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: MEDIA
Silence of NY Times Tehran Bureau Chief on Twitter raises concerns
:: Concern over the fate of The New York Times bureau chief in Tehran, Thomas Erdbrink, has continued after months of him not contributing to the publication or posting to his Twitter account, with some questioning his safety. News Agency
Trump, the media and the right wing
By : Dr Ahmad al-Farraj :: Much of the US media appears biased against US President Donald Trump and seeks to overstate his relations with the far right. At present the media seems to be projecting views of entrenched state
Saudi summons group of Twitter users, others for ‘harming public order’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Public Prosecution has issued an order to summon a group of Twitter users and others who have been charged with criminal offenses of harming public order “by influencing the integrity and moderation of the intellectual curriculum of
Google employee’s anti-diversity memo prompts company rebuke
:: Google executives over the weekend rushed to denounce an engineer’s memo that ascribed gender inequality in the technology industry to biological differences, a view that sparked outrage at the internet giant and inflamed tensions over sexual harassment and discrimination
Facebook shuts down chatbots experiment after they “create” own language
:: You could be forgiven for thinking you were reading an extract from a science fiction novel, or a psychological thriller, but Facebook were forced to shut down an experiment involving two robots, when they started talking to each other
Trump: Syrian rebel aid program was ‘dangerous and wasteful’
:: US President Donald Trump on Monday announced he had ended a program to support rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because it was “massive, dangerous, and wasteful.” The comments came days after General Tony Thomas, the head of
Hacking charade and the Washington Post claims
By : Mamdouh AlMuhaini :: The Washington Post report alleging that the UAE is behind hacking of Qatari news agency, and publishing statements that were attributed to its Emir, lacks facts. The report seems contradictory and does not rely on
Media under attack in Houthis’ Yemen: 21 journalists dead, 18 missing
:: Media freedom has been under severe attack in Yemen in the wake of repeated targeting of media personnel by militias in the country. A report by the Journalists Syndicate in Yemen showed a 30 percent rise in the number
Crackdown on media and semblance of democracy in Myanmar
By : Azeem Ibrahim :: Proof, if proof was needed, that Myanmar is still quite some way away from democracy has emerged over the past few days: the army has arrested three local journalists for meeting with ethnic rebels to
UNHCR issues correction to ‘distorted’ reports appearing in Qatari media
:: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday that it regrets the appearance of inaccurate accounts in Qatari media of a meeting held on Thursday between UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad
Saudi Arabia: Media outlets publishing incorrect reports on ties with Russia
:: An official source has said that there are media outlets trying to publish false and incorrect reports about the distinguished relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Russian Federation, with the aim of damaging relations between the
Media, extremism among topics address at informal Shoura meeting
The media should scrupulously quote Shoura Council members and be precise when conveying members’ statements to the public, Speaker of the Shoura Council Sheikh Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh said as members addressed several issues. “We have shortcomings in dealing with the
An introduction to understanding President Trump
By : Ahmad al-Farraj I have written many articles about President Donald Trump and how the media has been biased against him since he ran for presidency. I later compared between what’s currently happening in the US and what happened
Why Trump continues to describe media as fake
By : Mamdouh AlMuhaini An unprecedented and fierce battle is raging between US President Donald Trump and the American media. This is in stark contrast to Barack Obama’s presidential terms, which were mostly smooth except for a few occasions. Former
Four weeks that shook America
By : Hisham Melhem The press is the enemy, the establishment is the enemy, the professors are the enemy. -President Richard Nixon (1972) The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the
Netanyahu orders reprimand of Belgian envoy over meeting with rights groups
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday ordered the reprimanding of the Belgian Ambassador over a meeting between Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel with representatives of two Israeli rights groups. Israeli Channel Ten reported that Michel had met with representatives of
White House calls on Turkey to respect democratic values
The White House on Thursday called on the Turkish government to respect democratic values, amid allegations of a fresh press crackdown. “We urge Turkish authorities to ensure their actions uphold the universal democratic values enshrined in Turkey’s constitution, including freedom
U.S. VP chides Turkey over press freedom
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said during a trip to Turkey on Friday that intimidating the media, curtailing internet freedom and accusing academics of treason was not setting a good example in the Middle East. Speaking on a two-day visit
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