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 17, 2014
Posthumous reward for slain cop
Riyadh police under a directive from Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Naif announced a posthumous reward of SR1.1 million to the family of slain police sergeant Mohamed Naif Al-Zineidi who sacrificed his life in a shootout on Sunday. Maj. Gen.
Saudi to continue ‘massive’ spending despite oil price fall
Saudi Arabia will continue massive public spending despite a 50 percent drop in the price of oil which provides the bulk of the kingdom’s revenue, the finance minister said Wednesday. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf commented after completing the 2015 budget,
Illegal expats will be thrown out: Fakeih
Saudi Arabia will not allow illegal foreigner workers to stay in the Kingdom at any cost, said Labor Minister Adel Fakeih on Tuesday. “We’ll intensify the ongoing campaign to drive out all illegal workers,” he added. He said there is
Global demand for water seen rising 40% by 2030
Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, distributed the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water for 2014 among its winners during a colorful ceremony in Riyadh on Monday. He congratulated the winners and admired their valuable
Yemeni Houthi rebels take over state-run newspaper
Yemen’s official news agency says the country’s powerful Shiite rebels who control the capital, Sanaa, have stormed the building of the nation’s main state newspaper and ousted the chief editor. SABA quotes the Information Ministry as saying al-Thawra’s headquarters was
Saudi grand mufti reacts to face veil remarks
Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti has asked the former Makkah chief of the country’s religious police to repent for his recent comments on the niqab, or face veil, the Saudi Gazette reported Wednesday. Former Makkah chief of Commission for the Promotion
Iran says Australia ignored warnings about Sydney gunman
Iran repeatedly warned Australia about the criminal past of the perpetrator of the Sydney cafe siege and called for him to be kept under surveillance, top officials in Tehran said. Man Haron Monis, the Iranian-born self-styled cleric who died along
EU parliament votes for Palestinian state in principle
The European parliament settled on a compromise resolution recognizing Palestinian statehood and the two-state solution in principle, so long peace talks progress, on Wednesday. Following a deal among the main parties, the motion that was carried stated: “(The European Parliament)
EU court orders Hamas removal from terror list
The European Union’s second highest court annulled on Wednesday the bloc’s decision to keep Hamas on a list of terrorist organizations, but temporarily maintained the measures for a period of three months or until an appeal was closed. The 2001
Six killed in Taliban suicide attack on Afghan bank
Taliban militants detonated a suicide bomb and stormed a bank in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least six people as the country endures a rise in violence while US-led NATO troops pull out. The attackers forced their way inside
Historic Jeddah festival takes on a new identity
Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed, chaired a meeting of the Supreme Committee for the Historic Festival with representatives from the civil government and from the private sector at his office in Jeddah on Monday. The historic festival, which promises
Pakistan mourns after Taliban school massacre
Pakistan began three days of mourning Wednesday for the 132 children and nine school staff massacred by the Taliban in the country’s deadliest ever terror attack, as the world united in revulsion. The 141 people were killed when insurgents stormed
India bans ISIS group and hunts for its sympathizers
India on Tuesday declared a ban on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), days after having detained an engineer for running a popular Twitter account extolling the militant group’s military campaign. India has the world’s third-largest population of Muslims,
Aussie leader: System failed to track siege gunman
Australia’s prime minister acknowledged Wednesday that the nation’s security system failed to keep track of a gunman responsible for a deadly siege at a Sydney cafe, and promised a transparent investigation into why the man was not on any terror
Cameron: UK faces threat of Sydney-style attack any moment
Britain faces the threat of a Sydney-style ‘lone wolf’ attack at any moment, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday, after a 16-hour siege at a cafe in the Australian city in which two captives were killed. Britain raised it
Ex-U.S. Marine held in Iran to start hunger strike
The family of a former U.S. Marine imprisoned in Iran says he is going on a hunger strike and has dictated a letter asking President Obama not to forget him as dialogue continues between the two countries over Iran’s nuclear
U.N. votes on cross-border Syria aid delivery
The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution that would extend the cross-border delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Syrians in rebel-held areas, without government approval. Resolution 2165, which was adopted July 14, allows trucks
U.S. welcomes ‘flexibility’ in $1.4 bln aid to Egypt
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it welcomes new flexibility in providing up to $1.4 billion in aid to Egypt, a close ally in the Middle East despite its recent sweeping crackdown on dissent. The massive fiscal 2015 spending bill
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