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
U.S. open to new Gaza resolution if it helps truce
The United States is open to a new U.N. resolution on Gaza but only if it contributes to sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said Wednesday. Ambassador Samantha Power told reporters that a resolution must
Missing Libyan aircraft spark fears of 9/11-style attack in North Africa
U.S. officials Tuesday expressed fears that Islamist militants who allegedly stole 11 jetliners in Libya last month could carry out a 9/11-style attack in North Africa days before the 13th anniversary of the terror attack on the United States. “There
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
Al-Qaeda chief declares new branch in Indian-subcontinent
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri declared Wednesday in a video message that the global Islamist extremist movement has launched a new off-shoot in the Indian-sub-continent. In the video, found in online jihadist forums by the SITE terrorism monitoring group, Zawahiri said
Muslim groups condemn killing of U.S. journalist
Leading Muslim institutions denounced on Wednesday the killing of Steven Sotloff, the second U.S. journalist to be executed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, after President Barrack Obama vowed to build a coalition to “degrade and destroy” the
Crackdown on protesters: Acting IGP Khalid Khattak suffers heart attack
The IG experienced heart problem after he was given orders to launch crackdown on protesters. ISLAMABAD : Acting Inspector General (IG) of Islamabad police Khalid Khattak was admitted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) hospital on Wednesday, after suffering
Obama vows to ‘degrade and destroy’ ISIS
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) until it is no longer a force in the Middle East, a day after the beheading a second U.S. journalist by the group.
13 civilians killed in bus attack in eastern Syria
A Syrian government airstrike hit a bus carrying civilians in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, most of them children, opposition activists said. But the government in the capital, Damascus, blamed ISIS for the incident, describing it
Yazidi girl tells of escape from ISIS kidnappers
When Adeba Shaker arrived at a house in Raabia, Iraq, after being kidnapped by ISIS militants last month, one of her captors received a phone call. A few moments later all five men in the apartment picked up their guns
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