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 4, 2014
France says anti-ISIS coalition must turn attention to Aleppo
The coalition fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) must now save Syria’s second city Aleppo as moderate rebels face destruction by attacks from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and jihadi militants, France’s foreign minister said. In a
ISIS releases 93 Syrian Kurds, monitor reports
The militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has released 93 Syrian Kurds it captured in February as they made their way from northern Syria to neighboring Iraq, a group monitoring the conflict said on Tuesday. ISIS seized
Saudi Arabia arrests six in connection to al-Ahsa killings
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed five people Monday in the eastern city of al-Ahsa in Saudi Arabia as the community prepared to commemorate the day of Ashura, police said. Nine people were wounded in the attack which took place at
Biden says he never apologized to Turkey
Did Vice President Joe Biden really apologize to Turkey’s president? The White House says he did, but Biden says he did not. In early October, Biden placed phone calls to three U.S. allies as he attempted to smooth over a
Standing up to the lethal volcano of fundamentalism
By : Octavia Nasr ISIS exposed an angry, hateful and lethal volcano brewing under the surface in many countries across continents. Radical Islam is now a reality we all must reckon with, although many remain in denial of its growing
Airstrikes That Also Kill Civilians Are a Kind of Murder
By : Harun Yahya IS’s cruelty and methods of savagery trouble Muslims before anyone else. Even before the ruthless killing of foreign journalists, IS was spreading terror in the region, and is applying the same methods of savagery now. Serious
Al-Naimi to visit Venezuela and Mexico
CARACAS: Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Al-Naimi will visit fellow OPEC producer Venezuela this week to attend a climate conference and also travel to Mexico, according to sources close to the Kingdom. “He is participating in the Margarita meeting
What is the situation in Mosul?
By : Jamal Khashoggi How can the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) be expelled from Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and home to around 2 million Iraqis? Ask this question to the best political analysts and they will
World Trade Center reopens for business
The 104-story, $3.9 billion skyscraper dominates Manhattan skyline NEW YORK: The resurrected World Trade Center has again opened for business, 13 years after the 9/11 terrorist attack — marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation. Some
The enslaved women of ISIS
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed The recent Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video in which a group of fighters brag as they discuss enslaved women and sell them as if they were cattle begs the question about this group’s
British schoolboy jailed for killing teacher in class
LONDON: A 16-year-old schoolboy was jailed for at least 20 years on Monday for stabbing a teacher to death in front of her class, in a murder that shocked Britain. The boy, who cannot be named due to his age,
Afghan police sell arms to Taliban
Afghan police sell arms to Taliban ‘to feed families’ as wages go unpaid for months The Afghan police service has been forced to sell its arms to the Taliban, as officers have not received wages for months. Some have even
British banker charged in Hong Kong double killing
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police charged a British banker on Monday with killing two women, including an Indonesian whose body was found in a suitcase on the balcony of the man’s upscale apartment, authorities said. The killings have shocked Hong
More anti-terror raids expected in Australia
Australians have been told to prepare for more large-scale counter-terrorism raids as Attorney-General George Brandis revealed 73 people have had their passports cancelled to prevent them joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. Canberra in September raised
Statoil puts $32.5bn price tag on giant Sverdrup oil field
OSLO: Statoil’s giant Johan Sverdrup oil field could cost as much as $32.5 billion, the company said in its first full estimate of the price tag to develop Europe’s most expensive ever oil and gas project. Discovered in 2010, Sverdrup
Life under ISIS in Iraq’s Falluja: danger, rage and profit
After Islamic State seized Falluja in January it persuaded a man making covers for cars to sell suicide vests instead, one of many changes in the Iraqi city as it adapts to life under the ultra-hardline Sunni militants. Islamic State
Ryanair hikes forecast as first-half profits soar
DUBLIN: Irish low-fare airline Ryanair lifted its annual earnings forecast, after revealing that first-half profits soared by almost a third, boosted by the timing of Easter and improved customer services. Earnings after taxation profits surged 32 percent to 795 million
Libyan army urges evacuation of Benghazi port
A Libyan navy ship was hit during heavy fighting with aircraft and tanks on Monday between the army and Islamist militants near the port of Benghazi, residents of the major city on Libya’s eastern Mediterranean coast said. The battle was
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