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: GENEVA
U.N. warns of dire food situation in Yemen’s Taiz
The U.N. World Food Program on Friday appealed for safe access to the Yemeni city of Taiz, saying that fighting between warring factions had blocked food supplies and left thousands of people in extreme hunger. The last U.N. food aid
Blatter chastises FIFA ethics committee for banning him
Taking a dictatorial approach to his role as FIFA President, Sepp Blatter lashed out at the ethics committee for being “against me” and criticized his 90-day ban as being “total nonsense.” Blatter, who was suspended along with Michel Platini, made
Abbas asks U.N. for protection from Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday in Geneva for the creation of a “special regime” for the protection of his people, as a wave of deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence showed no sign of abating. Abbas called on the U.N., “more urgently
Kofi Annan sees chance of Syria peace in U.S.-Russia talks
Talks between Russia and the United States may produce a chance of peace in Syria, Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general who tried unsuccessfully to forge a deal to end the war in 2012, said on Tuesday. “In this situation
Anti-migrant rhetoric can be deadly, warns U.N.
Politicians who use derogatory language about refugees and migrants may ultimately be responsible for causing violence, racism and bigotry, U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein warned on Tuesday. “Once you classify people along lines such that they pose a
Credit Suisse unveils strategy shift amid shrinking profit
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has unveiled a massive strategy shift entailing some 5,000 job cuts and a plan to raise more than $6.0 billion. Following the announcements, Credit Suisse saw its share price plunge 4.70 percent in mid-morning trading,
World health chief says U.S., Saudi discussing MERS vaccine
The United States and Saudi Arabia may prepare a vaccine for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) to try and head off the next outbreak of the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Margaret Chan
KSA highlights its resolute campaign against terror
The Kingdom has been a victim of terrorism despite its fight against the menace at local and regional levels, a senior Saudi official told a global forum in Geneva. Saudi Arabia has suffered 124 terror attacks since 2003 leading to
UN urges EU to speed registration, relocation of refugees
The European Union must quickly establish adequate centers to receive and register asylum seekers in Greece and Italy and then distribute them across the bloc before winter sets in, the United Nations said on Friday. More than 591,000 people have
U.N. hopes Yemen peace talks can start by month-end
U.N. Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said on Thursday he hoped U.N.-backed peace talks to end the conflict in Yemen could start by the end of October. Eliasson, speaking to a Geneva news conference after talks in Saudi Arabia, the
World Bank may compensate Syria’s neighbors for refugee costs
The World Bank plans to talk to its member countries about compensating Syria’s neighbors for the substantial fiscal cost of hosting refugees for long periods, a World Bank official said in Geneva on Thursday. “It’s actually quite significant for countries
Fact-finders ready to probe deadly Kunduz air strike
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission has told the U.S. and Afghan governments it’s ready to investigate deadly U.S. airstrikes on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in northern Afghanistan — if they agree. The IHFFC said Wednesday it has “proposed its
Global panel seeks to investigate US bombing of Kunduz hospital
An international panel of experts is ready to investigate the US bombing of a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Afghanistan but awaits a green light from both governments, MSF and the Swiss foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The hour-long air
U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syrian Arabs
U.S. forces have carried out an air drop of small arms ammunition to Syrian Arab rebels in northern Syria, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes by intervening in the war on the side of President Bashar al-Assad. A
Migrant Mediterranean arrivals this year pass half-million mark: U.N.
More than half a million migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year – 383,000 of them arriving in Greece, the United Nations said on Tuesday. At the same time, some 2,980 people have perished
Syria contact group including Russia, U.S. to meet in October: Moscow
Russia and the United States are expected to take part in Syria peace talks in October, along with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said Monday. A meeting of an international contact group of the “most
Warring sides in Syria reach deal on 2 villages, border town
Warring sides in Syria have agreed with U.N. help on a deal to extricate one group of rebel fighters and another group of trapped villagers, sources familiar with the talks said on Thursday. The deal was reached in talks backed
U.N. appoints heads of working groups for Syria talks
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed the heads of four working groups on Syria, the United Nations said on Tuesday, signalling a step towards talks where warring parties are expected to discuss how to implement a roadmap for peace. “It
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