Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Daily Archives: July 5, 2014
Apple signs deal with Saudi bookshop in regional first
In the first deal of its kind in the Middle East, Apple has inked an agreement with Saudi bookshop Jarir to supply all Apple products through the outlet, as well as providing an after-sales service. In an interview with Al
Google restores links to some news articles after outcry
Google Inc. on Thursday reversed its decision to remove several links to stories in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, underscoring the difficulty the search engine is having implementing Europe’s “right to be forgotten” ruling. The Guardian protested the removal of its stories
Clashes spread after Palestinian boy’s funeral
Jerusalem : Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters spread from Jerusalem to Arab towns in northern Israel Saturday following the funeral of an Arab teenager who Palestinians say was killed by Israeli extremists in a revenge attack. Riots erupted
Bahrain police officer killed in ‘terrorist’ bombing
A Bahraini police officer was killed in a “terrorist” bombing that took place in a village south of the capital Manama, an interior ministry official announced Saturday. Officer Mahmud Farid died Saturday of wounds sustained in the blast, which occurred
UAE boom continues to gather pace
DUBAI: Business activity growth in the UAE’s nonoil private sector rebounded to near a record high in June, a purchasing managers’ survey showed, as output rose at the fastest pace in the history of the series. The HSBC UAE Purchasing
Dubai launching project to build world’s biggest mall
DUBAI: Dubai is launching a project to build an entertainment and hotel district that will include the world’s largest shopping mall, the emirate’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, said on Saturday. Plans for the “Mall of the World” project
Slain Palestinian teen ‘burned alive’, autopsy show
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian teenager, whose abduction and murder sparked three days of violent protests, was burned alive, according to initial post-mortem findings reported by Palestinian media on Saturday. Mohammed Abu Khder, 16, was kidnapped from the Shuafat neighborhood
46 Indian nurses stranded in Iraq return home
New Delhi : Dozens of Indian nurses stranded in territory held by Islamic extremists in Iraq returned home to southern India on Saturday aboard a special flight, officials said. The 46 nurses had been holed up for more than a
Al-Qaeda suspects blow themselves up in Saudi Arabia
Two suspected al-Qaeda militants blew themselves up early Saturday in southern Saudi Arabia after police surrounded them inside a government building. Reports on casualties were not immediately available. Saudi Arabia launched a massive crackdown on Al-Qaeda following a spate of
ISIS destroys shrines, Shiite mosques in Iraq
BAGHDAD : Jihadists who overran Mosul last month have demolished ancient shrines and mosques in and around the historic northern Iraqi city, residents and social media posts said Saturday. At least four shrines to Sunni Arab or Sufi figures have
Attackers burn 400 fuel tanker trucks outside Kabul
KABUL: Attackers set fire to hundreds of fuel tanker trucks in a parking lot on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, witnesses said Saturday, prompting angry drivers to block a major highway to demand reimbursement for their losses. Hundreds of
Seoul warns Japan not to undermine N Korea nuclear arms abandonment
Seoul: South Korea warned Japan on Thursday against undermining efforts to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons, after Tokyo announced the lifting of selected sanctions on Pyongyang. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said a number of unilateral sanctions
Aster DM Healthcare opens its eight ACCESS Clinic in the UAE
Aster DM Healthcare, the leading healthcare conglomerate in the Middle East and India, has opened its eighth ACCESS clinic at Souk Al Kabeer, Bur Dubai. ACCESS Clinic, which has rapidly gained success since its establishment in 2012, offers quality and
Declassified Docs Show ISIS Is More Than An Insurgency
The Islamic State, the Caliphate, ISIS — no matter it’s title, it’s a well-established organization able to survive the West’s attempts at de-stabilizing it. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is the wealthiest militant group in the world, with
New Delhi’s Iraq problem
By: Jaswant Singh Iraq seems to be falling apart, with the rapid advance of the militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) threatening to lead to the country’s division into Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish entities. Moreover, the tumult
Federalism: A path Turkey must avoid
By: Harun Yahya Turkish people are all set to directly vote for a president for the first time ever. The public will be asked who should head the republic. Preparations for the presidential elections in one month’s time are therefore
Pakistan’s war at home
By: Shahid Javed Burki Last month, after years of indecision, Pakistan’s military launched a military operation in North Waziristan aimed at eliminating terrorist bases and ending the region’s lawlessness. In particular, the army wants to clear out foreign fighters. But,
A reluctant global policeman
By: Mritunjay Kumar In the present context, the question uppermost in the mind is whether US President Barack Obama had factored in the possibility of things going wrong when he decided to order the troops back home. Did such a
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