing his second brief but successful spell to a close in 2012, Pep Guardiola was asked what he made of his departure. “Greece has lost a great coach,” he said, “and we’ve got a great photographer back.” Valverde’s work had certainly left a
Taiz- As the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen reaches unprecedented levels, with one in every 200 Yemenis suspected of having been infected with the disease, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is stepping up its response to the crisis. The ICRC is warning of unprecedented
Sooner or later stubborn denial will fall when facing reality. Thus, when the British Conservatives lose their parliamentary majority in the snap early general elections they called, even lose safe seats like that of affluent Kensington in central London, they need to acknowledge the hard facts. The
The ISIS terrorist group claimed it has seized Osama bin Laden’s infamous Tora Bora mountain hideout in eastern Afghanistan, saying its signature black flag was flying over the hulking mountain range. ISIS announced its alleged capture in an audio recording that was broadcast on the militants&
US President Donald Trump lashed out early Thursday after a report that he was under investigation for possible obstruction of justice by the special counsel probing alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The Washington Post, citing unidentified officials, on Wednesday reported
In the recent row rocking the Middle East, Qatar’s counter approach is far from impulsive or mimicking that of shock. Facing a boycott led by a bloc of three key GCC countries, joined by Egypt and others, Doha opted for escalation rather than allowing for reason to prevail. This is not new to Qatar’
Cairo – The Cairo Criminal Court decided Wednesday to form a committee headed by the Ministry of Justice, Ministries of Interior, Finance, Social Solidarity and Local Development, Central Bank and the National Security Apparatus to hand over and manage all assets and properties of 1,553 accuse
The death toll in an apartment building fire in London has risen to 17 and is likely to rise even further, police said Thursday, with many people still missing and firefighters facing hazardous conditions as they searched the charred carcass. “Sadly I can confirm that the number of people that
Riyadh – Boycotting Doha has pushed many Saudi businessmen and companies that operate in Qatar – more than 388 companies in various fields – to consider limiting their affairs in the kingdom in solidarity with Riyadh calls for Doha to halt support of terrorists groups and organizations.
A Saudi policeman has been shot and wounded in Qatif governorate, the interior ministry said on Thursday. First Soldier Walid al-Hujaili was shot “from an unknown source” late on Tuesday after leaving his security patrol to carry out his field missions in Ohod street in Qatif, the interi
At least 19 people were killed when six militants launched a suicide car bombing and armed assault on a busy hotel and adjacent restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a police officer said on Thursday. “The operation is over now and the gunmen were killed by the security forces,̶
London – Militants, pirates, drug traffickers, gun runners – the waters between Borneo and the southern Philippines have them all. However, as an ISIS faction burst on the scene in recent weeks, this corner of Southeast Asia plumbed new levels of insecurity, especially in Indonesia, Mala
Houthi insurgents have fired a guided missile at an Emirati ship off the coast of Yemen, injuring a crewman, the Saudi-led coalition has said. The Command of Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen said that the vessel was leaving the port of Mokha, in Yemen’s southwest, when the attack o
Taiz- Yemeni sources have described the condition in the dialysis section at Al-Thawra Hospital as totally paralyzed due to missiles and splinters that were launched on Tuesday from n area controlled by Houthis and Saleh. A medical source reported to Asharq Al-Awsat that the patients – a minimum of
Erbil- Iraqi forces have repelled a major counter-attack by ISIS militants in a district south of Mosul, their remaining enclave in the city, sources said, despite claims made by federal police that security forces carried out a tactical plan to lure dozens of the organization’s fighters outside the
