Asharq Al-Awsat English

Asharq Al-Awsat English Edition — archived news and opinion from the pan-Arab daily (2005–2017). Published by Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG).

477 articles
World

Van Mows down Dozens of Civilians in Spain

A van crashed into dozens of people in the centre of Barcelona on Thursday and several people were injured, police in the Spanish city said. Police described the incident on Twitter as a “massive crash”. Emergency services said people should not go to the area around the city’s Pla

World

Dozens of Casualties in Nigeria Suicide Bombings

Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for displaced people in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 82, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants, local sources said. The attack — the latest in a string of assaults in th

Middle East

Algeria Replaces PM Tebboune with Ouyahia

Algeria’s presidency has named Ahmed Ouyahia as prime minister, replacing Abdelmadjid Tebboune after just three months in the job, the president’s office said on Tuesday. The statement from President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s office gave no reason for the change. Ouyahia, 65, has serv

World

Several Dead as UN Bases Attacked in Mali

Gunmen attacked two United Nations bases in Mali on Monday, killing a peacekeeper, a contractor and seven Malians, the UN said. The Togolese peacekeeper and a Malian soldier were killed in an attack in the early morning in Douentza, in the central region of Mopti, according to a statement from the U

World

North Korea Holds Off Guam Missile Attack

North Korea’s leader appeared on Tuesday to back away from his threat to fire missiles towards Guam while he waits to see what the US does next as South Korea’s president said Seoul would seek to prevent war by all means and China reiterated calls for restraint on the Korean peninsula. I

World

Trump Yields to Pressure, Slams ‘Evil’ Racism

US President Donald Trump, under pressure to explicitly condemn a weekend Virginia rally by white supremacists that ended in bloodshed, on Monday denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as criminals and thugs. “Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs,