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: DUBAI
Emaar hires contractor to restore fire-ravaged hotel
Dubai’s Emaar Properties has hired a local contractor to restore a fire-damaged hotel, stating on Sunday the New Year blaze would have “no material impact” on the company because the building and risk of fire are covered by its insurance.
America’s ‘retreat’ and Russia’s ‘expansion’
By : Eyad Abu Shakra The famous quote “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” attributed to Benjamin Disraeli and Mark Twain among others may not sound true now as it used to in the past;
Americans seek swap in U.S. reporter case, says Iranian official
Unnamed Americans have contacted Iran for a deal to swap Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, convicted and jailed in Iran on spying charges, for other unspecified detainees, according to a senior Iranian official quoted on Sunday. “Some Americans contact us
Iran defiantly plans on ‘expanding missile program’
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani ordered his defense minister on Thursday to expand Iran’s missile program, in defiance of a U.S. threat to impose sanctions over a ballistic missile test Iran carried out in October. Under a landmark agreement it clinched
Dubai proves resilient, Happy New Year!
Dubai brought in the near year with a chain of dazzling fireworks displays bringing in the new year on Thursday night, just hours after a large fire near the main site of the celebrations engulfed a 63-storey hotel. Hundreds of
Fire engulfs hotel near Dubai new year fireworks
Fire broke out Thursday in an upscale hotel near Dubai’s massive New Year’s Eve fireworks display, where hundreds of thousands of people are gathered for celebrations. Dubai media office said in a statement there were fourteen minor injuries because of
Iran denies it fired rockets near U.S. warships in Gulf
Iran denied on Thursday that its Revolutionary Guards launched rockets near the U.S. aircraft-carrier Harry S. Truman and other warships as they were entering the Gulf on Saturday, rejecting a U.S. report as “psychological warfare”. “The naval forces of the
Rowhani says Iran has right to develop missiles
President Hassan Rowhani ordered his defence minister on Thursday to expand Iran’s missile programme, in response to a U.S. threat to impose sanctions over a ballistic missile test Iran carried out in October. “As the U.S. government is clearly still
SAMA’s foreign assets reach SR2.356 trillion in November
Net foreign assets at Saudi Arabia’s central bank fell 1.9 percent in November from the previous month to SR2.356 trillion ($628 billion) as the government liquidated assets to cover a huge budget deficit caused by low oil prices. Assets dropped
Iran threatens response to new US visa restrictions
Iran will take reciprocal measures in response to any breach of this year’s nuclear deal, the Foreign Ministry warned on Monday, after Tehran said new US visa restrictions contravened the agreement. Iran has started to restrict its nuclear program under
Saudi Arabia intercepts missile from Yemen
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a Scud ballistic missile fired from Yemen on Saturday, according to a statement on the Saudi state news agency SPA. “Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted at about 11 P.M. (2000 GMT) yesterday a Scud missile
Record 12,000 candidates register for Iran’s February election
Almost 12,000 candidates have registered for Iran’s February parliamentary election, state television said on Saturday, breaking participation records at a time of political uncertainty in the Islamic Republic. President Hassan Rouhani, a centrist who won election by a landslide in
Iran calls China to join the fight against the Islamic State
China should play a more active role in fighting Islamic State, a senior figure in a body that advises Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Thursday, according to the country’s Fars news agency. China relies on the Middle East for oil
Iran calls the new U.S. visa law breach of the nuclear deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday a new U.S. law putting visa restrictions on Iranians and those who had visited Iran would, if implemented, breach a nuclear deal Tehran had struck with world powers earlier this year.
Iran blames Israeli lobby for U.S. visa changes
Iran said on Monday that Israeli lobbying was behind a new measure passed by the U.S. Congress that will prevent visa-free travel to the United States for people who have visited Iran or hold Iranian nationality. The measure, which President
Saudis shoot down Yemeni missile over Jizan
Saudi air defence systems shot down a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, state media reported. Warring parties in Yemen, where forces in a Saudi-led Arab coalition are trying to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to power, agreed a renewable seven-day
U.N. says Yemen talks to continue over next few days
The U.N. said on Thursday that talks in Yemen between the country’s warring sides would continue over the next few days, with the focus on achieving a ‘sustainable national cease-fire.’ In the same statement, U.N. special envoy for Yemen Ismail
Kremlin denies top Iranian commander met Putin in Moscow
An Iranian news agency said on Wednesday the commander of foreign operations for Tehran’s elite Revolutionary Guards had met Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, but his spokesman flatly denied the report. Fars news agency said General Qassem Soleimani, who
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