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
Philippines’ congress panel rejects Lopez as environment minister
:: Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday rejected the appointment of Regina Lopez as environment minister, 10 months into her term in office, confirming an earlier Reuters report. The Commission on Appointments moved to reject the appointment made by President Rodrigo Duterte
Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
:: Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a decision by the UN’s rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar’s security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to
Japan voters split on revising pacifist constitution: poll
:: Japanese voters are deeply divided over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s campaign to revise the country’s 70-year-old pacifist constitution, according to a poll released on Wednesday against a backdrop of anxiety arising from North Korean tensions. The Nikkei Inc/TV Tokyo
10 dead, 9 others hurt in Mali army convoy ambush
:: Witnesses say at least 10 Malian soldiers have been killed and nine others wounded in an ambush on a military convoy in central Mali. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Diarran Kone said the convoy was hit Tuesday between the towns
Trump says he ‘would be honored’ to meet Kim Jong Unit
:: US President Donald Trump opened the door Monday to a future meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, offering unusual praise for the globally ostracized leader at a time of surging nuclear tensions. Trump’s conciliatory comments marked a departure
Turbulence injures passengers on Aeroflot plane headed to Bangkok
:: Passengers on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Thailand were slammed into the ceiling after their aircraft hit a patch of severe turbulence injuring 27 people, some of them suffering fractured bones, witnesses and officials said Monday. The terrifying
Former Afghan warlord Hekmatyar says he wants peace
:: A former Afghan warlord who battled US forces after the 2001 invasion and nursed bitter rivalries with other militant factions before signing a peace deal with the Afghan government appeared in public for the first time in more than
India mob kill two Muslim men over suspected cow theft
Two Muslim men have died after they were attacked by Indian villagers who suspected them of stealing cows, police said Monday, the latest such attack over the animal Hindus consider sacred. Police in the northeastern state of Assam said they
11 dead as Pak van plunges into ravine
At least 11 people, including women and children, were killed when an overloaded passenger van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan’s mountainous northwest on Sunday, officials said. The accident happened at the Lowari Top pass to the scenic Chitral valley.
Trump says China could have hacked Democratic e-mails
President Donald Trump said China may have hacked the e-mails of Democratic officials to meddle with the 2016 presidential election, countering the view of US intelligence officials who have said Moscow orchestrated the hacks. In an interview transcript published on
Trump says North Korea’s Kim is ‘a pretty smart cookie’
US President Donald Trump offered some backhanded praise for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, calling him “a pretty smart cookie” in a television interview that aired Sunday. Trump’s almost admiring remarks came amid soaring tensions with North Korea over its
Trump invites Philippines’ Duterte to Washington in ‘friendly’ call: WH
US President Donald Trump on Saturday invited his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte to Washington in a “friendly” call in which the leaders discussed the “threat” of North Korea, the White House said. The announcement comes amid rising tensions over Pyongyang’s
Indians throng temple to crack Trump’s visa curbs
Hundreds of Indians gather daily at a 500-year-old Hindu temple in southern India where they pray for a single wish — an increasingly elusive US visa. The Chilkur Balaji temple dedicated to Lord Balaji — a re-incarnation of Hindu god
North Korea test-fires ballistic missile in defiance of world pressure
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday, the South Korean and US militaries said, defying warnings from the United States and the reclusive state’s main ally, China, which have tried for years to rein in its arms programs. The
Pakistan PM fires adviser over newspaper leak, army rejects actions
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday sacked one of his special advisers and sanctioned another bureaucrat after an inquiry into a newspaper leak, but the country’s powerful army rejected Sharif’s directive as “incomplete.” The report’s findings and recommendations threaten
Philippine leader says N. Korea’s Kim “wants to end the world,” urges US restraint
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday urged the United States to show restraint after North Korea’s latest missile test and to avoid playing into the hands of leader Kim Jong Un, who “wants to end the world.” The notoriously blunt
US Marines return to Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand
US Marines returned to Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand province Saturday, the first to be deployed in the war-torn country since NATO forces ended their combat role in 2014. Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan General John Nicholson attended a
Shah Rukh Khan taking TED to India TV
Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan charmed a TED Conference crowd recently, sharing his life and playfully portraying himself as an aging movie star grappling with the changes around him. Khan’s talk on the TED stage came just months before a
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