Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 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 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 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: CAIRO

Deadly molotov attack hits Cairo nightclub

A Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo nightclub has killed 16 people and wounded two on Friday, Egyptian security officials said. Victims of the blast were burned to death or died from smoke inhalation in the establishment. The nightclub, which

Egypt court orders retrial of brotherhood head, 36 others

Egypt’s top court on Thursday ordered a retrial of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, overturning a death sentence for Islamist protest violence, a judicial official and a lawyer said. Thirty-six co-defendants who were condemned to death or life in prison

Egyptian president: Police who commit mistakes to be punished

Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi says police officers who commit mistakes will be punished, after rising criticism of police in domestic media following the deaths of three people in police custody last month. Sisi’s speech at a police academy was broadcast

Deadly molotov attack hits Cairo restaurant

A Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo restaurant has killed 16 people and wounded two on Friday, Egyptian security officials said. One of the officials said the attacker was an employee who had been fired from the restaurant in the

Egyptian premier in Riyadh to attend first Saudi-Egyptian council meeting

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday received Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail in the capital Riyadh to start their first session after inaugurating a joint council between the two countries last month, the state-owned Saudi Press Agency

Egypt court orders retrial for Mubarak-era PM

An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered a final retrial in a corruption case against Ahmed Nazif, who was prime minister under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, state media and his lawyer said. Nazif, who was sidelined by Mubarak to appease protesters

Gunmen kill four Egypt policemen south of Cairo

Masked gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead four Egyptian policemen south of Cairo on Saturday, the interior ministry said. The gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle, killing those inside, in an area between the famed Giza pyramids west of

Less than third of voters turn out in Egypt election

Less than one third of voters cast ballots in the second phase of Egyptian parliamentary elections held across almost half of the country’s provinces at the weekend, authorities said on Wednesday. The 29.9 percent turnout was only marginally higher than

Deadly car bomb targets hotel in Egypt’s North Sinai

A car bomb exploded outside a hotel housing election judges in Egypt’s North Sinai on Tuesday, killing at least four policemen and injuring 12 people, security and medical sources said. The blasts in the provincial capital of al-Arish came a

Six Sudanese found shot dead near Egypt-Israel Border

The bodies of six Sudanese migrants who had been shot dead were found in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula near the Israeli border on Monday, security and health officials said. Eleven Sudanese were also wounded by gunshots as the group attempted to

Egyptians vote in Parliament elections dogged by apathy

Egyptians voted on Sunday in the second phase of elections that are meant to restore Parliament after a more than three-year gap but which critics say have been undermined by widespread repression. The elections have been hailed by President Abdel

Egyptians head to polls again to elect new parliament

Egyptians began voting Sunday across 13 of the country’s 27 provinces in the second phase of parliamentary elections after a low turnout marred the first stage in the absence of any strong opposition. The election is expected to elect lawmakers

Egypt’s top Muslim cleric says terrorism uses religion as front

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb

Egypt’s top Muslim cleric said on Saturday that terrorism was a disease that used religion as a front and it was wrong to blame Islam for crimes committed in its name like last week’s Paris attacks. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the

Senior Muslim Azhar imam urges anti-ISIS ideological battle

A leading Sunni Muslim imam called Monday for an ideological battle against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group militants, including the deployment and training of moderate clerics in Europe to counter extremist thought. “It primarily requires an intellectual

Tourists: Egypt safe for tourism

While Egypt’s tourism sector saw increased numbers of tourists this year, especially during the Red Sea’s high season in the fourth quarter, tourism analysts expect the downing of a Russian airliner over Sinai to negatively affect numbers, especially with a

Egypt finds 15 African migrants ‘shot dead’ on border with Israel

The bodies of 15 African migrants were found in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula near the Israeli border on Sunday after they were shot dead, security sources and a medical official said. “Fifteen bodies of Africans shot dead were found at dawn

ISIS claims Paris attacks and releases video threat

ISIS claimed gun and bomb attacks that left at leas 127 people dead in Paris in a statement posted online on Saturday. It said “eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault rifles” conducted a “blessed attack on… Crusader France.”

ISIS claims Paris attacks and releases video threat

ISIS claimed gun and bomb attacks that left at leas 127 people dead in Paris in a statement posted online on Saturday. It said “eight brothers wearing explosive belts and carrying assault rifles” conducted a “blessed attack on… Crusader France.”

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