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: GERMANY
Berlin raids over suspected ISIS recruitment
German police said they had conducted eight raids in Berlin on Tuesday targeting individuals suspected of inciting people to go and fight for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in Syria. The raids began at 6:30 am
Germany probes Syrian asylum-seeker for ISIS links
German police are investigating an asylum-seeker on suspicion that he fought for ISIS in Syria, newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported Sunday. The suspect is a Syrian national and lives in an asylum-seeker shelter in the northeast region of Brandenburg, the
Kerry: U.S. to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017
Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would significantly increase the number of worldwide refugees it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly
Germany calls for limits on illegals to EU
Germany’s interior minister on Saturday said the European Union in the future should take in a finite number of migrants while sending the rest back to a safe country in their home regions. “We cannot accept all the people who
Germany calls for dialogue with Russia on Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that Berlin and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the crisis in Syria as number of refugees reach a new record in
Germany: We need fair redistribution of migrants
Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged central European countries on Friday to agree to a fair way to redistribute the rising wave of refugees hitting Europe’s shores, saying one country alone cannot solve the crisis. The German minister met in
Britain to take 20,000 Syrian refugees
Britain will take 20,000 Syrian refugees from camps near the embattled country’s borders over the next five years, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. “We are proposing the UK should resettle up to 20,000 refugees over the life of
Obama: U.S. lacks full strategy for training Iraqis
Acknowledging military setbacks, President Barack Obama said Monday the United States still lacks a “complete strategy” for training Iraqi forces to fight ISIS. He urged Iraq’s government to allow more of the nation’s Sunnis to join the campaign against the
Obama huddles over Mideast on G7 sidelines
President Barack Obama was huddling with allies Monday on the sidelines of an international summit to address pressing Mideast problems while trying to convince European leaders not to waver on sanctions against Russia in the face of fresh violence in
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia at summit
Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations backed a tough line towards Moscow at the start of a summit in the Bavarian Alps, with U.S. President Barack Obama urging the gathering to stand up to Russian aggression in
World leaders arrive in Germany for G7 Summit
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in southern Germany early Sunday for a G7 summit that is set to be overshadowed by tensions over Greece’s debt crisis and flaring violence in Ukraine. Before the start of the summit in the Bavarian
Egypt’s Sisi in Germany seeking Western support
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is in Berlin for meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German leaders amid widespread concerns about the ex-general’s government’s human rights record. Last month, Parliamentary Speaker Norbert Lammert cancelled his planned meeting with Sisi, citing
Gaza a ‘powder keg,’ Germany’s top diplomat warns
The impoverished Gaza Strip is a “powder keg” at risk of exploding, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday during a visit to the war-torn territory. The German minister, who arrived in the region on Saturday and held talks
German city evacuates 20,000 people to defuse WWII bomb.
German authorities evacuated around 20,000 people from their homes in the western city of Cologne Wednesday before defusing a World War II bomb unearthed during construction work. Residents living within a kilometer of the site were told to leave their
Syrian opposition chief talks future of war-torn nation with German FM
The chief of the main western-backed Syrian opposition met on Wednesday in the German capital Berlin with Germany’s foreign minister, discussing the situation of Syrian refugees in Germany and the road ahead for Syria without President Bashar al-Assad, according to
Iran’s Panahi wins Berlin fest top prize
BERLIN: Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi won the Golden Bear top prize at the 65th Berlin film festival Saturday for “Taxi,” his third movie made in defiance of an official ban. Panahi, who is outlawed from traveling abroad and was
Kerry holds surprise Iran talks in Munich
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday met for surprise talks with his Iranian counterpart for new discussions on Iran’s nuclear program on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich. Kerry huddled with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iraqi PM: Iraq will retake Mosul ‘soon’
The Iraqi army is coordinating with the Peshmerga forces and the U.S.-led coalition to regain control over Mosul, a stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), said Iraqi PM Haidar Abadi on Friday in a joint press
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