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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Elephants help rescue hundreds from flooded Nepali safari park
:: Elephants helped rescue hundreds of tourists from a flooded jungle safari park in Nepal, officials said on Monday, as the death toll from flash floods and landslides after four days of heavy rain rose to 70. The Rapti River
Two German tourists killed in Egypt beach resort knife attack
:: An Egyptian man stabbed two German tourists to death and wounded four other foreigners at a popular seaside vacation spot on Friday, officials and witnesses said. The knifeman killed the two German women, and wounded two other tourists at
Seven die in cable car crash in Indian Kashmir, 150 rescued
:: A pine tree fell onto a cable car in a ski resort in Indian Kashmir on Sunday, sending the car plunging to earth and killing seven people, most of them tourists, police said. About 150 people were stranded in
Quakes crack buildings, panic tourists in Philippine town
Philippine officials say back-to-back quakes have caused cracks in small buildings in a resort town south of Manila where jittery tourists left and patients were brought out of a hospital amid alarm over aftershocks. Philippine seismologists say a quake with
Two tourists hurt after gunmen attack Egypt hotel
Gunmen opened fire at the entrance of a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Hurghada on Friday, wounding two foreign tourists, security sources said. One of the injured was from Denmark and the other from Germany, the
Iran: Changes to U.S. visa waiver program contradict nuke deal
Iran’s deputy foreign minister says changes to a U.S. visa waiver program that now impose travel restrictions on those who visit Iran contradict the landmark nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers. The U.S. recently tightened security requirements of its
Russia halts visa-free regime for Turks from 2016
Russia said on Friday it would suspend its visa-free regime for Turkish nationals from January 1 as it retaliates against Ankara for the downing of a Russian warplane. Moscow has ruled out any military response against NATO member Turkey, but
Bodies of Mexico tourists head home after Egypt attack
The bodies of eight Mexican tourists killed by mistake in an Egyptian air raid will return home Tuesday, authorities said, amid ongoing diplomatic discord over the incident. The tourists were killed along with four Egyptians on September 13 when they
Mexico says eight citizens died in Egypt
Mexicos Foreign Relations Department said Tuesday that embassy personnel in Egypt have identified six more bodies as those of Mexican citizens killed in air attack by Egyptian police and military forces. The deaths of two Mexicans had earlier been confirmed,
Malaysia detains Western tourists over nude pics on quake-hit peak
Malaysian authorities have detained four tourists — two Canadians, a Briton and one Dutch national — for allegedly stripping naked on Mount Kinabalu, an act some locals say angered tribal spirits and caused a deadly earthquake, officials said. Pictures of
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