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 4, 2014
Iraq: ISIS leader’s top aide killed in air strike
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has lost his aide after a strike on the ISIS-held city of Mosul, in northern Iraq, the Iraqi defense ministry said Thursday. Another ISIS figure was also declared dead,
UK: Syria strikes possible without Assad invite
Strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) inside Syria could be launched without an invitation from the Syrian government, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, raising one of the first justifications for foreign military action in
Steven Sotloff, U.S. Prisoner Slain by ISIS, Was Also a Citizen of Israel
The beheading of Steven J. Sotloff, the American journalist from Miami who had been held hostage by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, suddenly loomed larger for many Israelis on Wednesday when it emerged that he held Israeli citizenship
ISIS barks louder, but it’s no Al-Qaeda: expert
An imminent large-scale attack on the United States by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants is not likely, and the group is not comparable to pre- Sept. 11 al-Qaeda, a leading U.S. counterterrorism expert said Wednesday. Speaking at
Massive blackout hits Cairo rush hour
A huge power outage blacked out most of Cairo on Thursday causing major disruption across the city of some 20 million people at the height of the morning rush hour. Services were completely suspended on one of the city’s three
ISIS is bruised and desperate for American targets
By: Joyce Karam The beheading of the second U.S. citizen Stephen Sotloff at the hands of the terror group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a sign of desperation and political impotence and not strength or resilience. ISIS
At least 12 killed after Taliban hit Afghan government HQ in east
The Taliban struck a government compound in eastern Afghanistan early on Thursday in an attack that included two suicide truck bombings and left at least 12 people dead, including eight off duty policemen asleep in their quarters nearby, officials said.
French mom reunited with girl taken by ‘jihadi’ father
A young French mother whose daughter had been smuggled out of the country by her father arrived home with the two-year-old girl on Wednesday after they were reunited earlier in Turkey. Meriam Rhaiem, 25, made headlines in March with an
Sotloff’s family challenges ISIS for debate on Islam
The family of Steven Sotloff, the second American journalist beheaded by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants, said on Wednesday he was “a gentle soul,” and challenged the group’s leader to a debate on the peaceful teachings of the
Samsung unveils new phablets, virtual headset at Berlin show
BERLIN: South Korean giant Samsung unveiled the next generation of its pioneering “phablet” and “smartwatch” gadgets at the IFA consumer electronics fair Wednesday in a bid to keep ahead of arch-rival Apple. It also surprised technophiles with a virtual reality
HRW: more ISIS execution sites found in Iraq
New evidence unveiled three more mass execution sites, bringing the total number of those killed to at least 770 people mainly captured Iraqi army soldiers by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria when it seized Tikrit city, a leading
Sudais launches blood donation drive
The employees of the Grand Mosque in Makkah kicked off a blood donation campaign on Tuesday with Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs, officially opening the campaign by donating his blood. The
New conflicts have put the whole of MENA into turmoil
By: Harun Yahya Turkey has risen to the occasion and has been playing a proactive role in stabilising the situation which is fast running out of control. The fleeing Yazidis, Chaldaneans and Kurds have been offered safe sanctuary The Middle
Low-cost Haj: More slots made available
The Haj Ministry will expand low-cost services to more than 41,000 pilgrims this year by allocating some of the vacant tents for the service, a senior official announced Wednesday. “Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has instructed authorities to allocate the tents
iPhone 6 4.7-Inch Model With Working Display Leaked in Images: Report
Apple’s long-rumoured 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model has been leaked in a couple of fresh images, ahead of the company’s expected launch of the device at its September 9 event next week. The first of the leaked images purportedly shows the
Mobile wallet rebrands as Softcard
US mobile payments firm Isis changes its name to Softcard. WASHINGTON : US mobile payments firm Isis has officially changed its name to Softcard, completing the process of distancing itself from a militant Islamic group sometime known by the same
Google working on super-fast ‘quantum’ computer chip
Google’s artificial intelligence lab partnered with NASA on quantum computing research. SAN FRANCISCO : Google on Tuesday said it is working on a super-fast “quantum” computer chip as part a vision to one day have machines think like humans. The
General denies Fiji Muslims face U.N. hostage backlash
Fiji’s army chief on Thursday dismissed as “sick” a suggestion the Pacific nation’s Muslim minority will face a backlash if 45 U.N. peacekeepers taken hostage by Islamic rebels in the Golan Heights are harmed, Agence France-Presse reported. Brigadier General Mosese
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