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: REFUGEE CRISIS
Syrians, Afghans clash in German refugee center riot
Some 200 Syrian and Afghan refugees clashed in a crowded German refugee center in Hamburg overnight, leaving several people injured in the third such riot this week, police said Thursday. Fifty police were called in to contain the mass brawl,
Turkish PM at U.N. calls for refugee ‘safe zone’ in Syria
Turkey’s prime minister used his U.N. General Assembly speech on Wednesday to press demands for a “safe zone” to be created in Syria to protect civilians fleeing barrel bombs and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. Ahmet
U.N. chief on migrant crisis: do not ‘build walls or exploit fears’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday opened a UN meeting on Europe’s migration crisis with an appeal to keep borders open and combat xenophobia. “The future does not belong to those who seek to build walls or exploit fears,” Ban told
Woman, child drown as migrant boat sinks off Greece’s Lesbos
A woman and a child drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos after their boat sank, although 45 other people were rescued, police said Wednesday. The Greek harbor police did not give the victims’ ages and it was not clear
Gulf states, G7 pledge $1.8 bln in refugee aid
The G7 group of leading economies and Gulf Arab states have pledged $1.8 billion in funding on Tuesday for U.N. aid agencies helping Syrian refugees. The commitment came after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told world leaders at the opening of
Hungary asks U.N. for global quotas on migrants
Hungary called Tuesday for the United Nations to set global quotas on accepting migrants, saying it was unfair for Europe to take so many refugees fleeing Syria. Hungary, whose hardline approach on migrants has been widely criticized by other governments
Japan pledges $1.5bn for Syria, Iraq refugees, peace efforts
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday pledged $1.5 billion in aid at the United Nations to help refugees from Syria and Iraq and to support peace efforts in the Middle East and Africa. The package includes $810 million to
Migrant Mediterranean arrivals this year pass half-million mark: U.N.
More than half a million migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year – 383,000 of them arriving in Greece, the United Nations said on Tuesday. At the same time, some 2,980 people have perished
EU agrees on deal to relocate 120,000 refugees
EU interior ministers on Tuesday approved by a “large majority” a plan to relocate 120,000 refugees around the bloc but only after overriding fierce opposition from central and eastern European countries. “Decision on relocation for 120,000 persons adopted today, by
Germany probes Syrian asylum-seeker for ISIS links
German police are investigating an asylum-seeker on suspicion that he fought for ISIS in Syria, newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported Sunday. The suspect is a Syrian national and lives in an asylum-seeker shelter in the northeast region of Brandenburg, the
Kerry: U.S. to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017
Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would significantly increase the number of worldwide refugees it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly
Canada to accept 10,000 Syrians within one year
Canada’s conservative government on Saturday said that it would accept 10,000 Syrian refugees within one year by simplifying and speeding up the immigration application process. Visa officers will no longer ask the applicants to prove that they are refugees through
Anti-migrant demo in Finland over refugee influx
Several dozen demonstrators formed a “human wall” and briefly blocked a border point in a northern Finnish town Saturday in protest at a dramatic spike in the number of asylum seekers crossing over from Sweden, a local official said. Waving
Another drowned toddler washes up on Turkish beach: report
A four-year-old Syrian girl’s body washed up on a beach in western Turkey on Friday, state media said, just weeks after images of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi shook the world. The yet-to-be identified girl was found lifeless on a
Turkey spent $7.6 bln on 2.2 mln Syrian refugees
Turkey has so far spent $7.6 billion caring for 2.2 million Syrian refugees, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Friday. Turkey, which borders Syria, hosts the world’s largest refugee population and has vowed to maintain its open border policy.
UNHCR warns EU about migrant crisis
The U.N. refugee agency on Friday urged the European Union to grasp a last chance to resolve the refugee crisis next week as the migrant numbers in Europe will build up in coming days and their flows may fragment further
Children separated from families in Hungary chaos
Children were separated from their families by police in chaotic scenes as migrants broke through Serbia’s border with Hungary on Wednesday, Amnesty International said. The rights group said that at least nine people, including at least four children, were separated
Obama: migrant crisis has worsened, requires cooperation
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the migrant crisis had worsened and required cooperation from European nations and the United States to address. Obama made his remarks during a meeting with Spain’s King Felipe VI. The president said he
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