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: February 15, 2015
U.N. to urge Houthis to step aside in Yemen
The U.N. Security Council is due to adopt a resolution Sunday urging the Shiite militiamen behind a power grab in Yemen to step down, release government officials and negotiate, diplomats said. Calling for the militia, known as Houthis, to act
Ex-ministers among Shoura appointees
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman appointed seven leading Saudis to the Shoura Council on Saturday. They are Khaled bin Abdullah Al-Sabti, Mohammed bin Ali Al-Hayazie, Walid bin Abdul Karim Al-Kheraiji, Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Sager, Saad bin Mohammad
King appoints new members to Shoura
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has appointed Mohamed H. Al-Mady of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) as chairman of the General Organization for Military Industries (GOMI). The king issued a number of royal decrees appointing key people
Yemen crisis: GCC calls for UN action
An emergency meeting of foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) here on Saturday expressed deep concerns over the worsening political and security situation in Yemen and asked the United Nations to intervene immediately. Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled
Copenhagen shootings leave three dead
Copenhagen police shot and killed a man near a train station on Sunday, hours after two people were killed and five wounded in two separate shootings in the Danish capital, Agence France-Presse reported. “The police have fired shots at Noerrebro
Prince Faisal brings joy to orphans
Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman was present at the Arab Orphans’ Day celebration organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs on Thursday in the holy city. In Islam, according to the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah (the teachings of the
Obama denounces murders of U.S. Muslims
U.S. President Barack Obama described the deaths of three young Muslims gunned down in North Carolina as “brutal and outrageous murders” on Friday and said no one in the United States should be targeted for their religion. The president’s statement
Lebanon’s Hariri: talking to Hezbollah necessary to ease tensions
Former prime minister Saad al-Hariri, speaking on a rare visit marking the 10th anniversary of his father’s assassination, said dialogue with Hezbollah was necessary to ease sectarian tensions in Lebanon. Five members of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah have been indicted
India ‘disturbed’ by citizen’s treatment in Alabama
MADISON, Alabama: The Indian government is “extremely disturbed” by the treatment of an Indian citizen who was roughed up by police while walking in a town in Alabama, a spokesman said Friday. The man, 57-year-old Sureshbhai Patel, doesn’t speak English
Kurds regain Syrian villages from ISIS
Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163 villages around the Syrian town of Kobane after driving back Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in the past three weeks, a group monitoring
Six wounded after Houthis open fire on protestors
Houthi rebels opened fire Saturday to disperse a protest against the rule of the Shiite Muslim movement, wounding up to six people, witnesses said. Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets in several parts of the country in
Two suicide car bombs wound six in Egypt’s Sinai
Six people were wounded on Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula when officers fired on two suicide car bombs as they came near a police station, officials said. Egypt is fighting Islamist insurgents who have killed hundreds of police and soldiers
Jeddah gets 24 parks in as many weeks
Jeddah Mayor Hani Abu Ras recently inaugurated the 24th park in the Al-Nuzha district under the Jeddah municipality’s program of giving a park to the residents of Jeddah every week. Abu Ras said that the gardens and landscaping department at
France to award Moroccan intelligence chief Legion d’honneur after row
France will give its highest award, the Legion d’honneur, to the head of Morocco’s domestic intelligence, Abdellatif Hammouchi, who faces lawsuits over alleged torture. A year ago French authorities sought to question Hammouchi about the allegations while he was visiting
KSA is in for a cold wave, say weather forecasters
Weather predictions and forecasts indicate that large areas of the Kingdom will be affected with successive unstable weather conditions as a result of a number of cold waves in the upper atmospheres. Part of these atmospheric conditions include rainy clouds,
Pan-Muslim group concerned over ‘rising U.S. Islamophobia’
A pan-Muslim body condemned Saturday the murders of three Muslim students in the United States by a neighbor who espoused anti-religious views, voicing concerns over what it said was increased “Islamophobia” in the country. Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife
Egyptian police thwart two suicide car bomb attacks
Police in Egypt say they have thwarted two Islamic militant suicide car bomb attacks on a police station in the restive northern Sinai. Police officials said Saturday the attack in the town of Sheikh Zuweyid wounded two police officers. Police
Sunni tribal leader and seven others killed in Baghdad ambush
A prominent Iraqi Sunni tribal leader and his son were killed late on Friday in an attack on their convoy in south Baghdad, raising questions about security in the capital and threatening to exacerbate sectarian tensions. Security and political sources
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