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: October 2014
Google’s music service adds mood to the mix
Google is adding mood music to the mix as it tries to lure listeners away from Pandora, Spotify and other popular services that play tunes over the Internet. The feature is being released Tuesday in an update to Google Play’s
Solid relationship with KSA: Indonesia
Indonesians celebrated their country’s 69th Independence Day at their embassy in the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh on Monday. Riyadh Gov. Prince Turki bin Abdullah was the chief guest at the event. The celebrations commemorated Indonesia’s independence, which took place on
Egypt bans anti-Mubarak activist from leaving Cairo
Egypt’s authorities banned a prominent activist of the 2011 uprising, Asma Mahfouz, from leaving the country late Tuesday while on her way to Bangkok, a Cairo airport official said. Mahfouz, a well known youth leader, was a leading figure of
‘KSA provided $435m to support Yemen’
New Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Saeed Al-Jaber said that the Kingdom has supported Yemen by providing $435 million in aid to the Social Welfare Fund during September to address the needs of 1.5 million needy Yemenis. He said the
Turkish envoy meets Rival Libya PM
Libya’s self-declared prime minister, who runs a rival government not recognized by the international community, met a Turkish envoy on Tuesday, in the first publicly known diplomatic meeting with a foreign representative. Libya has had two governments and parliaments competing
Shoura demands independent monitoring of Aramco’s sales
During the Shoura Council’s session on Monday, members of the council accused those in charge of the “Hadaf” program under the Ministry of Labor of wasting millions of riyals on systematic errors in Saudi Aramco’s sales saying that these errors
Malaysia calls for Southeast Asian cooperation on ISIS threat
Malaysia’s defense minister has labeled efforts by a U.S.-led coalition to push back ISIS group in Iraq and Syria “ineffective,” and called for regional cooperation to prevent jihadists gaining a foothold in Southeast Asia. “Air strikes by the United States
Kingdom initiates moves to promote investment in Qassim
Saudi Arabia is working to stimulate and encourage investment in the Qassim Region, which will be connected by a regional railway network to be built at a cost of SR12 billion. This will be part of the north-south railway line,
Iraq’s Peshmerga sending fighters to Kobane
Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government will be sending Peshmerga fighters to the embattled Syrian city of Kobane to help their brethren fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the secretary-general of the Ministry of Peshmerga, Jabbar Yawar, told reporters
Inspections result in arrest of 223 illegal shop workers
The Ministry of Labor, in a nation-wide operation, has booked 197 irregularities in retail shops and arrested 223 workers who were working illegally in these outlets. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labor for Inspection and Developing Work Environment Abdullah Abu
ISIS fighters seize weapons airdrop meant for Kurds
Syrian activists claim militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized earlier this week a cache of weapons airdropped by U.S.-led coalition forces that were meant to supply Kurdish fighters battling the extremist group. The Britain-based Syrian
87.2 percent of Saudi families have drivers
A recent survey conducted by the Public Opinion Survey Unit in King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue found that 66.7 percent of the 1,000 participants from the Kingdom had house-maids. The survey also found that 87.2 percent of the Saudi
Egypt sentences to death 7 suspected members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
An Egyptian court sentenced to death seven suspected members of Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis on Tuesday on charges related to attacks on the military in and around Cairo in March which killed nine soldiers, judicial sources said. The
Mandatory thermal insulation of buildings soon
The government has announced that it would soon make it mandatory for buildings to have thermal insulation in 24 major cities to save on rising energy costs. Municipal and Rural Affairs Minister Prince Mansour bin Miteb made the announcement on
Iran president pledges to back Iraq amid attacks
Shiite powerhouse Iran has pledged enduring support for the Shiite-led government of Iraq in its battle against an ascendant Sunni insurgency spearheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. Iranian President Hassan Rowhani told visiting Iraqi Prime
Royal welcome
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah gets a warm welcome on arrival in Riyadh from Jeddah on Tuesday in the presence of Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and defense minister; Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, state minister and commander
Hezbollah chief tours east Lebanon, warns ISIS to ‘retreat or die’
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has warned Islamist militants on the border with Lebanon that they face one of two options: retreat or die of cold. Nasrallah told a group of scholars in the Bekaa Valley that Islamist militant groups
GCC cancer time bomb is ticking
An alarming 150 to 200 percent increase in cancer rates is expected by 2030 within the GCC states. This is the highest expected increase in the world, according to medical expert, Dr. Ibtihal Fadil. Dr. Fadil, a consultant for the
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