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: India
Indian police find 19 female foetuses dumped in sewer
Indian police said Monday they had found nineteen aborted female foetuses dumped in a sewer in the western state of Maharashtra, highlighting the country’s problem of female foeticide. Prenatal gender tests are illegal in India, a policy designed to stop
Air India claims record with all-female round-world flight
India’s national airline claimed Monday to have set a new record with the first round-the-world flight staffed entirely by women. Air India said its Boeing 777 travelled from Delhi to San Francisco and back again with an all-female crew last
3 killed during 15-hour firefight in Indian Kashmir
A police officer and two suspected militants were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir during a fierce 15-hour gunfight overnight, an official said Sunday, triggering clashes between protesters and government forces. The firefight erupted late Saturday when Indian soldiers and counter-insurgency police,
India child protection officers held in trafficking probe
Two child protection officers have been arrested for alleged links with a trafficking gang that ran illegal adoption centers in eastern India selling children to foreign couples, police said Saturday. Investigators said children aged between six months and 14 years
India to host Dalai Lama in disputed territory, defying China
Indian federal government representatives will meet the Dalai Lama when he visits a sensitive border region controlled by India but claimed by China, officials said, despite a warning from Beijing that it would damage ties. India says the Tibetan spiritual
Traders in southern India call for ban on Pepsi, Coke
Shopkeepers in a southern Indian state began removing Pepsi and Coke from their shelves Wednesday after unions called for a boycott of the soft drink giants, urging consumers to shun foreign brands. Pepsi and Coke sell a range of products
Indian engineer shot dead by American saying ‘get out of my country’
A Kansas man was charged on Thursday with fatally shooting an Indian man and wounding another Indian man and an American in a bar, as federal authorities investigated the incident as a possible hate crime. Adam Purinton, 51, was charged
Four killed as Indian Kashmir militants ambush army convoy
A woman and three soldiers were killed Thursday when militants ambushed an army convoy in Indian Kashmir, police said. The soldiers were returning from a search operation when the militants attacked their convoy, injuring six, three of whom later died.
Indian doctor abducted by ISIS in Libya rescued
An Indian doctor, who was kidnapped in Libya, has been rescued and is being brought back to India shortly, a news report has revealed quoting a series of tweets sent out by the country’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. Swaraj
India arrests heads of adoption center over trafficking
Indian police said Tuesday they have arrested the heads of an adoption center suspected of selling at least 17 children to foreign couples, the latest trafficking scandal to hit the country. Investigators said children aged between 6 months and 14
India legislators come to blows before confidence vote
Indian legislators came to blows Saturday, ripping out microphones and breaking chairs as the new leader of Tamil Nadu state sought to win a vote of confidence in the regional assembly. Shouting slogans, legislators disrupted the assembly as Edappadi Palanisamy,
UAE connection to India’s record 104 satellites launch
India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space agency. Nearly all of the nano satellites are from other countries, including Israel, Kazakhstan, The Netherlands,
Why has India’s ‘first digital village’ project shut down?
Despite the ever-growing chorus for Digital India, the country’s “first minority cyber village project” has died a quiet death. Interestingly, this has happened barely 150km from the national capital of New Delhi. According to a news report, with the shutdown
India leader says ‘action’ like Trump ban needed in his country
A firebrand lawmaker belonging to the ruling BJP in India has praised US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries and has said that “similar action is needed to contain terror activities in this country.” Yogi
1,200 Pakistanis apply for Indian citizenship
More than 1,000 Pakistani people applied for Indian citizenship in 2016 according to India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju. “More than 12,800 applications for long term visa and more than 1,200 applications for grant of citizenship to
Test for Prime Minister Modi as India’s biggest state votes
Voting got underway on Saturday in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh in a contest seen as a key test for Narendra Modi halfway into his first term as prime minister. Uttar Pradesh is home to over 200 million people
Egyptian woman, world’s heaviest, to be biggest yet happiest loser after India op
An Egyptian believed to be the world’s heaviest woman will fly to India for weight reduction surgery Saturday after intervention from the country’s foreign minister ensured her a visa. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, aged 36 and weighing around 500
Indian doctor removes live cockroach from woman’s skull
It’s the stuff of nightmares — a cockroach crawls up your nose in the middle of the night, burrows in and drives you mad with scratching behind your eyes. But for one Indian woman, this horror story proved all too
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