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: Paris
Three French soldiers attacked near Jewish center
At least three members of the French security forces were attacked near a synagogue in Nice, France, on Tuesday, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported. Agence France Presse quoted a police source as saying that three soldiers on patrol outside a Jewish
Egypt seeking military equipment from France: report
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he has asked France for modern military equipment, noting that he had set three conditions on any deal, according to Al masry al youm. In talks with parliamentarians Sunday, Sisi said the agreement would
France, Morocco to resume judicial cooperation after row
France and Morocco will resume their judicial and legal cooperation, the French Justice Ministry said on Saturday, ending a row sparked by a French probe into alleged torture. Morocco had suspended cooperation agreements in protest at an attempt by French
Top French court approves Franco-Moroccan same-sex marriage
France’s highest appeals court on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a French-Moroccan gay couple to marry, going against a ruling that homosexuals from Morocco and 10 other nations cannot tie the knot in the country. France legalized same-sex marriage in
AirAsia probe vets possible computer glitch, crew response
Investigators probing the crash of an AirAsia jetliner are examining maintenance records of a key part of its automated control systems, and how the pilots may have handled the plane if it failed, two people familiar with the matter said.
Sean Penn to get French honor
PARIS: Sean Penn is to get an honorary French film award in a Paris ceremony next month in recognition of him being a cinema “living legend,” the organizers said in a statement. The 54-year-old is a “mythical actor, a politically
Cosmic puzzle settled: Comets give us shooting stars
PARIS: Suspicions that shooting stars come from comet dust, transformed into fiery streaks as they hit Earth’s atmosphere, have been bolstered by Europe’s Rosetta space mission, scientists reported Monday. Comets and asteroids have both been eyed as possible progenitors of
France arrests five Chechens over suspected attack plot
Police arrested five Chechens in southern France on suspicion of preparing an attack, a police source said on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after Islamist militants killed 17 people during three days of violence in the French capital. The source said
Obama’s top aide takes blame for U.S. absence in Paris march.
President Barack Obama’s chief of staff on Tuesday took responsibility for not sending a top U.S. official to a Paris unity march after deadly Islamic militant attacks in the French capital earlier this month. Denis McDonough said in a television
Four to face possible charges over Paris attacks
Four men will appear before a judge in France on Tuesday to face possible charges of providing support to one of the Paris Islamist attackers, the prosecutors’ office said. The four men, aged 22, 25, 26 and 28, were among
Secret burial for one of Charlie Hebdo attackers
France quietly buried on Saturday one of the two brothers involved in the country’s worst terror attacks in decades and banned an anti-Islamist demonstration in Paris to head off possible civil unrest. Said Kouachi, the elder of the two brothers
At least two churches burned in Niger as Charlie Hebdo protests rage
At least two churches were torched in Niger’s capital Saturday as protests raged on against the publication of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon by the French weekly Charlie Hebdo, an AFP correspondent on the scene reported. Around 100 helmeted riot police
Offensive cartoons ‘serve the interests of extremists’
The Council of Senior Scholars have slammed publications continuing to publish blasphemous cartoons saying it does not constitute freedom of expression but rather a form of hate speech. These actions are playing into the hands of extremists who are looking
Kerry meets Iran FM in Paris for more nuclear talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met in Paris on Friday to discuss negotiations for a nuclear deal, a U.S. official said. The pair, who held a marathon six-hour round of talks in
Hostages taken in post office in Paris suburb: police
An armed man is holding two hostages in a post office outside Paris on Friday, police said, but it is not clear if the incident is linked to last week’s terrorist attacks in the French capital. Police cordoned off the
Bulgaria arrests Frenchman with ‘links’ to Paris attacks
A Frenchman arrested in Bulgaria on January 1 trying to cross into Turkey was in contact with one of the two brothers who carried out the Islamist attacks in Paris last week, prosecutors said Tuesday. Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, a French
France mobilizes 10,000 security forces
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Monday said 10,000 security forces will be mobilized throughout the country, with 5,000 policeman deployed to protect Jewish schools. Cazeneuve said the deployment will begin Tuesday, and will focus on the most sensitive locations,
Support of internet firms against terror ‘essential’
Interior ministers from a range of nations gathered in Paris Sunday called for an “essential” cooperation from Internet companies to tackle terrorism. “We forcefully noted the need for greater cooperation with Internet companies to guarantee the reporting and removal of
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