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
Will react if new sanctions imposed, Russia tells EU
MOSCOW/KIEV/DONETSK: Russia warned Saturday that it would react if the European Union imposed fresh economic sanctions against it over the situation in Ukraine. “As for the new list of sanctions from the European Union, if they are passed, there will
Sotloff’s family speaks at Florida memorial
Nearly 1,000 people including relatives, friends and prominent Florida politicians attended a memorial service on Friday for Steven Sotloff, who was killed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, recalling him as a journalist committed to revealing the
ISIS beheadings may have inspired London madman
Police are looking into the possibility that Thursday’s decapitation of an 82-year-old woman in a north London suburb was “inspired” by footage of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) beheading two U.S. journalists, local media reported. However, detectives
Egypt’s Sisi vows to resolve power crisis
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Saturday vowed to resolve Egypt’s electricity crisis, outlining a five-year, multibillion-dollar plan. In a televised addressed, Sisi acknowledged that there little had been done in the way of developing the country’s ailing electricity sector to
Saudi women more keen to achieve than men, study finds
A considerably larger proportion of Saudi females are more likely to “strive to achieve” than their male counterparts, a survey found earlier this week, putting the figures at 35 percent and 20 percent of respondents respectively. The survey, which was
Lebanon army probes new militant beheading claim
The Lebanese army is investigating photographs purportedly showing a second soldier who had been beheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a military source said Saturday. An apparent ISIS supporter posted a photo on Twitter showing a masked
1 million narcotic pills seized at Hadeetha
Customs officers at Al-Hadeetha checkpoint on the Kingdom’s border with Jordan have seized around 1 million narcotic pills that were stashed inside different parts of a car, according to Ibrahim Al-Eneizi, director of Customs. Some of the pills were hidden
Second bridge to link Kingdom and Bahrain
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah approved the building of a second bridge between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, according to the Bahraini news agency. The approval came during a meeting between King Abdullah and Bahraini King Hamad bin
Haia raids house turned into church
KHAFJI : Saudi authorities stormed a house in the Eastern Province city of Khafji that is alleged to have been used as a church on Friday, Alsharq daily reported. Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention
New reports highlight ISIS threat to Egypt
While Egypt’s al-Ahram newspaper reported that Cairo’s military establishment is changing its strategy to combat militants in light of new information that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group was present in Sinai, Reuters reported on Saturday
Deprived of education and marriage, Tahani longs to reunite with her mother
Tahani, who was abandoned by her Saudi father in Cairo, was ecstatic when a court ordered him to come to Egypt to receive her and take her with him to the Kingdom. Because of some personal difficulties her father could
Arab ministers to discuss civil wars
A Saudi delegation led by Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal will participate in the high-profile ministerial meeting to be held by the Arab League in Cairo on Sunday, Osama Nugali, Foreign Ministry spokesman, said here on Saturday. The meeting is
Slain al-Shabaab chief: Militant, ideologue, poet
Ahmad Abdi Godane, the late leader of Somalian militant Islamist group al-Shabaab, was killed in a U.S. air strike, both the Pentagon and Somalia’s premier confirmed on Friday. The demise of the reclusive leader—of whom very few confirmed photos exist—was
Malaysia, Australia to send investigators team back to MH17 crash site
Malaysia and Australia agreed to send investigators back to the crash site of passenger plane in eastern Ukraine, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed on July 17 after apparently being shot down by a
Libya accuses Sudan of arming ‘terrorists’
Libya has expelled Sudan’s military attaché on Saturday over Khartoum’s alleged support of “terrorist” groups in the country, a government statement said. The statement also said that a Sudanese military transport plane bound for a Tripoli airport under control of
Parineeti hates girl-next-door tag
MUMBAI: Actress Parineeti Chopra feels perturbed when people refer to her as the quintessential ‘girl-next-door’ of Bollywood. She hopes that with her forthcoming films “Kill Dil” and “Daawat-e-Ishq”, she will be able to break that stereotype. “That’s what I feel
Indonesian warships visit Jeddah port
Two Indonesian Navy ships — KRI John Lie 358 and KRI Usman Harun 359 — docked at Jeddah seaport on Wednesday. A reception hosted on board one of the ships was attended by Saudi Royal Navy Western Command officials with
World-class safety measures in place at Grand Mosque expansion projects
A technical committee tasked with ensuring safety inside the Grand Mosque held a meeting with the Ministry of Higher Education to discuss health and safety measures during the expansion project. The meeting, which was also attended by officials from the
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