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: German
German Foreign Minister Maas arrives in Sudan
:: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrived Tuesday in Sudan which is ushering in a long-awaited transition from decades of autocratic rule under ousted leader Omar al-Bashir. The visit by Maas comes after Sudan swore in a new prime minister
Resumption of Cyprus talks
By : Yasar Yakis :: Talks resumed on June 28 in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana to try to solve the Cyprus problem. Attendants include the Turkish- and Greek-Cypriot leaders, and the foreign ministers of three guarantor powers: Turkey,
Kingdom, Germany to sign several agreements to strengthen ties
Saudi Arabia and Germany will sign several agreements during the visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will arrive in Jeddah on Sunday, German Ambassador Dieter W. Haller said on Saturday. “Merkel will hold wide-ranging talks with high-ranking Saudi officials, including
German state votes in election-year test for Merkel
German voters went to the polls on Sunday in tiny Saarland state where a resurgent center-left hopes to strike a first blow in their battle to topple Chancellor Angela Merkel this year. Although the state bordering France is home to
Germany’s Merkel says she has not changed course on migrant policy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Saturday that she had not reversed course on her policy on migrants, two weeks after she said she wished she could turn back the clock to better prepare Germany for last year’s influx. Merkel’s
It was great honor to be guest at Janadriyah, says German envoy
German Ambassador Boris Ruge thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman for making Germany guest of honor at the Janadriyah festival which ended last Friday. “Being the guest of honor was a great honor for my country,” he
Poll slump: Merkel’s party weighs ‘border centers’
A senior figure in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has proposed setting up “border centers” along the frontier with Austria to speed up the repatriation of those asylum seekers deemed unqualified to stay. Julia Kloeckner, leader of Merkel’s Christian
WEF warns of growing array of global risks
The global economy faces a worrying array of risks, from natural disasters related to climate change to the rise of Daesh and hacking, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum, which organizes the gathering of political and business
Two Syrian brothers arrested in Austria over terror suspicions
Two young Syrian brothers have been arrested in a refugee camp in southern Austria on suspicion of belonging to extremist groups, prosecutors said Wednesday. Police detained the two men, aged 16 and 18, in the Leibnitz district in Styria state
No charges for men who posed as ‘Sharia police’ in Germany
German authorities will not to press charges against nine men who preached radical Islamist views in the street while wearing jackets marked ‘sharia police’, a court ruled on Thursday. According to the ruling handed down in the western city of
Fighting can break out in Balkans: Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that fighting could break out in the Balkans, along the main route of migrants trying to reach Europe, if Germany closed its border with Austria, in remarks published Tuesday. Amid ever-louder calls for Merkel to
Lufthansa targets Gulf rivals with Mideast premium economy launch
Lufthansa will launch its premium economy service into the Middle East later this month, it said, aiming to go head-to-head on quality with Gulf-based rivals. The German carrier has often been at the forefront of a war of words between
Busan marks 20th year with 100 best Asian film list
A new list of the best Asian films of all time was published this week, as the region’s increasingly vibrant cinema scene celebrated another bonanza in Busan. The 20th anniversary of the Busan International Film Festival, in South Korea, marked
Russian-backed rebels push forward in Ukraine
KIEV/ST PETERSBURG: Russian-backed rebels pushed forward on Monday with a new offensive that has brought all-out war back to eastern Ukraine after a five-month cease-fire, bringing US and European threats of tighter Western financial sanctions against Moscow. Washington and Brussels
Merkel behind Air Berlin in Etihad control dispute: Report
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is backing loss-making Air Berlin AB1.DE in a dispute over whether its Abu Dhabi-based partner Etihad is exercising too much control, Focus magazine reported. Etihad, which owns a 29 percent stake in Air Berlin, is
’60 fighters from Germany have died in Syria, Iraq’
BERLIN: The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says authorities now know of 550 people from the country who have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join extremist groups, and about 60 of them have died. The number of extremists
German delegation keen to promote Saudi trade
Peter Ramsauer, chief of the German-Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has held high-level talks on strengthening bilateral cooperation in Riyadh. Ramsauer and his delegation met with various government agencies and business sectors, including senior officials in the Shoura Council
German aid worker freed in Afghanistan after two-year ordeal
A German aid worker who was taken hostage by masked gunmen in Pakistan more than two years ago was released in neighboring Afghanistan this week, Berlin said on Friday. German special forces were involved in the non-violent handover at a
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