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: Europe
French court jails militant recruits
:: Five young men inspired to fight in Syria by of one of France’s most notorious jihadist recruiters in Nice were handed prison sentences by a Paris court on Friday. The men, all in their 20s, were found guilty of
London council evacuates residents amid fire safety concerns
:: A local London council has decided to evacuate some 800 households in apartment buildings it owns because of safety concerns following the devastating fire that killed 79 people in a west London high-rise. The move comes amid escalating concerns
Tourist bus hits Paris bridge, at least four injured
:: A double-decker tourist bus became stuck under a central Paris bridge on Friday, injuring at least four passengers, firefighters said. The bus crashed into the Alexandre III bridge, a tourist magnet due to its ornate structure and views over
Police consider manslaughter charges over deadly London tower blaze
:: Investigators said on Friday they would consider bringing manslaughter charges over the London tower block fire that killed at least 79 people. The outside cladding engulfed by the blaze has since been shown to fail all safety tests, police
Man found dead after London mosque terror attack died of ‘multiple injuries’
:: London police say a 51-year-old man found dead after a mosque attack died of “multiple injuries.” The Metropolitan Police statement on Thursday is important because it had not been certain whether Makram Ali died of illness or as a
UK PM: Combustible cladding found in similar tower blocks
:: Combustible cladding has been found in “a number” of publicly-owned tower blocks in Britain following emergency checks after a devastating fire in London, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Thursday. “A number of these tests have come back as
Macron: Removing Assad no longer priority in Syria
:: France no longer sees the departure of President Bashar al-Assad as a priority in the Syrian conflict, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, making the policy official for the first time. The new French leader said instead that fighting militants
Russian diplomat to become new UN counterterror chief
:: The United Nations on Wednesday announced the appointment of its first counter terrorism chief, Russian diplomat Vladimir Voronkov. The new high-level position was created by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to strengthen counter terrorism efforts that had been dispersed among
Brussels bomber identified as 36-year-old Moroccan
:: The man shot dead at Brussels Central Station on Tuesday after an abortive detonation of a nail bomb in a bag was a Moroccan national, aged 36, who had no history of being a terrorist suspect, a prosecutor said
UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed holds talks with French President
:: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Wednesday met with President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to discuss bilateral relations and the latest regional
Belgian troops shoot person at Brussels station after blast
:: Belgian troops patrolling Brussels Central Station “neutralized” a person after a small explosion on Tuesday, a police spokesman said, adding that there were no other casualties and the situation was under control. He could not confirm media reports that
French defence minister Goulard announces resignation
:: French Defence Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her resignation on Tuesday over a fake jobs scandal that has hit her small centrist MoDem party, allied with President Emmanuel Macron’s party. Goulard, who was previously a member of the European Parliament,
French police hold 4 family members of Champs-Élysées assailant
:: French police have taken into custody four members of the family of a radicalized Islamist who was killed when he rammed a car loaded with guns and a gas bottle into a police van on the Champs-Élysées, a judicial
Ghassan Salame replaces UN Secretary General’s special envoy for Libya
:: Former Lebanese culture minister Ghassan Salame replaced UN Secretary General’s special envoy for Libya Martin Kobler. Salame is expected to officially take up the post at the end of this month at the expiry of Kobler’s term which lasted
Champs Elysees incident appears deliberate act: French interior ministry
:: A driver appeared to deliberately crash his car into a police van on the French capital’s Champs Elysees avenue on Monday, the interior ministry said, and the Paris prosecutor’s anti-terrorism unit said it had opened an investigation. “It looks
Man who drove van into people leaving UK mosque: ‘I will kill all Muslims’
:: Witnesses said that the man who drove a van into people leaving a mosque in London shouted: “I’m going to kill all Muslims, I’m going to kill all Muslims.” Shortly after midnight, the vehicle swerved into a group of
79 people presumed dead in Grenfell Tower fire in London
:: Seventy-nine people are dead or missing and presumed dead following a devastating blaze in a council-owned London tower block last week, police said on Monday, updating an earlier toll of 58 presumed dead. “As of this morning, I’m afraid
Macron wins commanding parliamentary majority, estimates show
:: President Emmanuel Macron won a commanding majority in France’s parliamentary election on Sunday, pollsters’ estimates showed, sweeping aside the mainstream parties and securing a powerful mandate to push through his pro-business reforms. The result, if confirmed, redraws France’s political
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