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: November 2, 2014
U.S. official says Britain must step up anti-ISIS fight
A top U.S. intelligence official called on the United Kingdom to step up its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants as they continue to advance through Iraq towards the capital city of Baghdad, the Sunday Times
Iraq blast targeting Shiites kills at least 10
A car bomb blast targeting Shiites in Baghdad ahead of the major Ashura religious commemorations killed at least 10 people on Sunday, security and medical officials said. The blast struck near a tent from which they were distributing tea and
Kurd builds $20 mln White House replica in Erbil
A Kurdish businessman is building his own $20 mln replica of the White House in the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil – with the addition of luxurious enhancements such as gold-leaf colored bannisters and Greek marble columns. Shihab N. Shihab
British warplanes intercept Russian bombers
Britain has scrambled RAF fighter jets for a second time this week after at least one Russian Bear bomber approached U.K. airspace. The Defense Ministry said Saturday that RAF Typhoons based at Lossiemouth in Scotland intercepted the aircraft on Friday.
Britain’s Foreign Office warns travelling nationals of ISIS security risk
Britain on Friday warned its citizens travelling overseas of a heightened risk of attacks against them from militants linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), updating its official travel advice to reflect an increase in the general
British-Iranian volleyball woman gets jail time
A British-Iranian woman who was arrested in Tehran after trying to attend a volleyball match has been sentenced to one year in jail, her lawyer was reported as saying Sunday. Ghoncheh Ghavami, a 25-year-old law graduate from London, who was
Israeli army blocks Gaza border after rocket fire
The Israeli army blocked two entry points to Gaza, blocking the border with the strip after a rocket fired from the enclave struck Israeli territory, Agence France Presse reported. “The crossing points for people and goods, Erez and Kerem Shalom,
Second soldier claims he is Burkina Faso’s president
The president of Burkina Faso stepped down Friday after protesters stormed parliament and set the building ablaze, ending his 27-year reign and sparking a struggle in the military for control of the West African country. An army general quickly announced
Malaysia Airlines sued by two boys over Flight 370
Two Malaysian teenage boys on Friday sued Malaysia Airlines and the government over the loss of their father on Flight 370, the first lawsuit filed by the family of a passenger of the jetliner that mysteriously disappeared eight months ago.
9 more sectors included in Saudization program
The Ministry of Labor has included nine new domains under the Nitaqat nationalization scheme, bringing the total number of sectors that are subject to Saudization to 58. Domains that have been subsumed under the program include disability centers, strategic partnership
Netanyahu urges restraint over Jerusalem clashes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged lawmakers to show “responsibility and restraint” towards recent escalating tensions between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in Occupied Jerusalem, Reuters news agency reported. Palestinians fear an Israeli plan to alter the status quo of
Clashes are taking place between pro-government forces in Benghazi.
Pro-government Libyan forces on Saturday recaptured areas of second city Benghazi seized by Islamist militiamen, including army positions, military sources said as medics reported dozens killed in fighting. A two-week-old government-backed offensive has now killed 254 people, the medical sources
Ministry to help create 100,000 new jobs
The Ministry of Labor, in coordination with a number of specialized establishments in the food industry, will provide 100,000 jobs across the Kingdom in the forthcoming months. The jobs will pay employment seekers of both sexes a salary that will
Iranian elite Guards say U.S. ‘still enemy No. 1’
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard renewed its animosity towards the United States in a statement released on Saturday which described the U.S. as the “number one enemy of the Iranian nation.” The statement, carried by FARS news agency, was released to
Yemen rivals agree on government of technocrats
Yemen’s main political factions, including the Houthi rebels, signed a deal on Saturday tasking the president and prime minister to form a new government in an effort to defuse political tensions that have crippled the impoverished state. The accord was
Scores of Libyans pledge loyalty to ISIS chief in video
Dozens of residents of a town in eastern Libya have pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants fighting in Syria and Iraq, according to a video and a resident. Around
Iran defends executions record, says most drug-related
Responding to a United Nations report criticizing death sentences in Iran, a senior official in the Islamic Republic is saying that 93 percent of executions in the country involve drug smuggling. Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council,
ISIS kills 85 more members of Iraqi tribe
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants have executed 85 more members of the Albu Nimr tribe in Iraq in a mass killing campaign launched last week in retaliation for resistance to the group’s territorial advances, a tribal leader and
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