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: December 9, 2014
Rival Libyan govt included in U.N. peace talks
The United Nations will widen a new round of talks aimed at ending Libya’s escalating political crisis by including a rival assembly challenging the recognized government, its special envoy said on Monday. Libya has had two governments and parliaments competing
Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
The Israeli military’s destruction of civilian buildings during its Protective Edge offensive this summer amounts to war crimes and must be investigated, human rights monitor Amnesty International said on Tuesday, according to Agence France Presse. “All the evidence we have
Palestinians secure observer status at ICC
The International Criminal Court has officially granted Palestinians observer status at the Court’s summit of 122 member countries on Monday. The move, which has repeatedly been promised by the Palestinians, is a step toward joining the world’s permanent war crimes
Iran’s blacklisted Qassem Suleimani spotted in Iraq
U.N. sanctions monitors on Tuesday said photographs taken inside Iraq appear to confirm that the head of Iran’s elite military Quds Force Qassem Suleimani has been spotted in the country, in an alleged violation of a U.N. travel ban. Suleimani,
Cabinet shake-up puts 9 new ministers at the helm
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on Monday announced a major Cabinet reshuffle, removing six ministers and appointing eight new ministers for health, higher education, transport, agriculture, social affairs, communications and information technology, culture and information, and Islamic
Pact to hire Indian domestics cleared
The Council of Ministers, chaired by Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, on Monday approved the Kingdom’s agreement with Delhi for recruitment of Indian domestic workers including maids. “The agreement aims to protect the rights of domestic
Doha summit to map out security plan
Leaders of the six-nation GCC are expected to discuss several key issues at their two-day summit starting Tuesday including regional security, terrorism, declining oil prices and relations with Iran. Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, will lead
U.N. postpones start of new Libya peace talks
The United Nations will postpone the start of talks to end Libya’s political crisis until early next week, its special envoy said on Monday. Talks had been scheduled to start on Tuesday but Bernadino Leon told reporters they would start
Shoura wants SR39bn housing loans waived
The Shoura Council has called on the government to write off SR39 billion in loans owed by poor citizens not able to make repayments. The council’s finance committee has recommended that a government-appointed committee, comprising the finance and social affairs
Mother sues France over underage son’s Syria trip
A mother whose teen traveled unsupervised to Syria is suing the French government, alleging it should have stopped the underage boy from leaving the country. The 16-year-old boy left the southern French city of Nice nearly a year ago, heading
Syrian FM in Tehran: Iran supports Russian effort for Syria
Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Monday during a visit to Tehran that Iran is backing the latest Russian effort to end his country’s more than three-year conflict. A delegation of Syrian dissidents tolerated by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime
Coalition general: ISIS fighters on their heels
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have lost momentum in Iraq and are now far less able to generate the kind of ground maneuvers that enabled them to capture large chunks of Iraq earlier this year, a senior
Erdogan slams Egypt for Interpol bid on Muslim scholar
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticized Egypt’s military rulers for having Interpol issue an arrest warrant for a Muslim scholar. Islamist scholar Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, whose fiery sermons have caused tensions with Cairo’s military rulers, is a strong
U.N. pushes for cease-fire in Syria’s Aleppo
United Nations peace envoy Staffan de Mistura met with members of the Syrian opposition to discuss plans he had proposed earlier of “freezing” fighting in Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, a spokeswoman said. “The talks started today with representatives of
Egypt to try 71 Azhar students for joining Brotherhood
Egypt’s prosecutor general Monday referred to trial 71 students of the prestigious Al-Azhar University on charges of joining the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and holding illegal protests, a judicial official said. Hundreds of students have been tried in civilian courts after
Jordan charges top Brotherhood figure over anti-UAE comments
Jordan on Monday charged a top member of the Muslim Brotherhood with “souring ties with a foreign country” by criticizing the UAE after it designated his group as a terrorist organisation. Zaki Bani Rushaid, deputy leader of the Jordanian branch
Yemen’s Al-Qaeda denounces ‘barbaric’ beheadings
A senior military commander of Al-Qaeda in Yemen not only denounced beheadings but he described the act and its filming for propaganda purposes as “barbaric.” The comments, by Nasr bin Ali al-Ansi, came in a video response to a reporter’s
Hagel credits Iraqi security forces with progress
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says Iraqi security forces have “new momentum” in their battle to regain territory lost this year to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. Hagel spoke Monday to reporters at a U.S. Army
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