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 board seeks report on crowd trouble
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has sought a report from its state unit on the crowd trouble during Monday’s Twenty20 match against South Africa which has prompted calls for a ban on the venue. Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar led
Modi promises German firms tax reforms as Merkel visits
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged German companies Tuesday to do business in India and promised tax and other economic reforms, on the final day of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit. After the leaders toured a German engineering factory in India’s technology
100 Indians committed suicide in UAE every year since 2011
Around 100 Indians have committed suicide in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) every year since 2011, India’s ambassador here said, calling on the expatriate community to help people in distress, particularly those with financial problems. These suicides form part of
India cracks down on illegal beef exports at ports
India on Tuesday said it plans to set up laboratories at ports to test for illegal cow meat exports, as controversy rages over the murder of a Muslim man accused of eating beef. Most states ban the slaughter of cows
Saudi Arabia assures India over 59 missing pilgrims
The Indian government has sought the help of the Saudi Health Ministry to find 59 Indian pilgrims who went missing following the stampede in Mina during the Haj this year. The request was made by Minister of State for External
Modi and Merkel agree to fast-track business deals
Narendra Modi has hailed Germany as a “natural partner” of India after signing deals with Angela Merkel on clean energy and speeding up the European powerhouse’s investment in Asia’s third largest economy. The German chancellor held lengthy talks with the
Morkel stars as South Africa wins India T20 series
Seamer Albie Morkel led the way with three for 12 as South Africa thumped India by six wickets in the violence-hit second Twenty20 match in Cuttack on Monday to clinch the series. Leg-spinner Imran Tahir and seamer Chris Morris chipped
India-Japan-US Trilateral: India’s Policy For The Indo-Pacific
In an interesting first, the foreign ministers of India, Japan and the US had a trilateral dialogue on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on 29 September 2015. The foreign ministers underlined the strategic convergence of their interests in
In India, meat and murder threaten Modi’s inclusive agenda
Beef bans seen as discriminating against Muslim minority The murder by a mob of a man rumored to have slaughtered a cow has thrown a spotlight on the hard-line, polarizing agenda of some followers of Indian Prime Minster Narendra
Indo-Pak relations: Politics of cricket
By : Bikram Vohra With its pockets full and spilling over the mighty BCCI does not have to play Pakistan in cricket at any venue at any time and we all know that. Even PCB President Shaharyar Khan knows it
IEF celebrates Engineers Day
The Dammam chapter of the Indian Engineers Forum (IEF) recently celebrated 48th Annual Engineers Day. “The say is celebrated every year in India as Engineer’s Day to commemorate the birthday of the legendary engineer, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya,” said IEF President
Classy South Africa stuns India in first T20
South Africa put on a thrilling batting display to brush aside India by seven wickets in the first Twenty20 match in Dharamsala on Friday and grab the lead in the three-game series. In a high-scoring encounter played before a sell-out
India announces plan to slow rate of greenhouse gas growth
India has promised to shave a third off the rate at which it emits greenhouse gases over the next 15 years, in a long-awaited contribution toward reaching a deal to slow global warming at a UN climate summit in December.
Gold price rebounds from two-week low
Gold jumped 2 percent on Friday after US payrolls data came in much weaker than expected, denting expectations that the US Federal Reserve will push ahead with its first interest rate rise in nearly a decade this year. Payrolls outside
Modi-Abbas meet raises hope for captives’ kin
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the leaders discussed the issue of Indians being held hostage in Iraq. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in New York before leaving for India on Tuesday. External Affairs Ministry
Mob kills man, assaults his son over rumour they were eating beef
His family reportedly never carried out sacrifices on Bakri-Eid to avoid any confrontation with other villagers, but on Monday night a mob surrounded the house of Mohammad Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri area and beat him to death over a
India sentences five men to death for 2006 Mumbai train blasts
An Indian court sentenced five men to death and jailed seven for life on Wednesday for planning the bomb blasts that ripped through Mumbai commuter trains in 2006, killing more than 180 people and wounding hundreds. The specially convened court
Pakistan’s Sharif urges formalized Kashmir truce with India
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called on Wednesday for cooperation, not confrontation, with on-and-off foe India and said the two nuclear-armed countries should formalize a cease-fire in disputed Kashmir. In an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Sharif said cease-fire
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