by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 20, 2017 | World
Japan’s Emperor Akihito will step down on March 31, 2019 and the Crown Prince is expected to ascend the throne in April, a report said Friday, the first imperial retirement in more than two centuries. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet top officials and members...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 20, 2017 | World
A 32-year-old Syrian man was arrested Thursday in the northeastern Greek city of Alexandroupolis over suspected links with terrorist group ISIS, police said Friday. The arrest came following a complaint that was his wife filed against him over domestic abuse,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 20, 2017 | World
Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are seeing a “hell on earth” by living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh camps where they lack enough food, clean water and health care, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. Up to 12,000 more...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 19, 2017 | World
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Moscow could cooperate with Washington in a broader range of fields. “We have dialogue at the work level and on the level of the special services, the defense ministries, the foreign ministries. We...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 19, 2017 | World
London- The United Kingdom’s intelligence services are facing an “intense” challenge from terrorism, the head of MI5 has warned. He noted that Britain is running more than 500 live operations targeting 3,000 individuals involved in extremist activity...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 19, 2017 | World
Spain’s central government threatened Thursday it will press ahead with suspending Catalonia’s autonomy after the region’s leader Carles Puigdemont warned he may declare independence. The central government in Madrid had given Puigdemont until 10:00 am...
