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: KENYA
Air France says bomb scare was ‘false alarm’
Air France chief executive Frederic Gagey said Sunday that a bomb threat that prompted one of the airline’s planes to make an emergency landing in Kenya had been a “false alarm”. “The object was not capable of causing an explosion,”
Kenya jails British terror suspect for forgery
A Kenyan court on Thursday jailed alleged British terrorist Jermaine Grant for nine years for forging documents, after an appeal court overturned his acquittal. Grant is still on trial for terrorism offences following his arrest in 2011 but on Wednesday
Kenya police arrest two over ‘plot’ linked to Iran
Kenyan police have arrested two men who were allegedly recruited by an Iranian group accused of plotting attacks in the east African nation, the police chief said Saturday. Police chief Joseph Boinett said they believed the two Kenyan men had
London premiere for ‘He named me Malala’
Malala was the name on everyone’s lips this week at the London Film Festival where a documentary about the youngest-ever Nobel Peace laureate had its European premiere. “He named me Malala” is an intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, the passionate
Head of Kenyan mission lauds KSA’s Haj efforts
Hussein Sharif, the vice-chairman of the Kenyan Haj Mission, has highly praised the efforts made by the Kingdom during this Haj season, and for the good organization and management of all Haj operations since the arrival of the guests of
Al Shabaab attacks village in Kenya’s Garisssa
Al Shabaab militants attacked a village in the northeastern Kenyan county of Garissa, the ministry of interior said on Friday. The Somalia-based al Shabaab group, which has carried out frequent attacks in Kenya in recent years to try to force
‘Ex-bin Laden aide’ sentenced to life in embassy bombings
A Saudi man whom U.S. authorities described as one of Osama bin Laden’s closest advisers was sentenced to life in prison on Friday in connection with the deadly 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Khalid al-Fawwaz was
Al-Azhar condemns Kenya massacre
The Cairo-based top Sunni Muslim body Al-Azhar on Saturday condemned the massacre of nearly 150 people at Kenya’s Garissa University by Somalia’s Al Shabaab Islamists. Four militants from the Al-Qaeda-linked group killed 148 people, 142 of them students, and wounded
Al-Qaeda suspect dies days before U.S. trial
A suspected al-Qaeda militant accused over the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania died on Friday, only a few days before he was due to stand in tri in New York, according to his lawyer. Nazih Abdul-Hamed
Al-Shabab Islamists claim responsibility for Kenya’s deadly bus attack
Somalia’s Shebab Islamists on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly bus attack in neighboring Kenya in which gunmen slaughtered 28 non-Muslim passengers, Agence France-Presse reported. A spokesman for the Islamists said the attack was in revenge for raids that Kenyan
‘White Widow alive and well’ in Somalia: report
Dubbed the “White Widow,” Samantha Lewthwaite – a British convert to Islam who is said to have been involved in the Kenya mall attack last year – is reportedly living in Somalia with her jihadist husband, Marco Costa, a wanted
200 arrested as Kenya police raid suspected Al-Qaeda linked mosques
One man was killed Monday as Kenyan security forces arrested more than 200 people and seized weapons in raids on mosques accused of links with Somalia’s Al-Qaeda affiliated Shebab militants, police said. Security forces began the operation in the early
Police : 48 Killed In Terror Attack On Kenya Town
Dozens of Somali extremists wielding automatic weapons attacked a small Kenyan coastal town for hours, assaulting the police station, setting two hotels on fire, and spraying bullets into the street. At least 48 people were killed, officials said Monday. The
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