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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With iPhone launch, Apple eyes better customer connection
It’s not just another iPhone launch. This time, Apple is pushing not only a new device, but what it says is a new relationship with its customers. By offering for the first time monthly installment payments on direct sales and
Fed delay could spur more debt issues to fund share buybacks
A record year for debt-funded stock buybacks may soon become even more rewarding for shareholders. The US Federal Reserve’s decision to delay raising interest rates for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis will likely encourage companies to take
Did Janet Jackson embrace Islam?
Janet Jackson, renowned US music star and sister of the late “king of pop” Michael Jackson, seems to be toning down her raunchy act according to international media reports amid claims that she has converted to Islam. Alarabiya reported that
Lana Del evokes classic singers in new album
Her new album is entitled “Honeymoon,” but for Lana Del Rey such romantic sojourns are bleak in the way of classic film noir. In her highly anticipated fourth album released Friday, Del Rey returns to the somber, cinematic sound that
Sunidhi adds voice to war on poverty
Sunidhi Chauhan, a leading singer in Indian cinema, was announced Wednesday as a new performer for next week’s major anti-poverty concert in New York. The Global Citizen Festival, which hopes to spur activism to fight extreme poverty, has already announced
U.S. government blocks release of new CIA torture details
U.S. government officials have blocked the release of 116 pages of defense lawyers’ notes detailing the torture that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah says he experienced in CIA custody, defense lawyers said on Thursday. The treatment of Zubaydah, who lost
Iraqi govt, U.N. agencies begin training women to farm
The Iraqi government and United Nations agencies have earmarked $2.5 million this month to boost literacy and train women and girls in rural provinces to work in agriculture. “Rural women have great potential and enhancing their skills and access to
Video shows black Muslim shot by Boston police, FBI
U.S. authorities Monday released video of a black Muslim man shot dead by police and the FBI in Boston, and accused of planning to behead police officers. The grainy video was filmed by a surveillance camera fixed to a Burger
Killers make ‘Shawshank-style’ escape from New York prison
A frantic manhunt was underway on Sunday for two convicted murderers who busted out of New York state’s biggest maximum security prison by cutting through cell walls with power tools and escaping along tunnels, in a “Shawshank Redemption”-style prison break.
US, China tone down rhetoric over island row
After a months-long row over Beijing’s island-building in the South China Sea, the US and China were relatively restrained at Asia’s top security forum this weekend, but no closer to any solution. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the Shangri-La
U.S. presses Israel on talks for Middle East nuclear-free zone
The United States has sent a top official to Israel in an effort to revive talks on a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons, a central issue of a nuclear treaty review conference that some fear will end Friday
Record gap between rich and poor: OECD
The gap between the rich and poor in most of the world’s advanced economies is at record levels, according to an OECD study that also found glaring differences between men and women. In most of the 34 countries in the
World’s smallest theater opens in NY
Many theater owners like to say they offer an intimate show but only one really means it. That would be Theatre for One — a 4-foot-by-8 foot portable theater that allows one audience member at a time to see one
‘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
Egypt police raid radio station, detain rights advocate
The head of an Egyptian human rights organization said Saturday he is being held in a central Cairo police station following a police raid on the group’s online radio station. Ahmed Samih, director of the Andalus Institute for Tolerance and
Bin Laden wanted Mubarak killed in plane crash, U.S. man tells jurors
In the terrorism trial of a man accused of being one of Al-Qaeda’s early leaders, an American described being asked in 1995 by Osama bin Laden to kill Egypt’s president by ramming his plane with his own in midair. “It
Palestinian official testifies over Israel attacks
Top Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi took to the witness stand in New York on Tuesday as the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization fight a lawsuit that would force them to pay up to $3 billion to victims of
U.N. to resume tense crisis talks in Yemen
Negotiations aimed at resolving the crisis in Yemen are set to resume on Monday and will be brokered by the U.N. envoy to the country, Jamal Benomar, the United Nations said. The Gulf Cooperation Council on Saturday accused Shiite Houthi
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