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: ANTONIO GUTERRES
Syria cautions against ‘foreign intervention’ in constitution body
:: Syria said on Monday the work of any new constitutional committee should be free of foreign intervention, suggesting Damascus remains insistent that a long-awaited step in a stalled peace process should respect its sovereignty. Syria underscored its long-held position
UN chief rejects claim he didn’t condemn China over Muslims
:: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly rejected claims by five human rights groups that he hasn’t condemned the Chinese government’s detention of more than a million Muslims in the Xinjiang region, saying he has spoken out forcefully. “I don’t
UN will send Syria envoy to Russia peace conference
:: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has decided to send his envoy Staffan de Mistura to a peace conference in Russia next week, a UN spokesman said on Saturday, despite an opposition boycott. Guterres “is confident that the congress in Sochi
UN’s Guterres issues year-end ‘red alert’ for a world divided
:: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday issued a year-end “red alert” to a world he said faces the perils of inequality, nationalism, xenophobia and possibly even nuclear war unless it works to resolve its differences. “When I took office
UN chief Guterres welcomes Saudi Arabia’s lifted ban on women drivers
:: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift the ban on women drivers, calling it a positive move. Guterres made this statement on Twitter after Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a historic royal decree granting driving
UN chief urges Myanmar to halt military campaign against Rohingya
:: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours after Aung San Suu Kyi failed to quell an international outcry in a much-anticipated address. Addressing the opening of the UN
UN chief: Northern Iraq vote would detract from ISIS fight
:: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Sunday that a planned Sept. 25 independence referendum in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region “would detract from the need to defeat” ISIS and to reconstruct regained territories. “The Secretary-General respects the sovereignty, territorial
UN chief to urge world leaders to prevent sexual abuse
:: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invited world leaders to a special event Monday on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse — an issue that has left a black mark on the UN’s far-flung peacekeeping operations and persists despite UN vows to
Worried UN chief says N. Korea crisis is worst ‘in years’
:: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in an interview published Sunday, said the showdown over North Korea’s nuclear and missile program was the world’s worst crisis “in years” and had left him deeply worried. “To date, we have had wars
UN warns of catastrophe as Rohingya exodus nears 150,000
:: Nearly 150,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in less than two weeks, officials said on Wednesday after the United Nations chief warned there is a risk of ethnic cleansing in the former Burma that could destabilize the
UN Chief on 3-day visit to Israel, Palestinian territories
:: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories to discuss ways to revive the peace process. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric says Guterres arrived Sunday evening. He is set to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders during his three-day
Why did Ivanka have a private lunch with UN chief Guterres?
:: Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter and informal adviser, met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for lunch at U.N. headquarters in New York on Friday to discuss women’s economic empowerment. Her visit to the United Nations came
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
UN chief says meetings with India, Pakistan PM can help resolve Kashmir dispute
:: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has suggested that meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can help resolve the ongoing conflict in Kashmir. Kashmir has been a center of regional tension between
UN chief: Forced displacement of Syrians may be a war crime
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that the forced evacuation of civilians in Syria may be a war crime, as one of the largest population transfers in the country’s six-year civil war is taking place. Guterres said in a report
UN chief Antonio Guterres: Iraq is in final stages of fight against terrorism
The Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has called his visit to Iraq “historic” and said fight against ISIS is in the ‘final stages’ as he met with officials to discuss the fight against extremism, especially the ongoing
UN needs $4.4 bn for famine relief in four countries: Guterres
UN aid agencies need $4.4 billion in emergency funding to address famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday. More than 20 million people face starvation in the four countries and action is needed
UN secretary-general visits KSRelief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his entourage on Sunday visited the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) in Riyadh, and met with the adviser to the Royal Court and general supervisor of the center, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah. Guterres
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