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: September 3, 2014
Imam held for supplying T-shirts with ISIS slogan
In a significant breakthrough, the Ramanathapuram police have arrested a Tirupur-based Imam, who had procured T-shirts and printed slogans in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al Shams (ISIS) before sending them to the Muslim youths in Thondi,
Four children drown in Saudi valley
Four children aged 8 to 12 drowned in the Shahdan valley, east of Jazan, while they were swimming in water that had accumulated due to recent rainfall in the area. Onlookers who witnessed the children calling for help notified the
Saudi customs officers, families ‘receive death threats’
Saudi Customs confirmed that its officers at border points receive death threats when they confiscate smuggled goods. During a media workshop on the work of Saudi Customs and the role of the media, the head of the directorate Saleh Al-Khelaiwi
Saudi Crown Prince holds talks with French PM
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz held talks on Tuesday with French Prime Minister Emmanuel Valls in Paris. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the Crown Prince and the French prime minister “discussed aspects of cooperation between the two
Saudi court upholds 10-year term for blogger who insulted Islam
A Saudi court on Monday upheld a 10-year jail sentence and 1,000 lashes against a citizen who was accused of insulting Islam. Raef Badawi had been convicted of creating an anti-Islam website, criticizing senior scholars and mocking national symbols, Al-Madinah
Russia: NATO ‘aggravating tensions’ by boosting military presence
NATO is ratcheting up tensions by boosting its military presence on Europe’s eastern flank and Moscow will adapt its defense policy accordingly, a senior Russian official said Tuesday. NATO’s planned action at this week’s summit “is evidence of the desire
Court: U.S. can withhold Guantanamo detainee images
A federal appeals court has upheld a decision allowing the U.S. government to keep secret photographs and videotapes of a Guantanamo detainee. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling Tuesday in the case involving Mohammed al-Qahtani. Authorities
Pakistan parliament backs prime minister as crisis deepens
• Parliament to debate political crisis all week • Protesters demand PM resignation, Sharif says no • Army’s role key to how the crisis ends ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament threw its weight behind embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday as
88 extremists nabbed
Security forces recently arrested 88 extremists in different locations across the country, an official confirmed on Tuesday. All of the suspects were Saudi, with the exception of three Yemenis, while the identity of one of the suspects has yet to
Four Haia members indicted
Four members from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) have been indicted in a probe that was ordered immediately after a videoclip of Haia men manhandling a British couple went viral. “The four officials
Kerry calls Netanyahu to protest land grab
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry protested the Israeli decision to appropriate more than 900 acres of land belonging to Palestinian villages in the West Bank in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early on Wednesday, Israeli
Obama orders 350 more troops to Baghdad
President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered about 350 more U.S. troops to Baghdad to protect American diplomatic facilities and staff in the Iraqi capital, the White House said. The announcement came hours after the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and
British ‘Jihadi John’ suspected of killing Sotloff
Investigations have commenced to find out if the man in a video that surfaced Tuesday allegedly showing the death of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff is the same man that killed James Foley in another grim video that emerged last month,
India crushes feeble England to clinch one-day series
LONDON : India’s Shikhar Dhawan smashed a six to seal a crushing nine-wicket victory over hapless England in the fourth One-Day International in Birmingham on Tuesday. The touring side cruised to a win that gave them an unassailable 3-0 lead
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