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: January 2015
Gaza bank hit by explosion
An explosion hit a Palestinian bank in the Gaza Strip, destroying an ATM, witnesses said, but there were no reports of injuries. The Gaza interior ministry said an investigation had been opened into the blast on Friday night at a
Police defuse bomb found in Istanbul shopping mall
Turkish police defused an improvised bomb found in a mall in an eastern suburb of Istanbul on Saturday, the private Dogan news agency reported. Police also detonated potentially explosive butane canisters found at another mall nearby. It is the third
Kuwait jails ex-minister over article criticizing government
Kuwait authorities arrested a former liberal cabinet minister as he attempted to leave the country Saturday, after being sentenced to a week in jail over an article criticizing the government, his lawyer said. Saad al-Ajmi, information minister between 1999-2000, was
Media: Avalanche kills one, traps four in northeastern Turkey
One worker was killed and four were trapped by an avalanche in Turkey’s northeastern Trabzon region on Saturday following a week of vicious snow storms across the region, the disaster management agency (AFAD) said. The five workers were repairing a
Two headless bodies found in Egypt’s Sinai
Two headless bodies were found in a village in Egypt’s restive North Sinai region on Saturday, police said, the latest in a series of beheadings allegedly carried out by Islamist militants. The bodies of two men, believed to be civilians
Activists: ISIS brings fighters from Syria’s Deir al-Zour to Iraq
Islamist militants have brought dozens of fighters from the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour to Iraq to join them in their fight against security forces, Al Sumaria News reported activists as saying on Saturday. Without specifying an exact figure,
Libya’s factions agree to new talks at U.N.
Libya’s factions have agreed to a new round of negotiations to attempt to end the North African country’s crisis, the United Nations said on Saturday. The meeting will take place next week at the United Nations office at Geneva, the
India PM pledges 24-hour power for Delhi
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to provide round the clock electricity for India’s capital Saturday as he kicked off his party’s campaign in elections to Delhi’s state assembly. Delhi has an unenviable reputation both for blackouts and as
Students asked to avoid unlicensed dawa activities
The Ministry of Higher Education called on Saudis who are preparing to study abroad to avoid illegal dawa (proselytization) activities outside the Kingdom, which are a clear violation of Saudi law. This warning is part of an awareness program for
Prince Turki lends a hand in cleaning the environment
Riyadh Gov. Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has underlined the importance of preserving the environment and observing hygiene. He unveiled a ‘carrot and stick’ policy as part of the regulatory framework to keep the environment green and clean.
Sirisena victory delights Sri Lankan expats in Saudi Arabia
There was widespread jubilation among the 500,000-strong Sri Lankan expatriate community in the Kingdom as they savored the victory of Maithripala Sirisena over incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential elections on Thursday. For the expatriates, it was a long night
Turkey places 3,000 Syrians in winter camp
Turkey rounded up more than 300 Syrian refugees in Ankara on Friday, tearing down makeshift shelters, eyewitnesses said, in what authorities described as an operation to send vulnerable families to camps as winter temperatures plunge. Turkey has removed 3,000 refugees
Three Saudis behind attack along Iraq border
Three Saudi nationals were identified among the four gunmen who were involved in a deadly attack on a Saudi border patrol on the frontier with Iraq, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. The ministry said it is still trying to
Iran’s Rowhani condemns killing in name of Islam
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani has denounced “terrorism” and violence committed in the name of Islam, after the deadly attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. In remarks carried by Iranian media on Friday, Rowhani said “violence and terrorism
Syrian opposition figure declines Moscow parley later this month
Prominent Syrian opposition figure Mouaz Al Khatib said on Friday he had turned down an invitation to a Moscow meeting with Syrian government officials, in a further blow to Russian efforts to find a solution to the Syrian conflict. “We
Yemen arrests 5 suspects in police academy bombing
Yemeni security forces have arrested five suspected Al-Qaeda members accused of carrying out a car bomb attack on a police academy that killed 40 people, the Sanaa police chief said Friday. General Abdel Razaq al-Moayed, quoted by the official Saba
Turkish leftist group retracts claim of responsibility for bomb attack
A far-left Turkish group on Friday retracted its claim of responsibility for a suicide bombing of a police station in central Istanbul this week. A woman entered the police station in the historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, saying in English
Unidentified gunmen shoot, wound man in Egypt’s Arish
Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a man south of the Egyptian city of Arish in the Sinai Peninsula early Friday, Egypt-based Aswat Masriya news website reported. A 19-year-old man was shot at as he made his way down Arish airport
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