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 31, 2014
ISIS rolling out own ‘curriculum’ in Syria schools
Militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have reportedly begun implementing their own “Islamic curriculum” for students living in Syria’s northern city of Raqqa, a monitoring group has been informed. The education department under the ISIS governing
Police locate elderly woman’s residence
New details emerged on a 92-year-old woman who was abandoned by unidentified people in the vicinity of the Civil Affairs Office in Jeddah more than a week ago. An Okaz/Saudi Gazette investigation revealed that the woman lived by herself in
India says Pakistan border clashes ‘extremely serious’
NEW DELHI: Clashes along India’s border with Pakistan are “extremely serious and provocative” and not conducive to improving relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors, Defense Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday. The comments came nearly two weeks after New Delhi called
Hollande and Alwaleed meet at Elysee Palace
French President François Hollande and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), held a meeting on Friday at the French presidential palace, The Elysee. During the meeting, Hollande and Prince Alwaleed discussed political, economic and cultural matters.
Guinea Ebola riots wound dozens
CONAKRY: Clashes between protesters and security forces in a Guinean city at the epicenter of the west African Ebola outbreak have left at least 55 wounded, the local government said on Saturday. A curfew was imposed in N’Zerekore, Guinea’s second-largest
Malaysia Airlines to slash 6,000 jobs in survival bid
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines will slash 6,000 jobs, trim its route network, and replace its CEO under plans announced to stave off bankruptcy after two air tragedies plunged the already troubled carrier deeper into crisis. State investment fund Khazanah Nasional,
Isner loses to Kohlschreiber in US Open 3rd round
NEW YORK: Once again, John Isner’s trip to Flushing Meadows ended in the third round. Once again, it happened with a loss to Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber at that stage. And once again, there are zero American men in the US
ISIS says forcing detained pilots to train militants: report
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria said in a recent tweet it is forcing detained Syrian pilots to train militant fighters to fly stolen aircraft, CNN Arabic reported on Saturday. In an account reportedly associated with the militant group,
India beat England by six wickets to win 3rd cricket ODI
NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom: India beat England by six wickets to win the third one-day international at Trent Bridge on Saturday and so take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. World champions India, set 228 to win, finished on 228
Iraqi, Kurdish forces bid to break ISIS siege of town
Iraqi army and Kurdish forces closed in on fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Saturday in a push to break the Sunni militants’ siege of the Shiite town of Amerli, army sources told Reuters
Dozens of Yazidi women ‘sold into marriage’ by ISIS
Several dozen Yazidi women kidnapped by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq militants (ISIS) have been taken from Iraq to Syria, forced to convert and sold into marriage to militants, an activist group says. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Police clash with protesters trying to storm Pakistan PM’s house
ISLAMABAD: Police in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad fired tear gas on anti-government protesters attempting to storm Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s official residence late Saturday in a bid to force his resignation. The tear gas shelling began when the protesters tried to
Rebuilding Gaza will take 20 years
JERUSALEM: An international organization involved in assessing post-conflict reconstruction says it will take 20 years for Gaza’s battered and neglected housing stock to be rebuilt following the war between Hamas and Israel. The assessment by Shelter Cluster, chaired by the
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