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
BlackBerry launches ‘Passport’ device
Blackberry Ltd launched on Wednesday its unconventional new smartphone dubbed “Passport,” boasting a large square touch display and a new audio experience. The company said Passport is available now in Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the United States and
ISIS destroys shrine in Iraq amid U.S. strikes
Security sources said Wednesday that ISIS extremists have destroyed the Arbaeen Wali shrine in the militant-held city of Tikrit. According to Al Arabiya News Channel correspondent Jawad al-Hatab, ISIS bombed the Arabeen shrine, which houses the tombs of 40 “martyrs”
Israel says Iran tested nuclear weapons in military complex
Israel said on Wednesday that Iran has used its Parchin military base as the site for secret tests of technology that could be used only for detonating a nuclear weapon. Israel has been a severe critic of six big powers’
Saudi releases pictures of pilots who took part in strikes against ISIS
Saudi Arabia has released photographs of pilots it said conducted airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria as part of a U.S.-led campaign against the militant group. In of the pictures, carried by the official
Venezuela leader calls ISIS a Western ‘Frankenstein’
Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday accused Western powers of helping create the jihadist crisis in the Middle East and said that the only solution involved respecting regional governments. In his first speech to the U.N. General Assembly since
German police raid flats, mosque over suspected ISIS ties
German authorities raided a mosque, an Islamic community center and radical Islamists’ flats in cities across Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of having connections to militants in Syria. The suspects, belonging to the ultra-conservative Salafist movement, are aged between 23
Mission accomplished: India joins Mars explorers
NEW DELHI : India triumphed in its first interplanetary mission, placing a satellite into orbit around Mars on Wednesday and catapulting the country into an elite club of deep-space explorers. In scenes broadcast live on Indian TV, scientists broke into
UK-Iran meeting first since 1979 revolution
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the first such meeting since the Iranian revolution in 1979. A Cameron spokesman said the two leaders agreed to
Australian police shoot dead ‘known terror suspect’
Police in Melbourne have shot dead a “known terror suspect” who stabbed two officers, a day after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group called for Muslims to indiscriminately kill Australians, officials said Wednesday. The 18-year-old, whose passport was
Cameron wants UK to join in airstrikes in Iraq
Prime Minister David Cameron said late Wednesday that he wanted the British Parliament to approve joining international airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in Iraq after Baghdad requested London’s help. Cameron announced the move in
German court: Church facilities can ban headscarf
A German federal court has ruled that church-run institutions are within their rights to refuse to allow Muslim employees to wear headscarves at work. The Federal Labor Court ruled Wednesday on a case brought by a former nurse at a
U.N. resolution to crack down on jihadists
The United Nations Security Council in a session chaired President Barack Obama unanimously approved on Wednesday a binding resolution on stemming the flow of foreign militants to Iraq and Syria. The resolution, which Obama described as “historic,” requires all states
Saudi Arabia announces Oct. 4 as Eid al-Adha
Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday the Muslim Eid al-Adha would fall on Saturday, Oct. 4. In the lunar Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijjah, which Saudi authorities announced would begin on
ISIS-linked Algeria group beheads Frenchman
An Algeria militant group posted a video Wednesday showing the beheading of French hostage Herve Gourdel saying the killing was a “message of blood” to France over its role in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
KSA joins airstrikes to crush IS
Saudi Arabia’s air force participated in US-led bombing strikes against the so-called Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria on Tuesday as part of global efforts to eliminate terrorism, an official source said. “The Saudi Royal Air Force participated in the
Jeddah’s new flag all set to enter Guinness
Rising 170 meters high in the air, the world’s tallest flagpole in Jeddah will enter the Guinness Book of World Records on Tuesday, just in time for Saudi Arabia’s National Day. A team from the Guinness Book of World Records
European ISIS fighter numbers ‘surge to 3,000’
The number of Europeans joining Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq has surged to about 3,000 from 2,000 only months ago, the EU counter-terrorism chief said Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with AFP, Gilles de Kerchove said the flow of
Kerry, Abbas meet in New York to talk Gaza recovery
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza, a state department official said. The meeting in New York came as leaders converged for the United Nations General Assembly, and
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