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 »
Tag Archives: Africa
Boko Haram hacks to death 10 in Nigeria: local official
Boko Haram fighters hacked to death 10 people in a remote village in northeast Nigeria, a local government official told AFP. Maina Ularamu, local government chairman of Madagali, in the north of Adamawa state, said the attack happened early on
Burundi ‘launches crackdown’ after failed coup
Burundi’s government was Saturday accused of launching a campaign of repression against independent media, the day after loyalist troops defeated an attempted coup against the central African nation’s president. Rights activist Innocent Muhozi said journalists were being subjected to threats
29 African migrants die of hypothermia off Italian coast: Source
Twenty-nine African migrants intercepted by Italian authorities while trying to reach Europe by boat in rough and icy conditions have died of hypothermia, most after being rescued, sources told AFP Monday. Coastguard speedboats picked up 105 migrants in the Mediterranean
Al-Qaeda suspect dies days before U.S. trial
A suspected al-Qaeda militant accused over the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania died on Friday, only a few days before he was due to stand in tri in New York, according to his lawyer. Nazih Abdul-Hamed
Cameroon army says dismantles Boko Haram training camp
Cameroon’s army has dismantled a training camp for the Boko Haram Islamist group, arresting or killing dozens of militants and seizing 84 children who were being trained there, the army said on Monday. Local people in northwest Cameroon alerted the
Moroccan lawmaker dies after being hit by train
A Moroccan lawmaker close to Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane was killed in a train accident Sunday, his party said. The incident involving State Minister Abdellah Baha occurred at about 6:00 pm (1800 GMT) in the city of Bouznika, his Justice
Nigeria Islamic body accuses state of Boko Haram failures
Nigeria’s top Islamic body accused authorities on Sunday of failing to protect citizens from Boko Haram extremists and urged Muslims “to take all defensive measures” under the law to protect themselves. The Jama’atu Nasri Islam (JNI), the umbrella group for
Tunisia’s outgoing PM backs broad coalition
Tunisia’s next government should be a broad as possible coalition so that it has the necessary support to implement difficult economic reforms, the outgoing prime minister said Friday in an implicit backing of an Islamist-secular alliance. A secular nationalist party
Minister: Algerian army kills suspect in Frenchman’s beheading
Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Louh said on Wednesday that the army last month killed a jihadist suspected of taking part in the beheading of Frenchman Herve Gourdel. “One of the suspects was eliminated in October by the army during an
Sudan asks UNAMID to shut human rights office in Khartoum
The U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur said Tuesday that Sudan has asked it to close its human rights office in Khartoum, as tensions rise over investigations into an alleged mass rape. The mission’s attempts to investigate charges that government troops
Libyan air force bombs Tripoli’s airport
The Libyan air force loyal to renegade general Khalifa Haftar bombed Tripoli’s Mitiga airport on Sunday, targeting what said were positions of Islamist militias, Al Arabiya correspondent reported. A low-flying fighter jet fired two missiles at Mitiga airport, which is
Essebsi ahead in Tunisia’s presidential race
Tunisia’s former prime minister Beji Caid Essebsi came top in the president race on Sunday but he remained short of winning the absolute majority needed to avoid a runoff, his campaign said. Essebsi, “according to preliminary estimates, is ahead and
Boko Haram kills 48 fish vendors in northeast Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 fish vendors in Nigeria’s restive Borno State, near the border with Chad, the head of the fish traders association told AFP on Sunday. “Scores of Boko Haram fighters blocked a route linking Nigeria
Polls open in landmark Tunisia presidential election
Polls opened Sunday for the first landmark Tunisia presidential election since the 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring. Among the 27 candidates, the hot favourite is former premier Beji Caid Essebsi, an 87-year-old veteran whose anti-Islamist Nidaa Tounes party
Al-Shabab Islamists claim responsibility for Kenya’s deadly bus attack
Somalia’s Shebab Islamists on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly bus attack in neighboring Kenya in which gunmen slaughtered 28 non-Muslim passengers, Agence France-Presse reported. A spokesman for the Islamists said the attack was in revenge for raids that Kenyan
U.N. chief says Ebola cases in Mali a ‘deep concern’
The United Nations chief warned Friday that Ebola may be easing in part of West Africa but is still hitting hard in other areas and outpacing the international response. “If we continue to accelerate our response we can contain and
Tunisia appeal doubles jail terms of two police rapists
A Tunisian court sentenced two policemen to 15 years Thursday for the rape of a woman who was herself almost put on trial, in an appeal that doubled their initial penalty. Monia Bousselmi, a lawyer for the victim, hailed the
Al-Qaeda releases video of French, Dutch hostages
The video was found on the Internet by private terrorism watchdog SITE , the agency said ,and shows French national Serge Lazarevic and a man identifying himself as Sjaak Rijke appealing to their governments to negotiate their release. There is
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