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
Streep backs India gang rape movie for Oscars
A film banned by Indian authorities about the deadly rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi has opened in the United States to acclaim, with Hollywood star Meryl Streep saying it deserves to win an Academy
India’s Catholics slam new adoption guidelines
The Catholic Church in India on Friday criticized government plans to allow single people to adopt children, a move that has prompted Mother Teresa’s charity to stop adoptions from its orphanages. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) said some
India’s top court scuttles Modi’s judicial reform move
India’s top court on Friday struck down a law giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government a bigger say in the appointment of top judges, calling the new system harmful to judicial independence in the world’s largest democracy. India’s Supreme Court
Bachchan: Unstoppable at 73
Think Amitabh Bachchan and you instantly think of grandeur, of class, suaveness and modesty. Big B has ruled Bollywood and everyone’s hearts with his maverick acting, dialogue delivery and phenomenal expressions. Big B is making his latest foray on the
India named top investment destination in business poll
India has been named the most attractive country for investment in a survey of more than 500 global investors published by accounting firm EY (Ernst & Young). Thirty-two percent of the 505 executives questioned said India was their favored market
41 writers return Indian award, cite climate of intolerance
India’s literary community is disgusted. Dozens of writers say every day brings more evidence of intolerance and bigotry going mainstream — a man lynched allegedly for eating beef, an atheist critic of Hindu idol worship gunned down — all met
Indian police arrest suspect in four-year-old’s rape
Indian police said Tuesday they have arrested the main suspect in a horrific attack on a four-year-old girl who was raped and slashed with a blade before being abandoned by a railway track. The child, who is now in intensive
India’s Modi calls Muslim’s murder over beef ‘unfortunate’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence on Wednesday over the lynching of a Muslim man suspected of eating beef, calling it “unfortunate”, after criticism over his failure to speak out. Modi accused the opposition of trying to stir
’Dead’ Indian man wakes up minutes before post-mortem
A homeless Indian man who had been pronounced dead woke up on an autopsy table, shocking hospital staff who were about to begin a post-mortem, authorities said Tuesday. Police in Mumbai said they found the man, who has not been
6 Hindu zealots held in Mumbai for ‘black deed’
Six members of a radical Hindu political party were arrested in Mumbai on Monday for blackening the face of Sudheendra Kulkarni, the host of former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis disapproved of Shiv Sena’s
India, US, Japan kick off naval drills likely to annoy China
India, Japan and the United States will hold joint naval exercises each year, Indian government sources said on Monday, as the three countries kicked off the first such drills in the Bay of Bengal in eight years, a move likely
A do-or-die affair in Bihar poll?
By : Bikram Vohra The magnificent obsession with the Bihar elections just been built up into a crescendo by the media to create a watershed effect. A nation of 29 states and 7 Union Territories being force fed this singular
Indian PM’s party in tight race as voting opens in northern state
Voting began on Monday in India’s northern state of Bihar, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces a major electoral test whose outcome is crucial to his efforts to consolidate power and speed economic recovery. About 67 million people are registered
Alia wants to do biopic on Nazia Hassan
Actress Alia Bhatt says she would love to do a biopic film where she can explore herself more as an actor and the person that comes to her mind is Pakistani singer Nazia Hassan. “I did not think much about
Tragic story of an Indian maid
By : Abdulateef Al-Mulhim At the time of submitting this article, I heard two different versions of a tragic story about an Indian maid who came to Saudi Arabia to take care of a 70-year-old Saudi woman who lives alone
India protests to Saudi after maid’s hand chopped off
India said Friday it had lodged a protest with authorities in Riyadh after a maid from Tamil Nadu allegedly had her hand chopped off by her Saudi employer for complaining about her work conditions. India’s foreign minister deplored a “brutal”
Creating space for Arabs at India’s Africa summit
By : Rajeev Sharma INDIA’s relations with the Arab world are growing by leaps and bounds. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a fine example of India’s rapid advancements in its Look-West policy. UAE is one of the two countries
Mauritius in talks to review tax treaty with India
Mauritius is in talks to review a tax treaty that has made this island of just 1.3 million people the biggest single source of foreign direct investment in India, a nation of 1.3 billion people, the finance minister said. The
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