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: Egypt
Coloring Cairo: Artists on quest to paint city’s satellite dishes
Thousands of satellite dishes line Cairo’s balconies and dot its roof-tops and one group has decided to turn but the drab grey discs into their own canvasses, adding a splash of color to the city’s skyline. Due to dust and
Egypt rights group says constitution violated
An Egyptian rights group said Tuesday the government has repeatedly violated the country’s new constitution, calling it a crime that must be addressed immediately. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information said it recorded violations of more than a dozen
Egypt spent $3 bln on fuel subsidies in the first quarter
Egypt spent 22 billion Egyptian pounds ($3.08 billion) on fuel subsidies in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014-2015, down 29 percent from the same quarter a year ago, an oil ministry official said on Monday. As part of efforts
Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels
Egypt will double to one kilometer (0.62 mile) the depth of a security buffer zone it is clearing on its border with the Gaza Strip after some of the worst anti-state violence since President Mohamed Mursi was overthrown last year.
Egypt refers five students to military court over protest
An Egyptian court referred five university students on Monday to military trial over a violent protest, judicial sources said, under a controversial new law expanding the army’s powers to try civilians. The students from Cairo’s Islamic Al-Azhar University were sent
Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, second death in 2014
An Egyptian woman died on Monday of H5N1 bird flu after coming into contact with infected birds, the second death from the disease this year, a health ministry spokesman told Reuters. Egypt has identified seven cases of the virus in
Doha-based Qardawi rejects UAE blacklisting
The International Union of Muslim Scholars and its chairman, Qatar-based Egyptian cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi, expressed “astonishment” on Monday at being designated a terrorist body by the United Arab Emirates. On Saturday, the UAE government formally endorsed of the designation of
Egyptian feels right at home in Madinah
Residents living in Saudi Arabia, especially in Madinah, feel like they are at home in the Kingdom with its customs and traditions. An Egyptian resident, Amir Zaki Ahmed, who works in a company in Madinah, spoke to Arab News about
Sinai residents discover dead body dumped in desert
Residents of Egypt’s northern Sinai region on Saturday found a dead body at the side of the desert road in Al-Arish, Al Arabiya’s Cairo office reported. The body appeared to be of a man in his 30s and was found
Fate of Egyptian NGOs hangs in the balance
By Sonia Farid Nov. 10 marked the expiry of the ultimatum given to Egyptian NGOs to “adjust their legal status” by registering under law 84, which dates back to ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The registration decree was issued in July
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claim deadly Sinai attack
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt’s deadliest militant group which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), claimed responsibility for a suicide attack last month that killed 30 soldiers, according to AFP. The group, which has spearheaded
Terror attacks kill five, wound 16 across Egypt
Two Egyptian policemen and three soldiers were killed in a terror attack in Sinai on Thursday, while a bomb explosion at a metro train in Cairo injured 16 people. In the Sinai attacks, militants set up roadblocks and stopped vehicles
Attacks in Egypt’s Sinai kill two police, three soldiers
Attacks in Egypt’s Sinai killed two policemen and three soldiers, officials said, according to the Associated Press. Two attacks by Islamic militants in restive northern Sinai left five policemen and soldiers dead, officials said, according to the Associated Press. In
Blasts rock Egypt, UAE embassies in Libya
Bombs exploded near the Egyptian and United Arab Emirates embassies in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, residents and witnesses said, according to Reuters news agency. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage in the attacks, the
Egypt’s Sisi decrees law on deporting foreign prisoners
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree on Wednesday allowing him to repatriate foreign prisoners in Egypt, state media said, a move that could enable the release of an Al Jazeera journalist now serving a seven-year jail term. Peter Greste,
‘Terror’ attack on Egypt naval vessel leaves 8 missing
The Egyptian military said one of its navy vessels came under “terrorist” attack in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, leaving five servicemen injured and eight others missing at sea, Agence France-Presse reported. The “terrorist” attack took place on Wednesday morning off
Egypt Christians hopeful over draft law on churches
Egyptian Christians have high hopes that a law proposed by the country’s churches, pending a decision by the new parliament, will be voted in by the end of this year, a legal consultant to the Coptic Catholic Church told a
Explosion shakes Egypt’s volatile northern Sinai
A car bomb outside a fast-food restaurant in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula wounded 10 people late on Tuesday when it exploded as security forces were evacuating a heavily populated area, security and medical sources said, according to Reuters news agency. The
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