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: September 2014
IIS-Jubail principal receives Indian national award
JUBAIL : Dr. Syed Hameed, the Principal of International Indian School – Jubail (IIS-Juabil), has been awarded with the”Rashtrapathi Puraskar,” a National Award for Excellence in Services as a teacher. The award was conferred to him in New Delhi by
Somalia’s Islamist al-Shabaab at risk of splintering
The killing of Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab’s leader by a U.S. airstrike earlier this week could foment in the movement internal conflicts and eventual fragmentation, experts say. But despite the White House hailing Ahmed Godane’s killing as “a major symbolic
50 barrels of liquor destroyed in Jeddah
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) destroyed huge quantities of liquor in a villa in Jeddah on Sunday evening and apprehended three persons in this regard. “After closely monitoring the movement of numerous vehicles
IS fighters ‘using US arms in Syria’
LONDON : Islamic State (IS) jihadis appear to be using captured US military issue arms and weapons supplied to moderate rebels in Syria, according to a report published Monday. The study by the London-based small-arms research organization Conflict Armament Research
India, Pakistan extend helping hand as floods ravage Kashmir
SRINAGAR/MUZAFFARABAD : The prime ministers of India and Pakistan have offered to help each other in efforts to alleviate flood havoc in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, lowering tension between the rival nations after weeks of army clashes and
Iran’s Khamenei undergoes surgery for prostate cancer
Iran’s supreme leader underwent prostate surgery on Monday at a government hospital in Tehran, state media said in a rare report on the state of health of the country’s top cleric. The 75-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say
Security Council plans crackdown on foreign fighters
The U.N. Security Council plans to demand countries “prevent and suppress” the recruitment and travel of foreign fighters to join extremist militant groups like Islamic State by ensuring it is considered a serious criminal offence under domestic laws. The United
‘Shariah Police’ sparks concern in Germany
German politicians and media Monday called for a crackdown against radical Islamist propaganda after a group of ultra-conservative Salafists took to the streets calling itself the “Shariah Police”. “No tolerance for Salafists” said conservative daily Die Welt after a small
2nd bridge linking KSA and Bahrain to cost $5bn
MANAMA : A second causeway linking Bahrain with Saudi Arabia and providing a route for a regional railway network being built by Gulf kingdoms will cost about $5 billion, a minister said. “The cost of the causeway will be roughly
Riyadh: Dry up terror resources
Saudi Arabia on Monday backed resolutions adopted by a key Arab League meeting in Cairo emphasizing the need to take quick measures to crush the Islamic State (IS) and other terrorist organizations that operate in the region, undermining its security
New law: Surgeons can’t work for more than eight hours a day
The Ministry of Health is moving toward adopting a legislation that would require hospitals to limit the working hours for surgeons to no more than eight hours a day. The legislation is an effort to curb the potentially fatal effects
Obama discusses ISIS threat with Iraq’s Abadi
President Barack Obama phoned Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday to discuss Washington’s commitment to help Baghdad’s new government fight Islamic State militants, the White House said. “The president and the prime minister agreed on the importance of having
12% rise in expats, dependency on contracting firms irk Shoura
A Shoura Council member has urged the Labor Ministry not to allow major companies to circumvent Saudization laws by signing accords with subcontractors run mostly by expatriates. “Cutting down on the number of jobs at big national companies and giving
Saudi king awarded honorary doctorate from Egypt’s Al-Azhar
Egypt’s Al-Azhar mosque, considered the world’s leading center for Arabic literature and Islamic learning, awarded on Monday Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz an honorary doctorate. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, who inaugurated the new Saudi embassy in Cairo
Is the Palestinian honeymoon coming to an end?
Hamas officials on Monday accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of attempting to sabotage a reconciliation agreement after he accused the group of running a “shadow government” in Gaza, raising doubts over the durability of the nascent Palestinian unity. Hamas was
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei undergoes surgery
Iran’s supreme leader underwent prostate surgery on Monday at a government hospital in Tehran, state media said in a rare report on the state of health of the country’s top cleric. The 75-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say
Al-Shabaab pledge allegiance to new leader
Militants of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab have pledged allegiance to their new leader after his predecessor was killed and said their enemies would reap the “bitter fruits” of revenge after Ahmed Godane’s killing, a spokesman said. Al-Shabaab confirmed that
UN: ISIS wants to build ‘house of blood’
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria militants, who now control swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq, intend to create a “house of blood,” the U.N.’s new human rights chief said on Monday, according to Reuters news agency. In his
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