Asharq Al-Awsat

Asharq Al-Awsat English Edition archive account. Original reporting and wire copy as published 2005–2017.

625 articles
World

Syrian Refugee Suspected of Links to London Subway Attack

London – The second suspect in the failed London subway attack has been identified as a Syrian refugee, British media leaks. In a telephone call to Scotland Yard, the police refused to disclose to Asharq Al-Awsat the identity of the suspect, who was arrested on Sunday. “The personal information of a

Technology

Artificial Skin to Provide Robots with Sense of Touch

San Francisco, London- Robots can finally feel hot and cold through their sense of touch after researchers from the University of Houston have reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin. Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook, assistant professor of mechanical enginee

Middle East

Yemen Insurgents Continue to Recruit Children

Taiz– Yemen’s insurgency leaders have held a meeting with a number of elders loyal to former president Ali Abdallah Saleh to discuss the forcible recruitment of children following huge human losses within their ranks on the front lines, sources in Al-Mahwit governorate said. The sources confirmed th