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: August 24, 2014
West Africa Ebola death toll passes 1,200
Cases in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak this year have risen to 2,240, including 1,229 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday, reporting the toll in four countries including Nigeria. The WHO said it was working with the U.N.’s World
Child survives stabbing attack by maid
A seven-year-old child who sustained stab wounds to the neck and hands after being attacked by his African housemaid in Asir is in stable condition. Miteb Al-Amer, the child’s father, said he never noticed anything unusual about his Ethiopian maid.
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Arab ministers to meet in Jeddah CAIRO — Saudi Arabia is to host a meeting of foreign ministers from several Arab states to discuss the Syrian conflict and the rise of Islamic State, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry announced Saturday. It
Contractors welcome foreign firms, demand equal treatment
Several Saudi contractors have said they are not against the Council of Ministers’ decision to allow foreign contractors to enter the Saudi market as long as they are given equal opportunities. They said all local contractors are hoping for the
35 Nigeria police ‘missing’ after Boko Haram raid
Thirty-five Nigerian police officers deployed to a training academy in the remote northeast are missing after a Boko Haram attack on the facility earlier this week, a spokesman said Saturday. The Islamists attacked the academy just outside the town of
Scholars underscore role of media in tackling extremism
A number of prominent scholars underscored the media’s pivotal role in effectively combating deviant thoughts and extremism. They emphasized the need for working out a joint charter by eminent scholars and media figures aimed at presenting the true image of
3 dead, 25 injured in head-on collision
MAHAYIL ASIR — Three people died and 25 others were injured in a head-on collision between two pick-up trucks in Mahayil Asir at dawn Friday. Spokesman for the Saudi Red Crescent Authority in Asir region, Ahmed Ibrahim Asiri, said the
2 Saudis among 33 killed in Egypt bus crash
CAIRO: Two buses collided near a popular Red Sea resort in Egypt, killing at least 33 people, a local health official said, in the country’s worst road accident in nearly two years. The buses were coming from opposite directions when
Blast target Iraq’s more stable Kurdish capital
A bomb exploded in Arbil on Saturday, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a relatively stable region after bombings targeted Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk in the same day, Reuters reported a local television network Rudaw as saying.
Pentagon cites ‘dangerous’ Chinese jet intercept
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration accused a Chinese fighter jet of conducting a “dangerous intercept” of a US Navy surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft off the coast of China in international airspace — the fourth such incident since March. The Pentagon press
Death toll from Hiroshima landslides reaches 50: police
The death toll from devastating midweek landslides in Hiroshima rises to 50. TOKYO : The death toll from devastating midweek landslides in Hiroshima rose to 50 on Sunday as fresh rain stoked fears of more disasters and hampered the round-the-clock
Zardari: Sharif need not resign
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tried on Saturday to rally political support from rival and former President Asif Ali Zardari as protests demanding his resignation continued in front of the country’s Parliament. Imran Khan and Tahirul-Qadri have led thousands
Thousands protest New York police ‘chokehold’ death
Several thousand people demonstrated on New York’s Staten Island Saturday to protest the death of a black man who had been placed in a chokehold by police. Eric Garner, 43, a father of six who was suspected of illegally selling
Jeddah gas factory at Kilo 14: An accident waiting to happen
Residents of Jeddah’s Kilo 14 neighborhood are suffering from the presence of a gas factory for three decades. The factory has been causing many health problems to the residents as it emits foul smell. Mohammad Al-Qarni, a resident of Kilo
Police: Swiss mosque shooting kills one
One person was killed Friday in a shooting in the prayer hall of a Swiss mosque, police said. The suspected killer was arrested at the scene in the northeastern city of Sankt Gallen, local police told AFP, without giving further
IS terrorism focus of Jeddah dialogue
The Kingdom will host foreign ministers from Arab countries at a meeting to be held today to discuss pressing regional developments, a senior official from the Foreign Affairs Ministry told Arab News on Saturday. Osama Nugali, director of the information
Libyan militias say they have taken Tripoli airport
Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli’s main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, Reuters reported a Misrata spokesman as saying. Pictures on social media purportedly showed Misrata fighters celebrating
Net widens against ‘fake engineers’
Job hunters who pose as engineers to get jobs in Saudi Arabia are being warned of tough action. The Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) has hired a Dubai-based company to verify certificates as part of its efforts to weed out
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