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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France expels Swiss Islamist grandson of Brotherhood founder
France on Saturday expelled controversial Swiss Islamist preacher Hani Ramadan who posed “a serious threat to public order”, the interior ministry said. Ramadan, whose brother is the intellectual Tariq Ramadan and whose grandfather founded Egypt’s radical Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested
UAE court jails three men for involvement in banned groups
A court in the United Arab Emirates on Monday jailed two citizens of the Gulf Arab state to 10 and seven years in jail for membership of a “banned secret organization”, state news agency WAM reported. In a separate case,
Morocco’s Islamist PJD party leads tight election race
Morocco’s ruling moderate Islamist party won most seats in Friday’s parliamentary election, with a rival party that critics say is too close to the palace coming second in a tight race with 90 percent of votes counted, officials said on
Jordanians head to polls to elect new parliament
Jordanians go to the polls Tuesday in a vote that could see opposition Islamists re-emerge as a major parliamentary force in the kingdom, following boycotts in two previous elections. Around 4.1 million voters – from a population of 6.6 million
Tajikistan jails 13 leaders of Islamist party for up to life: officials
Tajikistan on Thursday jailed 13 leading members of a banned moderate Islamist opposition party for up to life, officials told Agence France-Presse. The ex-Soviet Central Asian country handed life sentences to two leading figures in the Islamic Renaissance Party of
Egypt court postpones Mursi espionage verdict
An Egyptian court postponed on Saturday its verdict and sentence in the trial of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, who is charged with spying for Qatar. The head judge of the criminal court said the verdict was postponed to “May
Veteran Sudan Islamist Hassan Turabi laid to rest
Senior Sudanese officials joined some 3,000 mourners on Sunday at the funeral of veteran Islamist leader Hassan Turabi, an ally turned outspoken critic of the regime. Police were out in force as Turabi’s shrouded body was laid to rest in
Cameroon forces kill 162 Boko Haram extremists, retake town
Cameroon’s special forces have killed 162 Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s northeastern town of Goshi, destroying bomb factories and weapons to retake the extremist stronghold, the government said. The town is now under the control of Nigerian forces after the
Libyan naval forces in Tripoli say have seized foreign tanker
Libyan naval forces have seized a Sierra Leone-flagged oil tanker on suspicion of illegally entering Libyan waters in an attempt to smuggle gasoline, authorities said on Saturday. The vessel, the Captain Khayyam, was stopped in Libyan waters on Friday night
Trump: Clinton a ‘liar’ for ISIS recruiting claim
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday that Democrat Hillary Clinton was a “liar” for claiming that his proposal to ban entry of all foreign Muslims into the United States has aided ISIS’s propaganda efforts. Speaking on NBC’s
ISIS claims suicide bombing in Libya’s Misrata
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has claimed a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint near Libya’s western Misrata city on Thursday after the jihadist militants took over former dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s home city of Sirte. State news
Female protester killed on eve of Egypt uprising anniversary
A female demonstrator was killed in clashes with Egyptian police during a rare leftwing protest in central Cairo Saturday, the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, an official said. A health ministry spokesman said the
Egypt court orders retrial for 37 Brotherhood members
An Egyptian court ordered a retrial for 37 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death and 115 others sentenced to life in a mass trial last year, judicial sources said on Saturday. The 152 were initially sentenced last March at a
Two headless bodies found in Egypt’s Sinai
Two headless bodies were found in a village in Egypt’s restive North Sinai region on Saturday, police said, the latest in a series of beheadings allegedly carried out by Islamist militants. The bodies of two men, believed to be civilians
Libya Islamists press advance on key oil region
Islamist fighters clashed with pro-government forces for the second consecutive day Sunday as they pressed an advance on a key oil region in eastern Libya, sources on both sides reported, according to Agence-France Presse. Libya Dawn (or Fajr Libya), an
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