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Saturday, 3 April, 2021 - 08:45 Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri (Dalati & Nohra). Beirut - Mohammed Shukair A prominent political source told Asharq Al-Awsat that the head of Lebanons Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), former Minister Gebran Bassil, was still obstructing the formation of a new government and disregarding recent European warnings about imposing sanctions on Lebanese officials. In an official communiqué last week...

Middle-East Arab News and Opinion - Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities

Saturday, 3 April, 2021 - 10:15 Muslim worshippers observe social distancing, as they offer the evening prayer Taraweeh at al-Azhar Mosque in the Egyptian capital Cairo, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on May 17, 2020. (Source/AFP) Cairo - Asharq Al-Awsat Egypt decided to impose a number of restrictions during the holy month of Ramadan due to the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, including preventive measures at mosques....

Saturday, 3 April, 2021 - 07:45 Supporters of the Houthi movement shout slogans as they attend a rally to mark the 4th anniversary of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemens war in Sanaa, Yemen, March 26 (Reuters file photo) Sanaa - Asharq Al-Awsat Today, leaders of Yemen’s General Peoples Congress (GPC) are fearing for their lives after their supposed ally, the Houthi militia, have ordered its affiliated media outlets t...

Middle-East Arab News and Opinion - Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities

Middle-East Arab News and Opinion - Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities

A American liberals often look north for a vision of what could be. Canada: land of publicly funded health care, evidence-based gun regulation and immigrant-driven multiculturalism. These virtues are not exactly myths. The population of Vancouver, where I have been for the past several weeks, is roughly equal parts European Canadian and Asian Canadian, with each representing more than 40% of the total. But Canada is not liberal Valhalla, and Canadians, contrary to the Dudley Do-Right clich...

Middle-East Arab News and Opinion - Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities

× A crane lifts the wreckage of a truck which was hit by the train a day after the deadly train derailment at a tunnel north of Hualien, Taiwan April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang 1/4 People watch as they drive through Easter themed tents after receiving kits to host their own Covid-19 pandemic safe celebrations during a drive-in Easter Eggstravaganza for children in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) 2/4 In this photograph taken on April 2, 2021 an owl is pictured at Yala...

Saturday, 3 April, 2021 - 05:45 FILE - UN peacekeepers stand guard in the northern town of Kouroume, Mali. Reuters Asharq Al-Awsat Four United Nations peacekeepers were killed Friday when suspected militants staged a major attack on their camp in Aguelhok, northern Mali, the UN mission said. The peacekeepers "bravely pushed back a complex attack carried out by several heavily armed terrorists," MINUSMA said, adding the attackers h...