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: June 21, 2014
South China Sea: Rightness Is Mightiness, Not Visa Versa
[wpResize] By : Nguyen Hung Son Recently, several Chinese officials, diplomats and scholars have expressed their views regarding the on-going “oil-rig” incident in the South China Sea, justifying the oil-rig operation in what China claims to be its “indisputed sovereignty
Beyond IRAQ: Causes And Consequences of ISIS Advance – OPED
[wpResize] By : Daniele Grassi It is quite astonishing how rapidly the fragile state building in Iraq is imploding, leaving rubble on which the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS) advance almost in disbelief. The
Why Violent Attacks Continue Against Muslims In SriLanka? – Analysis
[wpResize] By : Col R Hariharan “Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero addressing the rally in Aluthgama yesterday, referred to Muslims in derogatory terms and accused sections of the Government of being in collaboration with the Muslim Community.
Over 150,000 civilians flee as Pakistan pounds rebels
[wpResize] BANNU, Pakistan: Pakistani helicopter gunships pounded militant targets in the country’s northwest Friday, killing up to 20 rebels, as the number of civilians fleeing an expected ground offensive passed 150,000. Nearly 100,000 people have left North Waziristan tribal area,
India’s covert nuke plant to ‘assert regional leadership’
[wpResize] NEW DELHI: India is expanding a covert uranium enrichment plant that could potentially support the development of thermonuclear weapons, a defense research group said on Friday, raising the stakes in an arms race with China and Pakistan. The revelation
Sri Lanka Muslims cut back Friday prayers after unrest
[wpResize] COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority held shortened Friday prayer services as religious tensions gripped the island after clashes with hardline Buddhists killed four people, an official said. The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) said Islamic clerics instructed mosques
US shames Malaysia, Thailand for trafficking
[wpResize] WASHINGTON: After years of warnings, the United States Friday named and shamed Thailand, Malaysia and Venezuela dumping them at the bottom of a list of countries accused of failing to tackle modern-day slavery. The three countries, plus Gambia, found
Stopgap arrangements will not help Mideast
[wpResize] By : Harun Yahya The appearance of a dangerous player in the Middle East’s political landscape, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), interesting alliances have begun to emerge despite many differences and to a certain
Nigerian forces in the face of Boko Haram
[wpResize] By : Robin Renee Sanders Current Nigerian security services have never experienced anything like what they are facing with Boko Haram. They are not equipped for the asymmetrical warfare that is taking place. Weaknesses in the existing security structures
China, Europe getting cozy again
[wpResize] By : Xinhua Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is touring parts of Europe this week, cementing ever-closer economic ties that have made the European Union China’s biggest trading partner for 10 years in a row. This is Li’s third visit
Soccer is now a soft ball game for sissies
[wpResize] By : Bikram Vohra It is unlikely that many children actually plan to be football referees when they grow up. Nor is it a parental ambition when grand-dad tickles the baby’s tummy and says, this one will be a
Creative Thinking: Push the door open
[wpResize] By : Elsa Franco Al Ghaslan A great temptation that almost no one can avoid is the belief that, at a certain point in your life, you know enough and therefore you do not need to learn anything else.
In football the mighty sometimes also fall
[wpResize] By : Fernando Duarte Make no mistake: when players and managers talk about reduced margins and increased competitiveness in football, they are not just going through the motions. The game is more global than ever and that has obviously
Renowned American lyricist Goffin dies
[wpResize] NEW YORK: Gerry Goffin, a prolific and multi-dimensional lyricist who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “Up on the Roof”
Zoya Akhtar to launch Ridhima in Bollywood
[wpResize] MUMBAI: Making her debut in Zoya Akhtar’s “Dil Dhadakne Do,” Ridhima Sud will be seen as part of the lead ensemble which includes Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra, the Times of
Israeli troops kill boy, 14, in hunt for missing teens
[wpResize] HEBRON: Israeli soldiers killed a 14-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Friday as they pressed a crackdown on Hamas in their search for three missing teenagers. Troops also wounded two Palestinians in a refugee camp just outside
34 Iraqi soldiers slain on Syria border
[wpResize] RAMADI: Clashes with Sunni militants have killed 34 Iraqi security forces members in Al-Qaim, a town on the Syrian border, officials said Friday. The fighting broke out late Thursday night and continued until around noon Friday, with militants in
Two dead in Lebanon suicide bombing
[wpResize] BEIRUT: A suicide bomber killed at least two people at a Lebanese checkpoint on the main highway from Beirut to Damascus on Friday, official media and a security source said. The attack came as members of the security forces
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