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 »
Category Archives: Asia
North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un says ‘all US’ within range after missile test
:: Kim Jong-Un boasted of North Korea’s ability to strike any target in the US after a second ICBM test that weapons experts said Saturday could even bring New York into range — in a potent challenge to President Donald
Sri Lanka signs $1.1 bln China port deal amid local, foreign concerns
:: Sri Lanka signed a long delayed $1.1 billion deal on Saturday to lease its southern Hambantota port to China ignoring an appeal by opposition parties to debate the pact in parliament. The deal was signed between the two state
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns after Supreme Court order to disqualify him
:: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday resigned from his post, his office said, hours after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him over corruption claims against his family. The Supreme Court said Sharif is not fit to hold office
US detects ballistic missile launch from North Korea
:: North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Friday, the Pentagon said, just weeks after Pyongyang tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. “I can confirm that we detected a launch of a ballistic missile from North Korea,” Pentagon spokesman Navy
25 found dead as toll from Indian floods nears 120: officials
:: The bodies of 25 people, including 17 members of a single family, were pulled from the mud Wednesday as the death toll from major flooding in India climbed towards 120, an official said. Authorities found the bodies in two
Russia’s deputy nuke negotiator visits N.Korea
:: Russia’s deputy nuclear negotiator has visited North Korea to discuss issues on the divided peninsula, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Tuesday. Oleg Burmistrov, Russia’s ambassador-at-large, met with North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Sin Hong-chol and also talked with a
First batch of Haj pilgrims from India Arrives in Jeddah
:: Nearly 8100 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir would perform Haj this year and the first batch which is carrying nearly 800 passengers, has left for Saudi Arabia today. The annual pilgrimage of Haj begins today and eight hundred and
Kovind sworn in as India’s 14th President
:: Ram Nath Kovind, a former BJP member and an RSS activist, was on Tuesday sworn in as the 14th President of India. Chief Justice J.S. Khehar administered the oath of office to Kovind in the presence of outgoing President
Terror strikes Pakistan’s Lahore; 25 killed
:: A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, many of them policemen, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which wrought carnage near the Lahore Technology Park
At least 24 killed, 42 wounded, in Afghanistan car bomb attack
:: At least 24 people have been killed and 42 wounded after a car bomb struck a bus carrying government employees in western Kabul Monday, an official told AFP, the latest attack to strike the Afghan capital. “The car bomb
Fate of 39 Indians missing in Iraq for 3 years still unknown
:: Iraq’s foreign minister said Monday he does not know whether 39 Indian workers who were abducted by militants in Iraq three years ago are dead or alive. Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari met with his Indian counterpart, Sushma Swaraj, and
Indian gang held for stealing 50 million liters of crude oil
:: Police in Rajasthan have cracked a criminal syndicate accused of smuggling more than 50 million litres of crude oil inside water tankers from India’s largest onshore oilfield, an official said Sunday. The theft at the Cairn India oilfield went
Afghan official says Taliban capture district headquarters
:: An Afghan official says Taliban fighters overran a district headquarters in northern Afghanistan after a ferocious fight that left 2 police dead in northern Faryab province. Abdul Karim Yourish, provincial police chief spokesman, said Sunday the assault on the
Philippine Congress agrees to extend Mindanao martial law to end of year
:: Philippine lawmakers on Saturday voted to retain martial law on the southern island of Mindanao until the end of the year, giving President Rodrigo Duterte more time to tackle armed militants allied with the ISIS group. Some 261 legislators
Officials: 16 Afghan police killed in US strike in Helmand province
:: A US airstrike killed 16 Afghan police and wounded two others in Helmand province, officials said Saturday. The incident took place Friday 5 pm as Afghan security forces were clearing a village of Taliban elements, Salam Afghan, Helmand police
Bangladesh, OIC pledge to fight terror, extremism
:: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Bangladesh pledged to fight terrorism and extremism during a meeting of key officials from both sides held in Jeddah on Tuesday. At the meeting, which was held at the OIC headquarters in
Pentagon trims Pakistan military aid over Haqqani inaction
:: The US Defense Department has withheld $50 million in Pakistan military payments after Pentagon chief Jim Mattis determined Islamabad is not doing enough to counter the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network, an official said on Friday. “Secretary Mattis has informed congressional
When Britain’s Boris Johnson met high-tech robots in Japan
:: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday shook hands with one of Japan’s high-tech robots, a humanoid candidate to carry the torch as part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Johnson, kicking off a trip to Japan, visited the robotic
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