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: LONDON
UK police smash fraud network linked to Syria
Britain convicted nine men in a case of “industrial-scale fraud” on Thursday after a terrorism investigation uncovered suspect payments into an account of a person who had travelled to Syria. In a £1 million (1.4 million euro) scam, the men
Blair says he urged Qaddafi to quit Libya in 2011
Tony Blair telephoned Muammar Qaddafi and tried to persuade him to leave Libya as the Arab Spring erupted in February 2011, the former British prime minister revealed Friday. Blair said he was not trying to “save” the Libyan dictator but
Killer of British soldier Lee Rigby sues over prison struggle
One of two Muslim converts jailed for killing British soldier Lee Rigby in broad daylight on a London street in 2013 is seeking compensation after losing two front teeth in a struggle with prison guards, the government confirmed Thursday. The
U.S. officials: ISIS oil going to Assad, some to Turkey
ISIS has made more than $500 million trading oil with significant volumes sold to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some finding its way to Turkey, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Thursday. The United States, France,
Over 350,000 petition to ban Trump from UK
More than a quarter of a million Britons have signed an online petition to ban Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from the country following his proposal to stop Muslims from entering the United States. Trump, who owns two golf courses
Trump worse than Voldemort: JK Rowling
The British government and “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling on Tuesday condemned comments by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump saying Muslims should be barred from entering the United States. Rowling wrote on Twitter that “Voldemort was nowhere near as bad”
Pimco appoints Bernanke and Brown to new advisory board
One of the world’s biggest investment firms said it had appointed a stellar cast of advisers, including ex-Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke and former British prime minister Gordon Brown. Pacific Investment Management Co., or Pimco, also appointed ex-European Central Bank
UK police charge man over ‘terrorist incident’ at London metro station
British detectives have charged a man with attempted murder after a knife attack at an east London metro station on Saturday night which was described by police as a terrorist incident. Police said 29-year-old Muhaydin Mire of east London would
‘They are going to fail’: Assad slams UK’s Syria strikes
British air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will fail to defeat the militant group, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, mocking Prime Minister David Cameron’s strategy in the region.
London metro stabbing treated as ‘terror incident’
A man wielding a knife slashed a man in an east London metro station on Saturday, reportedly screaming “this is for Syria”, before police used a stun gun to detain him in what they described as a terrorist incident. A
Gold rises 1.6% to 2-week high
Gold rose 1.6 percent to a two-week high on Friday, after a US non-farm payrolls report, seen as likely to pave the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month, failed to aid the dollar’s ascent. Spot
Report links Paris militant group to Britain, police cautious
The militant network behind last month’s attacks in Paris had links to people in Britain, the Wall Street Journal has said in a report that British police described on Saturday as “speculative.” Several people suspected of having connections to Abdelhamid
London Bridge area evacuated after suspicious item found
London police confirmed on Tuesday that hundreds were evacuated from London Bridge area after a suspicious item was found, local media reported. The Evening Standard paper said police evacuated several buildings near London Bridge station in central London in a
UK parliament’s vote on Syria strikes ‘uncertain’
British defense minister Michael Fallon said on Sunday the government wanted to have a vote in parliament to launch air strikes against Islamic militants in Syria this week but it had to keep building the case of extending military action.
The Times eats crow over claiming every fifth British Muslim extremist
The Times on Thursday corrected a “misleading” headline that claimed a fifth of British Muslims had sympathy for the Daesh, amid accusations Muslims have been demonized after the Paris attacks. The newspaper said its headline this week “One in five
Tweeting on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie goes social
With her page-turning detective mysteries and murder whodunnits, Agatha Christie’s novels have won over generations of fans since they were first published 95 years ago. Now, in a world of smartphones and tablets, her work is being targeted at digital
Cameron to MPs: time to strike ISIS in Syria
Prime Minister David Cameron told lawmakers on Thursday it was time to join air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Syria, saying Britain cannot “subcontract its security to other countries.” Cameron, who lost a vote
Kidman wins top theater award
Nicole Kidman says her award-winning London stage performance as a scientist was a tribute to her late father. Kidman was awarded the best-actress prize at London’s Evening Standard Theater Awards Sunday for playing Rosalind Franklin, one of the team who
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