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 16, 2014
Muslims told to shun agitations
Agitations against the government will only have a negative impact on Indian Muslims, prominent scholar and general secretary of the All India Muslim Scholars Association Kanthapuram Aboobacker Musliyar, alias Sheikh Abubacker Ahmad, said here recently. Sheikh Abubacker, who was in
Jihadi John ‘wounded’ in U.S.-Iraqi airstrike
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant who killed two British and American hostages in a series of videos posted online in the past months was wounded following a U.S. air strike in Syria, Britain’s Daily Mail reported.
SCTA to register 10 sites for UNESCO World Heritage list
Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), announced this week the Council of Ministers’ approval for the registration of another 10 Saudi heritage sites in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in
Turkey, U.S. agree on plan to train 2,000 moderate Syrian rebels: report
Turkey and the United States have agreed a plan under which some 2,000 fighters from the moderate Syrian opposition would be trained on Turkish soil, a report said Saturday. The fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) will be trained
Peace in KSA ‘is essential for Ummah’
Peace and stability in the Kingdom are essential to the well-being of Muslims all over the world, said imam and khateeb at the Grand Mosque in Makkah Sheikh Saleh Al-Talib in his sermon on Friday. “Every man on earth should
Erdogan says Muslims, not Columbus, discovered Americas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there. “Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th century. Muslims
OK’d: 10-week paid maternity leave after 3 years of job
Working mothers in the private sector are now entitled to a fully paid maternity leave for a period of 10 weeks — four weeks prior to the date of delivery and six weeks following it. However, this provision only applies
Pronounced dead, 91-year-old Polish woman awakens
A Polish doctor says she has been in “deep shock” since learning that a 91-year-old woman she pronounced dead woke up in a morgue several hours later. The doctor – identified in the media as Wieslawa C. – said on
Old Jeddah photographs on display
The French Consulate is holding a special exhibition of around 50 old photographs of Jeddah and the Hijaz taken between 1895 and 1918, to celebrate 175 years of relations with people of the Arabian Peninsula. Louis Blin, the French consul
Kingdom emerges as China’s largest trading partner
For China, which has so far invested a total of $1.25 trillion abroad, Saudi Arabia remains the largest partner in West Asia and Africa, says Li Chengwen, Chinese ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Chengwen said,
Jeddah rain brings power pain for some
Jeddah received the first rainfall of the season Saturday bringing a welcome relief from the heat, albeit with power cuts in some areas. According to the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) office, there was scattered rainfall in and around
Russian TV channel says photos show MH17 shot down by fighter jet
MOSCOW: Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. Several commentators who have examined the photographs have described them
Taif rain damage assessed
Director of Civil Defense in Taif Saleh Mansi Al-Harthi has announced the formation of a committee to review the damages caused by Friday’s rains and floods in the governorate. He said the committee would embark on its work to record
Rat poison chemical found in pills linked to India sterilization deaths
BILASPUR/RAIPUR, India: Tablets linked to the deaths of more than a dozen women who visited a sterilization camp in India are likely to have contained a chemical compound commonly used in rat poison, two senior officials in Chhattisgarh state said
GPU conference to be held on Jan. 26
Nasser Mohammed Al-Othman, director-general of the Gulf Press Union (GPU), said, the union’s conference will be held Jan. 26-27 in Muscat, responding the invitation of Omani Press Society. The event will be held under the supervision of Turki bun Abdullah
Saudi Arabia to ‘uphold balanced’ oil policy
Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz said Saturday that the kingdom would maintain its “balanced” oil policy and urged world leaders to work toward resolving the growing crises in the Middle East. “The kingdom is continuing with its balanced policy
Pakistanis pay tributes to philosopher-poet Allama Iqbal
The Pakistani community paid glowing homage to great philosopher and poet Allama Iqbal, remembering his contributions to poetry and Islamic philosophy, which bears a lesson of love, peace, unity and integrity, brotherhood and tolerance. Bazm-e-Iqbal, a literary organization of overseas
Women in Iraq’s Anbar form group to fight ISIS
“Women of Justice,” an all-female group aimed at fighting a jihadist group in Iraq, was recently formed in the Sunni-stronghold province of Anbar, Al Arabiya News Channel reported Saturday. The 50-member group was formed following a popular tribal drive in
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