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: NORTH KOREA
North Korea troops in Syria to help Assad: report
North Korean military units are in Syria to help President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, a member of the Saudi-backed Syrian opposition recently claimed. “Two North Korean units are there, which are Chalma-1 and Chalma-7,” Asaad al-Zoubi, who is heading a delegation
UN rights team will seek to hold N. Korea leaders to account
The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted to create an expert group to explore legal pathways to hold North Korea’s leadership accountable for widespread and horrific rights abuses in the country. The UN’s top rights body adopted a resolution
U.S. downplays North Korea’s ability to fire nukes
The Pentagon on Thursday downplayed the risk from North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, after Kim Jong-Un said the country’s nuclear weapons must be ready for pre-emptive use at “anytime.” “The U.S. government assessment has not changed,” a U.S. defense official told
N. Korea fires short-range projectiles after U.N. sanctions
North Korea fired short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday, South Korea’s defense ministry said, hours after the U.N. Security Council imposed tough new sanctions on Pyongyang. After initially describing the launches as being of “short-range
American arrested in North Korea apologizes for ‘trophy’ stealing
North Korea presented a detained American student before the media on Monday in Pyongyang, where he tearfully apologized for attempting to steal a political banner – at the behest, he said, of a member of a church back home who
New North Korean rocket turns enemy tanks into ‘boiled pumpkin’
North Korea on Saturday boasted of a newly developed anti-tank weapon that its leader said was so powerful it could turn the most heavily armored enemy tanks into “boiled pumpkin.” Pyongyang’s state media said leader Kim Jong-un had watched tests
U.S. calls proposed sanctions on N. Korea a ‘major upgrade’
The United States on Thursday introduced a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that it said will significantly increase pressure on North Korea in response to its latest nuclear test and rocket launch. Ambassador Samantha Power said the draft, which for
U.S., China agree on U.N. North Korea resolution
The United States and China have agreed on a U.N. resolution on North Korea’s nuclear “provocations,” the White House announced Wednesday, with diplomats saying it would include fresh sanctions and could go to a Security Council vote soon. Diplomats at
North Korean Army chief executed, claims report
North Korea’s army chief of staff has been executed, South Korean media reported Wednesday, in what would amount to the latest in a series of purges and executions of top officials by leader Kim Jong-Un. Ri Yong-Gil, Chief of the
N. Korean rocket puts object into space, angers U.S.
North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out a nuclear bomb test. Critics of the rocket program say it is being used to test technology for
North Korea will continue launching satellites
North Korea intends to continue to launch rockets carrying satellites into space, Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted the North Korean embassy in Moscow as saying in a statement on Sunday. “The state agency on space exploration, following the policy of
U.N. to hold talks on N. Korea rocket launch
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the North Korean rocket launch as requested by United States, Japan and South Korea, the U.N. press office said. The closed-door consultations of the 15-nation council
Russia says deeply concerned by North Korea’s planned rocket launch
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned about North Korea’s decision to go ahead with a satellite launch. “We must state that … the North Korean side demonstrates an outrageous disregard for the universally recognised norms of
Agency: North Korea plans satellite launch this month
Weeks after its fourth nuclear test, North Korea announced plans Tuesday to launch an Earth observation satellite on a rocket later this month, in what critics see as a covert test of banned technology for a ballistic missile that could
N. Korea missile site activity revives talk of U.S. missile defense in South
South Korea indicated increased willingness to host an advanced U.S. anti-missile defense on Friday as activity detected at a North Korean missile site revived talk of deploying a system opposed by China and Russia. U.S. military officials have said the
North Korea demands halt to military exercise, peace treaty
North Korea on Saturday demanded the conclusion of a peace treaty with the United States and a halt to US military exercises with South Korea to end its nuclear tests. But US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Pyongyang
North Korea and the strategic distraction
By : Dr. Theodore Karasik While the first week of 2016 saw dramatic geopolitical shifts and sectarian hardening throughout the Middle East and Muslim world due to the Saudi-Iran confrontation, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), or North Korea,
Israel joins condemnation of North Korea nuclear test
Israel, the Middle East’s sole but undeclared nuclear power, joined international condemnation of last week’s North Korean nuclear test on Tuesday. “Israel condemns North Korea’s nuclear test and joins the international community in expressing concern of the danger that this
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