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 27, 2014
Governor, Saudia officials discuss better air link for Madinah, Al-Ula
Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman met in his office on Thursday Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines Saleh Al-Jasser and CEO of Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation Abdulaziz Al-Hazmi and their accompanying delegation. The governor and the airline officials reviewed
Applicants make a dash for jobs in Abdullah Economic City
One thousand male and female applicants looking for jobs registered in the first eight hours at the First Occupations Fair 2014 held at the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) recently. This level is comparable to the number of people who
Riyadh metro project to hire Saudi women
Plans are under way to hire Saudi women to work on the multibillion-riyal metro in the capital city, said Riyadh Gov. Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. Opening the Producers Exhibition and Conference at the Riyadh International Convention Center,
At least 1,300 migrants saved off Italy at Christmas
The Italian Navy rescued some 1,300 migrants in several operations late on Christmas Day, among them a Nigerian woman who gave birth on board one of the rescue vessels, local media said Friday. The majority of the migrants were on
‘High fees’ blamed as 300,000 expat students quit schools
High fees at private schools in the Kingdom has forced over 300,000 expatriate students to quit because their parents cannot afford it, according to an education expert. “Most expat students are only allowed to study at private schools. Government schools
Sudan pressures U.N. as it reviews Darfur force
Sudan’s government is stepping up pressure on the United Nations as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prepares recommendations on the future of a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in the country’s violence-wracked Darfur region. In the government’s latest move, President Omar al-Bashir
Zahran named world’s most influential woman
A website has named Saudi lawyer Bayan Mahmoud Zahran as the world’s most influential woman for 2014. Buzzfeed cited Zahran’s successful venture in opening the Kingdom’s first female law firm for assigning her the top position among the world’s 15
Anti-ISIS coalition unleash 39 strikes in two days
U.S. forces and their allies conducted 39 air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets over the past two days, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Friday. Fighters, bombers and remotely controlled aircraft hit 19 targets
Interior Ministry deports 62,514 illegal expatriates
The Ministry of Interior announced on Friday that it had deported 62,514 illegal expatriates last month, as part of its efforts to clean up the country’s labor market. It had also arrested 17,740 foreigners over the same period, who had
Two militants shot dead at Cairo checkpoint
Egypt said on Friday its security forces had killed two members of the country’s most active Islamist extremist group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis. The interior ministry issued a statement saying one of the men – killed at a checkpoint east of
Al-Assaf: No need for sovereign wealth fund
RIYADH: There is no need for the Kingdom to create a sovereign wealth fund to manage its oil wealth, Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf said, rebuffing suggestions by prominent officials and businessmen. At present, the surplus funds of Saudi Arabia are
ISIS claims Iraq suicide bombing that killed 38
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Friday claimed it carried out a suicide bombing south of Baghdad that targeted Sunni fighters who oppose the militants, in which 38 people were killed. The bomber attacked the fighters,
Syrian air force kills 45 civilians in stepped-up raids
At least 45 civilians were killed and some 175 wounded when aircraft bombed a northern Syrian city controlled by Islamic State, as Bashar al-Assad’s government stepped up air raids, residents and a monitoring group said on Friday. Helicopters and war
Turkey frees teen arrested for ‘insulting’ Erdogan: reports
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of a 16-year-old high school student arrested for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following an outcry over his detention. The boy, Mehmet Emin Altunses, was released following a complaint by his lawyer
Department store owner referred to court for defaming Egyptian flag
The owner of an Egyptian department store was referred to court Thursday for defaming the national flag, Egyptian media reported. Sayed al-Suerky, who owns al-Tawhid wal Nour department store, was arrested for printing the Egyptian flag on shoe soles. The
Jordan denies ISIS shot down its warplane
Jordan’s military Friday denied claims by ISIS to have shot down one of its warplanes which crashed in Syria, after the pilot was captured by the jihadists. “First indications show that the crash of the Jordanian military plane in the
Pak poet Parveen Shakir remembered
ISLAMABAD : Death anniversary of Parveen Shakir, renowned Pakistani poet who left an everlasting impact on modern Urdu literature, was observed in Pakistan on Friday. Born in Karachi, Shakir completed her Masters in English and became an acclaimed poet with
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