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
Anushka is Sultan’s leading lady
Yash Raj Films has confirmed that its prodigy Anushka Sharma will star opposite superstar Salman Khan in the production house’s upcoming “Sultan” thereby ending rounds of speculation. The news has come almost a year after the movie was announced and
Growing up with Nehru’s India
By : Syed Aijaz Zaka India’s Tehelka magazine has come up with an interesting, if belated, special issue, marking the 50th anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru’s death. Ironically, the special occasion on May 27 last year passed off without much fanfare.
Saudia pilot averts disaster
An alert Saudi Arabian Airlines pilot was able to prevent a disaster at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai when he noticed a tire blowout of his plane. According to an Indian newspaper, the Saudia Boeing 700-200 had a tire
The seesaw relationship
By : Shashi Tharoor Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore, Pakistan, on Christmas Day brought his hyperkinetic year of global diplomacy to a headline-grabbing close. It also raised serious questions about the direction of the highly fraught
The serpent in Indian politics
It was not a very reassuring spectacle. On Sunday tens of thousands of men, all dressed in a sort of paramilitary uniform, gathered in the Indian city of Pune in Maharashtra for a rally of the controversial Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Eight dead as strong quake hits remote northeast India
At least eight people were killed and scores injured on Monday when a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeast India, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets even hundreds of kilometers away in Bangladesh. Five were killed in India, the
Indian consulate under attack in Afghan city
Gunfights raged on Monday as Afghan forces battled to flush out militants holed up near the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, hours after they attempted to storm the diplomatic mission. No group has so far claimed responsibility
Indian consulate under attack in Afghan city: official
Explosions and gunfire rang out late Sunday as militants tried to storm the Indian diplomatic mission in a northern Afghan city, officials said, in the latest assault on an Indian installation. The attack on the consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif comes after
Hindu nationalists gather for massive India rally
Tens of thousands of Hindu hardliners, dressed in khaki shorts, white shirts and black hats, gathered for an elaborate rally in western India on Sunday in a massive show of strength. It was set to be one of the largest
Top army officer among 11 dead in assault on Indian air force base
Four more Indian soldiers including a top officer have died of injuries after an attack by suspected militants on an air force base near the Pakistan border, taking the total death toll to 11, officials said Sunday. Seven soldiers in
India hits one billion mobile phone subscribers
India notched up its billionth mobile phone subscriber in October, the country’s telecoms regulator said, underscoring the importance of its fast-growing mobile market, the world’s second largest after China. Mobile phone subscriptions have boomed in India in recent years as
India air force base attack leaves 4 gunmen, 2 troops dead
Suspected militants entered an Indian air force base near the border with Pakistan on Saturday and exchanged fire with security forces for hours, leaving at least four gunmen and two Indian troops dead, officials and news reports said. The attack,
Modi hits out at opposition over stalled reforms
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the main opposition Congress party Thursday, accusing it of “disrupting” Parliament and stalling key reforms aimed at lifting millions out of poverty. Modi’s government enjoys a comfortable majority in the lower house
2 sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing blogger
A court in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced two people to death and six others to prison for killing an atheist blogger in 2013, the first verdicts since suspected Islamist militants began targeting secular activists. Seven university students and the leader
Hello 2016: New Year revelers unfazed by terror
In Bangkok, police-flanked partygoers rung in the new year at the site of a deadly bombing that took place just months ago. In Paris, residents recovering from their city’s own deadly attacks enjoyed scaled-back celebrations. And in Belgium’s capital, authorities
‘Rat on a plane’ forces Air India flight to turn back
A “suspected rat sighting” in the cabin forced an Air India plane carrying more than 200 passengers to return to Mumbai almost three hours into a flight to London, the airline said Thursday. Air India said it had decided to
Dearth of talent hampers Modi’s plan to revamp cabinet
After a drubbing in a state poll in November, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his cabinet to weed out underperformers and improve his government’s image. Problem is, several sources said, he can’t find the right replacements. As
India test-fires long range surface-to-air missile developed with Israel
India successfully test-fired on Wednesday a new long range surface-to-air missile capable of countering aerial threats at extended ranges, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushes to enhance the country’s military capabilities. India, which shares borders with nuclear-armed China and Pakistan,
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