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: October 17, 2014
SABB profit up 17.8% for nine months
The Saudi British Bank (SABB) has reported a net profit of SR3,297 million for the nine months ended Sept. 30, an increase of SR499 million or 17.8 percent compared to SR2,798 million for the same period in 2013. SABB reported
Apple’s new iPads sport modest upgrades; minis start at $399
Apple Inc. introduced a faster, slimmer iPad Air 2 on Thursday, tacking on modest improvements such as a fingerprint sensor to its mainstay tablet in time for what is expected to be a hotly contested holiday season for mobile devices.
Indian politician convicted of graft gets bail
NEW DELHI: India’s top court has granted temporary bail to a charismatic southern Indian politician who was sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of corruption last month. The Supreme Court also ordered Jayaram Jayalalitha, a former
GCC ministers favor joint action to fight terror
Minister of Culture and Information Abdulaziz Khoja said the GCC information ministers approved a number of plans to boost cooperation among the GCC states and fight terrorism. Khoja, who attended the GCC ministers’ meeting on Thursday, said the ministers approved
Riyadh warned world of terror threat
The deputy speaker of the Shoura Council, Mohamed bin Amin Al-Jafri, said that Saudi Arabia had forewarned the world of the danger of terrorism. Addressing the 131st session of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Al-Jafri said the Kingdom
U.S. says Baghdad is not under ‘imminent threat’ from ISIS
The Iraqi capital Baghdad is not facing immediate danger from ISIS jihadists despite battlefield gains by the group in the country’s west and recent car bombings in the city, the US military said Thursday. Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby
Syria ISIS militants train in three captured jets
Iraqi pilots who have joined ISIS in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, Reuters reported a group monitoring the war as saying on Friday, citing witnesses. The group has been flying the
Houthis, tribesmen clash in Yemen’s Ibb city
Yemen’s Houthis, a Shiite tribal grouping, clashed with tribesmen Friday in the northern part of the Yemeni city of Ibb, Al Arabiya’s News Channel correspondent reported. The clashes took place after the Houthi rebels seized more territory near the capital
Hamas urges Muslims to defend Jerusalem shrine from ‘Israeli seizure’
The leader of the Palestinian group Hamas on Thursday called on Muslims to defend the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, saying Israel was trying to seize the site, revered in Islam and Judaism and focus of a Palestinian uprising in
Spanish parliament set to vote on recognizing the Palestinian state
The Spanish parliament is set to vote on recognizing the Palestinian state, Al Arabiya News channel reported Thursday. The announcement comes days after British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of recognizing Palestine as a state. The motion – which is
Iraq imposes curfew in Ramadi amid fight against ISIS
The Iraqi government imposed on Thursday curfew in a key city west of Baghdad as security forces and tribesmen fought back ISIS militants closing in on the capital, Al Arabiya correspondent reported. On Wednesday Iraqi security personnel beat back an
Kerry: Two state solution vital to curb extremism
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday warned that that the unresolved Israel-Palestinian conflict was fueling recruitment for the ISIS militant group and it was “imperative” the peace talks be resumed. “There wasn’t a leader I met with in
The ISIS fighter who begged for death… and got it
Kurdish grocer Cuneyt Hemo remembers the moment he crossed paths with a jihadist ISIS prisoner inside the besieged Syrian town of Kobane. “He begged us to kill him so he could go to paradise and be rewarded,” Hemo told AFP,
Russia ‘will not’ share intel with U.S. on ISIS
Moscow on Thursday denied U.S. claims that it had agreed to share intelligence with Washington over the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), saying it would only if there is a U.N. Security Council approval for any operation against
Deepika keen to do French, Iranian films
MUMBAI: Deepika Padukone is ready to work in films beyond Bollywood, but she is not gunning for Hollywood. The versatile Indian actress is instead, keen to do a French or Iranian film, and she has even identified directors she would
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