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 »
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Refugee drama ‘Club Europa’ hits German screens
:: The highest grossing German movie last year was a fizzy feel-good summer comedy about the country’s refugee influx, “Welcome to the Hartmanns.” Just a year on, German screens are darkening with “Club Europa,” a sobering take on the challenges
From ‘never aggressive’ asylum seeker to Hamburg knife attacker
:: The suspect who stormed into a supermarket in Hamburg and killed one person with a knife, was known to authorities as an “Islamist”, said the port city’s interior minister Andy Grote on Saturday. “There are indications of radicalisation”, Grote
Knife attacker kills one in Hamburg supermarket, wounds six others
:: A 26-year-old man went on a stabbing spree with a kitchen knife in the northern German city of Hamburg on Friday, killing one 50-year-old man and wounding six others, police said. The police said the man had suddenly started
Rising tension in relations between Berlin and Ankara
By : Yasar Yakis :: German citizen Peter Steudner was arrested in Istanbul on July 5 for supporting an “unspecified” terrorist organization, together with 10 Turks. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel interrupted his holiday to return to Berlin and send
Turkish PM calls for cool heads as Germany tightens stance
:: Turkey’s prime minister sought Friday to downplay worries of growing tensions between Turkey and Germany following the jailing of six human rights activists, including one German. Turkey continues to regard Germany as a “strategic partner in Europe,” Prime Minister
Brexit, French poll changed my view on Europe: Merkel
:: German Chancellor Angela Merkel told voters on Saturday that Britain’s decision to leave the EU and France’s election of President Emmanuel Macron had changed her view on the bloc, adding it was worth fighting for a stronger Europe. Merkel’s
A G-20 Summit to remember
By : Fahad Nazer :: The German city of Hamburg has just finished hosting what some observers described as a “fractious” summit of the leaders of the world’s leading industrialized and emerging economies, known as the G-20. Combined, this diverse
Terrorism, crime ‘has no religion’ as it targets whole world, Saudi minister tells G-20 Summit
:: Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its stance against terrorism, telling the Group of 20 summit (G-20) on Saturday that it had no religion, but instead was a “crime that targeted the entire world.” Condemning terrorism in all forms, the Saudi
G-20 shut Trump out on climate, strike deal on trade
:: World powers lined up against US President Donald Trump on climate change, reaffirming their support for international efforts to fight global warming. The Group of 20 summit that ended Saturday in Hamburg also showed the tensions on trade, as
Germany and the Qatar crisis
By : Dr. Gunter Mulack :: The recent visit by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to the Gulf — starting off in Saudi Arabia, and then to Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Kuwait — should not be seen as a new,
Trump confronts Putin on election hacking in first meeting
:: At long last face to face, President Donald Trump confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin directly on Friday over Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, as the two leaders sought to use their historic first meeting to move past
US, Russia announce Syria cease-fire from Sunday noon
:: The United States and Russia struck an agreement on Friday on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, crowning President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is the first US-Russian effort under Trump’s presidency to stem Syria’s
Germany urges Erdogan not to address Turks during G20 Hamburg visit
:: The German government urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to respect its request that he not address Turks living in Germany when he attends this week’s Hamburg summit of the world’s 20 largest economies. Ties between Berlin
‘Several people’ wounded by shots at Munich rail station
:: Several people were wounded when shots were fired at a commuter rail station near the southern German city of Munich on Tuesday and one person was detained, police said. “Several people were injured by shots. A female police officer
Germany’s FM: Still a chance to defuse Qatar crisis tension
:: The dispute between Qatar and other Arab states could lead to war, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told a newspaper on Saturday, adding that he still saw a chance to defuse the tension. “There is a danger that this
Germany urges Iran to avoid any moves to exacerbate tensions in Gulf
:: A German government spokesman on Friday urged Iran to avoid any actions that could further exacerbate tensions in the Gulf after key Arab states cut off ties with Qatar, and underscored Germany’s opposition to any state funding of militant
Germany pauses Afghan deportations after blast but policy stays
:: Germany will not send failed asylum seekers back to Afghanistan in the next few days after a blast killed at least 80 people in Kabul, a German interior ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, but the policy of mass deportations
Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners
:: Europe “must take its fate into its own hands” faced with a western alliance divided by Brexit and Donald Trump’s presidency, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday. “The times in which we could completely depend on others are on
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