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 »
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Lebanese army advances against militants
The Lebanese army advanced into a northeastern border town with Syria on Monday in an effort to expel Islamists who over the weekend killed more than a dozen soldiers, as the Lebanese government ruled out any political deal with the
Heroin smuggling attempt thwarted
TABUK — The Drug Enforcement Administration has foiled an attempt to smuggle 15 kilograms of heroin into the Kingdom, arresting four people in the process. Security bodies acted on a tip-off about the smuggling attempt and tracked a truck crossing
Haia teams storm liquor dens
MAHAYIL ASIR — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) raided five liquor dens in a valley at Tihamat Asir. Local Haia spokesman Awadh Al-Asmari said the commission received a tip-off of suspicious activities in
Fire causes havoc at scrapyard
KHAMIS MUSHAYT — A fire broke out in the scrapyard of the new industrial area, resulting in damage to a number of scrap cars. Asir Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mohammad Al-Asmi said firefighters managed to contain the fire before it
Kurdish troops declare ISIS counter-offensive
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered Monday air support for Kurdish Peshmerga troops who are planning a counter-offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters in northern Iraq after being routed in battles on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.
Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni celebrates Eid with a literary get-together
RIYADH — The Riyadh chapter of Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association (JMIAA) held its Eid Milan get-together recently in Riyadh in joy and gaiety befitting the occasion, in spite of depressing global events besieging the entire humanity. The event was
Youths rescued from mountain
RIJAL ALMAA, Asir — Civil Defense teams rescued three young men who were trapped on Al-Sharourah Mountain, near Wadi Ainain, south of the governorate. Asir Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mohammad Al-Asmi said a citizen notified emergency services that the three
Gaza war seen as boost for Scottish independence
Ongoing violence in Gaza has prompted a surge in support for Scottish independence, amid rising frustration over the UK government’s “weak” stance on the conflict, prominent politicians and campaigners say. A historic referendum on Scotland’s future is due to be
PWC hosts annual Qur’an recitation competition
RIYADH — Pakistan Writers Club (PWC) organized their Annual Qirat (Qur’an recitation) competition here in the beginning of Ramadan. Under the supervision of PWC’s ladies wing, eight young girls also took part in the competition. Twenty-six contestants, the youngest being
Google under fire for hosting of ‘Bomb Gaza’ game
Internet giant Google is under fire for a game published on the app store of its mobile platform Android, where players are tasked with dropping bombs on a two-dimensional representation of the Palestinian-controlled territory. The game involves piloting an Israeli
‘Only SCTA can announce KSA excavation findings’
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development had no right to announce the result of excavations taking place in the Kingdom, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) announced Monday. “The SCTA is the sole authority to
Rules for Saudi men marrying foreign women made tougher
Saudi men wishing to marry foreigners now face tougher regulations. A report in Makkah daily quoted Makkah Police Director Maj. Gen. Assaf Al-Qurashi as saying that Saudi men wanting to marry foreign women should first obtain the consent of the
Lebanon: No negotiation with ‘takfiri’ intruders
Lebanon: The Lebanese army advanced on Monday into a border town attacked by Islamists at the weekend in the most serious spillover of the three-year-old Syrian civil war into Lebanon, and the Beirut government said the deadly assault would not
Nine held for killing Saudi in Jeddah brawl
Five Saudis and four Africans have been arrested for the death of a Saudi youth during a brawl in Jeddah on Sunday. “Police are investigating the murder of a Saudi youth following a fight that erupted between four Africans and
Tehran gave Hamas missile technology
TEHRAN: Hamas is able to fire missiles into Israel because Tehran provided weapons technology to the group to defend itself against Israeli attacks, a senior Iranian official said Monday. The Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council, Mohsen Rezaei, was quoted
Israel determined to flatten Gaza
JERUSALEM: Israel insisted Monday there will be no end to its bloody military campaign in Gaza, shunning increasingly vocal world demands for a truce. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there would be no end without first securing a long-term
Visit visa renewal a click away
Good news for expatriates in the Kingdom. Expats can now renew visit visas for relatives using the Passport Department’s Abshir system. Maj. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Yahya, the department’s director-general, will launch the new service next Monday, said Col. Mohammed Al-Saad, director
Jews paying price for Zionist experiment
By: Jamal Doumani In the midst of the unspeakable carnage inflicted on Gaza, in the midst of those gut-wrenching images of bloodied children with severed limbs being wheeled into woefully understaffed hospitals, and in the midst of diplomatic babble in
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