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Yemen Separatist Shot Dead Near Southern Checkpoint

Asharq Alawsat: 8 hours ago
SANAA (Reuters) Yemeni security forces shot dead a southern separatist near a remote military checkpoint, local sources said Sunday, in violence that could inflame already high tensions in the south. Violence has continued in south Yemen despite ... ...read article

UAE to Respect Any UN-Imposed Sanction on Iran

Asharq Alawsat: 8 hours ago
ABU DHABI, (AP) The United Arab Emirates will respect any sanctions imposed by the United Nations on key trading partner Iran, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan said on Saturday. "The Emirates will respect any international ... ...read article

Jumblatt says His Criticism of Syria was Improper

Asharq Alawsat: 8 hours ago
BEIRUT, (AP) One of Syria's harshest critics in Lebanon has now said his earlier statements were "improper" and called for a new page in relations between the two countries. A reconciliation between Walid Jumblatt, the influential leader of the ... ...read article

'Iraq PM Leads Poll Count' in Province of Basra

Asharq Alawsat: 8 hours ago
BAGHDAD (AFP) Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc has a comfortable lead in the predominantly Shiite southern province of Basra, Iraq's third-biggest constituency, early results showed on Sunday. In the partial results from the March 7 general ... ...read article

Al-Qaeda Suspect from US Tricked his Yemeni Guard

Asharq Alawsat: 17 hours ago
SAN'A, Yemen, (AP) An American al-Qaeda suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday. He then killed a guard who laid down his weapon as he went ... ...read article

Iraq results trickle out, Maliki rivals cry fraud

Asharq Alawsat: 1 day ago
BAGHDAD, (Asharq Al-Awsat and Agencies) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud. Results from five provinces, the first ... ...read article

Explosions, gunbattles in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Asharq Alawsat: 1 day ago
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, (Reuters) - Four explosions hit the centre of Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar after nightfall on Saturday, and a shootout between police and militants followed, a Reuters reporter in Kandahar said. Officials said the ... ...read article

Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13

Asharq Alawsat: 1 day ago
SAIDU SHARIF, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber driving a motorized rickshaw blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, killing at least 13 people, injuring 52 and underscoring the nation's ... ...read article

Christian-Muslim clash in Egypt injures 24

Asharq Alawsat: 1 day ago
CAIRO, (Reuters) - At least 24 people were injured in northern Egypt in fighting between Christians and Muslims over land, officials told state media on Saturday. Fires were started during the fighting between Coptic Christians and Muslims in Marsa ... ...read article

Turkey to consider constitutional changes in March

Asharq Alawsat: 1 day ago
ISTANBUL, (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament will be presented with a package of constitutional amendments that have pitted the government against the judiciary in a week to 10 days and the government plans a referendum on the changes soon after, ... ...read article

Afghan leader to allow foreign election monitors

Asharq Alawsat: 1 day ago
KABUL (AP) - Afghanistan's president has agreed to reverse an earlier decision and allow two foreigners on a commission that will monitor upcoming parliamentary elections, his spokesman said Saturday. President Hamid Karzai's move comes amid pressure ... ...read article

Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count

Asharq Alawsat: 1 day ago
BAGHDAD (AP) - A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was winning in the all-important capital and a Shiite province in the south, according to a partial tally of election results released Saturday. If the Baghdad trend continues, ... ...read article

Lebanon yet to receive official invite to Libya Arab Summit

Asharq Alawsat: 1 day ago
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat - Lebanon is yet to receive an official invite to the Arab Summit that will be held in Libya at the end of this month. It has been confirmed that Lebanese President Michel Sleiman will not attend the summit. The Lebanese ... ...read article

Al Qaeda suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard

Asharq Alawsat: 1 day ago
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - The U.S. Al Qaeda suspect detained in Yemen had persuaded his guard to unshackle him so the two could pray together and then snatched his unattended gun and killed him during the suspect's failed escape attempt, senior security ... ...read article

Somali official to residents: Flee battle zones

Asharq Alawsat: 2 days ago
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Fighting erupted in Somalia's capital for the third straight day Friday in some of the worst violence in nearly a year, as government-backed troops shelled the front lines of rebels trying to advance into government-held ... ...read article

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