Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 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 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 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: TAJIKISTAN

Kyrgyzstan summons Tajik envoy over deadly border shootout

:: Kyrgyzstan summoned the ambassador of neighboring Tajikistan Tuesday after a Kyrgyz border officer was killed and more than a dozen injured in a shootout at the Central Asian countries’ contested frontier. The disputed region sees regular clashes, which have

A battle against ‘foreign’ European-style Islamic clothing in Central Asia

Clothing factories in Tajikistan are churning out brightly coloured national dresses amid a surge in sales, and it’s not just because of the arrival of spring. An increasing number of female officials, teachers and students have been wearing the Atlas

Tajikistan jails 13 leaders of Islamist party for up to life: officials

Tajikistan on Thursday jailed 13 leading members of a banned moderate Islamist opposition party for up to life, officials told Agence France-Presse. The ex-Soviet Central Asian country handed life sentences to two leading figures in the Islamic Renaissance Party of

Tajik president hands daughter key post

Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rakhmon on Wednesday named his eldest daughter his chief of staff, in the leader’s latest appointment of a relative to a top post. The president of the impoverished central Asian country appointed his 38-year-old daughter Ozoda Rakhmon

Tajik parliament considers unlimited terms for president

Tajikistan’s parliament is considering a proposal to allow President Imomali Rakhmon to run for an unlimited number of terms, cementing his grip on power as others have done in the Central Asian region. The government has submitted to parliament, controlled

KSCHW sends aid to Tajikistan

The King Salman Center for Humanitarian Works (KSCHW) has sent seven trucks to deliver 230 tons of aid as part of a program to help citizens of Tajikistan return to normal life. The aid delivery was made after Custodian of

Late-night earthquake rattles Pakistani capital, Afghanistan

A strong earthquake shook parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, rattling buildings and forcing sleeping residents out of their homes. More than 30 people were injured as houses or walls collapsed in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, said emergency rescue

Powerful earthquake shakes Tajikistan

An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck Tajikistan on Monday, shaking buildings as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi and in Pakistan, the US Geological Survey and witnesses said. A spokesman for Tajikistan’s Emergencies Committee said it had

Commander of elite Tajik police force defects to ISIS

Colonel Gulmurod Khalim

The U.S.-trained commander of Tajikistan’s elite police force has defected to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), he said in a YouTube video, and his former unit will issue a statement condemning him, media said on Thursday. Colonel Gulmurod

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