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: December 2014
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
Russia’s new military doctrine names NATO as key risk
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new military doctrine, naming NATO expansion among key external risks, the Kremlin said on Friday, days after Ukraine made fresh steps to join the Atlantic military alliance. Moscow’s previous military doctrine, signed by
Obama on Christmas: ‘World is better, safer’
On Christmas day, U.S. President Barack Obama described the world we live in as “better and safer” after marking more than one decade of combat in Afghanistan, the Associated Press reported. At an oceanfront Marine Corps base in Hawaii, Obama
Arson attack on Swedish mosque injures five
An arsonist set fire to a mosque in central Sweden on Thursday injuring five people, police said, as the country grapples with a political crisis caused by the rise of the extreme right. “Somebody threw an object through a closed
At least 2,400 Palestinians killed, missing in Syria
At least 1,200 to 1,300 Palestinians have been killed in Syria while an equal estimate have gone missing, a news agency reported the Palestinian embassy in the civil-war torn country as saying on Thursday. The Palestinian Embassy in Syria also
King says growth to continue as KSA unveils largest budget
Saudi Arabia unveiled Thursday the largest budget in history for 2015, projecting spending at record SR860 billion, despite a sharp fall in oil prices. The budget projected revenue at SR715 billion showing a huge deficit of SR145 billion for the
Iraqi PM seeks anti-ISIS support from Turkey
Iraq and Turkey on Thursday discussed cooperation in countering ISIS threat, including an Iraqi request for intelligence sharing and the possible delivery of Turkish arms to Iraqi forces, Iraq’s prime minister said during his visit to the neighboring country. “We
Asia marks 10 years since Indian Ocean tsunami
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Crying onlookers took part in beachside memorials and religious services across Asia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that left more than a quarter million people dead in one of modern
KSA unveils SR860 billion-budget for 2015
Saudi Arabia unveiled Thursday the largest budget in history for 2015, projecting spending at a record SR860 billion, despite a sharp fall in oil prices. The deficit budget projected revenue at SR715. Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of
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