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 »
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A 1988 massacre and the truth about ‘moderate’ Rouhani
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh :: Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani is making a tactical shift once again. This time he is appeasing the hard-liners publicly and revealing the actual agenda of his administration after achieving the Supreme Leader’s economic objectives.
Another milestone on Saudi women’s road to empowerment
By : Maha Akeel :: The royal decree to allow women to drive in Saudi Arabia is a historic decision that has been long in the waiting. Sept. 26, 2017, will be remembered as the day Saudi women’s right to
Women driving: A huge leap forward for Saudi Arabia
By : Faisal J. Abbas :: The royal decree to finally allow women to drive in Saudi Arabia will definitely be remembered as a landmark, positive moment in the Kingdom’s history. This courageous decision will single-handedly end what was regarded
Saudi Airlines lives up to its pledge
By : Tariq A. Al-Maeena :: At the World Airline Awards held at the Paris Air Show on June 20, Skytrax announced the world’s Top 100 Airlines in 2017, as voted by airline customers around the world. The awards, described
What intimidates Steven Spielberg? Being subject of a documentary
:: Steven Spielberg has directed dozens of award-winning movies in a 40-year career, but when it came to turning the cameras on himself he found the attention pretty uncomfortable. The double Oscar winner, who has directed films like “Schindler’s List,”
A wedding is coming: Game of Thrones actors announce engagement
:: Kit Harington and his former “Game of Thrones” on-screen romantic partner, Rose Leslie, are engaged. A formal notice published in the Times of London newspaper Wednesday announced the upcoming marriage of “Mr. K.C. Harington and Miss R.E. Leslie. “It
Why the UAE celebrates Saudi national day
By : Abdullah bin Bijad al-Otaibi :: The UAE joined Saudi Arabia in celebrating the 87th Saudi national day this year. It has done so for years amid a celebratory atmosphere that includes official and popular events. The UAE celebrates
Abbas, Netanyahu and the annual UN dialogue of the deaf
By : Yossi Mekelberg :: For various and rather different reasons, the annual addresses to the UN General Assembly by the Israeli and Palestinian leaders have become torture to listen to. The hall is usually full of delegates from around
Confronting North Korea and Iran
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed :: The weak Iranian nuclear deal, which the former American administration agreed upon, is partially responsible for North Korea’s surge in developing its nuclear program. Iran was rewarded with a sum of $150 billion as per
What happens when Qatar stops funding terror
By : Abdellatif El-Menawy :: There has been a marked decline in the activities of terrorist organizations on several fronts in recent months. Legitimate forces have begun to advance in some countries experiencing conflicts, terrorist operations and civil war, such
Gunslinging Pakistani girls in lawless land shoot for Academy Award
:: British-born filmmaker Sarmad Masud was inspired to make a feminist Western in Pakistan when he heard how two gun-toting teenage girls fought off 200 men trying to take their home. “My Pure Land,” which is Britain’s foreign language entry
Move over Superman: UN taps superheroine Burka Avenger to fight extremism
:: She has already captured hearts across Asia by taking on corrupt politicians and fighting bad guys who tried to shut girls’ schools – and now even the United Nations has been wowed by a superheroine whose only weapons are
‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ dethrones ‘It’ with $39M debut
:: The R-rated spy comedy “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” displaced the horror sensation “It” as the No. 1 film in North America, while the second “Lego Movie” spinoff of the year didn’t assemble the expected audience. The 20th Century Fox
British actor Ralph Fiennes given Serbian passport
:: Award-winning British actor and director Ralph Fiennes, who portrayed Lord Voldemort in the “Harry Potter” series, was given a Serbian passport on Sunday for “promoting” the Balkan country. The decision to grant honorary citizenship to the 54-year-old English star
50 years on, stereotypes of Arab world still linger
By : Chris Doyle :: Fifty years ago, an opinion poll found that 98 percent of the British population knew little or nothing about the Arab world. This was a prime concern for the newly created Council for Arab-British Understanding
The Arab world: A perspective from Britain
By : Stephan Shakespeare :: The Arab world is a mystery to most Britons, and only a minority want to find out more about it. When they consider military intervention in the region, they judge it by its likelihood of
We must wake up from our oil dream and face reality
By : Abdulrahman Al-Rashed :: For a country such as Saudi Arabia, surrounded by sea, it is natural to consider entering the maritime services and industries field. The Kingdom has about 2,600 km of very long beaches, from Ras Al-Khafji
Iraq’s minorities set up for catastrophe
By : Baria Alamuddin :: My plans to visit Iraqi Kurdistan this week were thwarted by uncertainty over the Kurdish independence referendum. Western diplomats I spoke to were feverishly preparing for various disaster scenarios, including closing of the airspace, evacuation
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