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: November 2014
Mosul residents: ISIS group cuts phones in Iraq city
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group blocked all mobile phone networks in the largest Iraqi city they control, Mosul, accusing informants in the city of tipping off coalition forces to their whereabouts, residents told The
No sequel of Naseeruddin’s memoir
MUMBAI: Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, who has chronicled his journey in ‘And Then One Day — A Memoir’, says the book is a mirror reflection of his life and that he has no plans to come out with a second
Erdogan slams ‘ego complex’ of critics on Americas discovery claim
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan savaged critics of his remarks that Muslim explorers traveled to the Americas before Columbus as suffering from an “ego complex,” reaffirming his belief their purported feat was an historical fact. “I have been the target
Gong Li questions fairness of Taiwan film awards
TAIPEI, Taiwan: The golden horse statues have been awarded, but drama hasn’t ended from one of Asia’s biggest film festivals. Chinese actress Gong Li called Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival unprofessional after she lost the best actress category to Taiwanese
Iran’s leader doesn’t oppose more nuclear talks
Iran’s top leader on Thursday said he would not stand in the way of continued nuclear negotiations with world powers and would accept a “fair” agreement, but vowed not to bow to bullying by the United States. Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Lab-coated Muggles use Harry Potter to study brain
WASHINGTON: Harry Potter swoops around on his broom, faces the bully Malfoy and later runs into a three-headed dog. For scientists studying brain activity while reading, it’s the perfect excerpt from the young wizard’s many adventures to give their subjects.
First Britons jailed for terrorism training in Syria
Two brothers have become the first Britons to be jailed for providing training to extremists in Syria after police found suspicious pictures on their phones, the BBC reported Thursday. Mohommod Nawaz, 30, and Hamza Nawaz, 24, who are from East
Minister: Algerian army kills suspect in Frenchman’s beheading
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Louh said on Wednesday that the army last month killed a jihadist suspected of taking part in the beheading of Frenchman Herve Gourdel. “One of the suspects was eliminated in October by the army during an
One British citizen killed in vehicle attack in Afghan capital
One British citizen was among five people killed in Thursday’s suicide attack on a British embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The other four killed in the blast were Afghans, the statement said.
Russia throws rights accusations back at U.S. with Ferguson unrest
Russia pointed on Wednesday to rioting in Ferguson and protests across the United States as evidence that its detractors in Washington were hypocrites and in no position to lecture Moscow on human rights. Issuing two statements on the unrest in
U.S. ‘horrified’ by Syrian regime raids
The United States said Wednesday it was “horrified” by Syrian regime air strikes in the stronghold Raqqaa that killed at least 95 people, slamming the government for its “continued slaughter,” Agence France-Presse reported. The U.S. State Department condemned the strikes,
Egyptian inquiry seeks changes to protest law
An Egyptian committee investigating political violence made a rare break on Wednesday with judicial support for heavy-handed state tactics, recommending the government should amend a law restricting protest. The government-ordered inquiry is investigating acts of violence after the army toppled
Fight with ISIS needs ‘Arab face’: U.S. lawmaker
A Republican lawmaker says the battle against the Islamic State group needs to have “an Arab face,” even as the U.S. leads airstrikes to help defeat the militant group. Congressman Rob Wittman said he agrees with a comment made by
ISIS fails to take Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk
The Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by the coalition air force on Wednesday repelled a major attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, according to sources from the
Hollande urges Sisi to pursue ‘democratic transition’
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday urged Egypt to pursue its “process of democratic transition,” during a visit to Paris by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. “We want the process to continue, (a) democratic transition process which respects the roadmap
South Africa says Israel ‘defying world’ as Abbas visits
Israel is defying the world by “undermining” prospects for a two state solution through its settlements policy, South African President Jacob Zuma said Wednesday as he welcomed Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on a state visit. “The reality is that the
Qatar runs covert desert training camp for Syrian rebels
At a desert base, Gulf state Qatar is covertly training moderate Syrian rebels with U.S. help to fight both President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and may include more overtly Islamist insurgent groups, sources close
Lebanese FM: Cyprus may be jihadist transit point
Lebanon’s foreign minister says more attention should be paid to the possibility of Cyprus becoming a gateway for aspiring foreign jihadists to transit in and out of the Middle East. Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil warned after talks Wednesday with his
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