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: UK
British police make sixth arrest in London Tube bomb probe
:: British detectives have arrested a 17-year-old youth in connection with a bomb attack on an underground train in London last week that injured 30 people, bringing the total number of arrests to six, police said on Thursday. The young
London seeks “deep security partnership” with EU after Brexit
:: Britain wants to have closer defense cooperation with the European Union after Brexit than other countries outside the union, according to a document that sets out a vision of “a deep security partnership” aimed at nudging talks forward. Britain
UK to change personal injury payment rate in boost for insurers
:: Britain plans to alter the interest rate used to calculate how much in compensation should be paid by insurers for personal injuries, the Ministry of Justice said on Thursday, in a move to reduce the size of awards as
Extremists change narrative to attract vulnerable youths to cause
:: The latest wave of terror attacks across Europe has drawn the spotlight on popular platforms being used as a recruiting tool for groups like Daesh to spread their message of hate and recruit young extremists with increasingly sophisticated narratives.
Man to stand trial in UK accused of supplying hundreds of sims to foreign fighters
:: An Iraqi-born man living in the UK accused of providing hundreds of mobile phone sim cards to foreign fighters is due to appear at London’s Old Bailey on Sept. 21. Rabar Mala, 32, was remanded in custody last week
Brexit: UK publishes more EU negotiation plans
:: The UK government on Monday set out proposals to ensure that the country’s firms producing goods to European standard before Brexit be allowed to sell them in the EU at no extra cost, even after Britain has quit the
British MP slammed for saying Pakistani men ‘predominately’ involved in sexual abuse
:: A British Labour MP has slammed a colleague’s claim that Pakistani men are “predominately” involved in grooming young girls for sexual abuse. MP Naz Shah accused Sarah Champion of making “blanket, racialized, loaded statements” and branded her as “irresponsible.”
Britain says will not stay in EU via ‘back door’
:: After weeks of feuding, two key figures in Britain’s cabinet came together Sunday to say any post-Brexit transition would not be a “back door” to continued European Union membership. Finance minister Philip Hammond, who favors a softer, pro-business Brexit,
Suicide bomber kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan, 6 personnel wounded
:: A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a convoy of foreign forces in Afghanistan late Thursday, killing one Nato soldier and wounding six other personnel, the coalition said. “The patrol was conducting a partnered mission with the Afghan National Army when
UK hails Tunis ‘hard work’ on security after terror attacks
:: Britain has applauded Tunisia’s “patient hard work” to boost security following the 2015 jihadist attacks that killed dozens of tourists, including 30 Britons at a beach resort. “We know that these days there can never be a situation when
Britain En Marche?
By : Bill Emmott :: We live in a politically turbulent age. Parties barely a year old have recently swept to power in France and in the huge metropolitan area of Tokyo. A party less than five years old is
UK foreign secretary becomes ‘more vocal’ on Qatar diplomatic row
:: UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Sunday called for dialogue to resolve the ongoing dispute between Qatar and the Anti-Terror Quartet (ATQ), comprising Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. This represents Johnson and the UK government “becoming more
France sees Brexit as tool to weaken City of London: Leaked memo
:: France is seeking to use Brexit to weaken the City of London, the British finance sector’s EU point man warned in a leaked report published Sunday. “They are crystal clear about their underlying objective: The weakening of Britain, the
Delays, cost overrun seen for contested UK nuclear plant
:: A project to build a nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Britain will overrun by £1.5 billion ($1.95 billion) and may face further delays, its main supplier said. EDF, the state-run French company that has the lion’s share of
British Tesco and Barclays banks have stopped dealing in Qatari riyals
:: Tesco Bank, owned by Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco, is no longer allowing customers to buy or sell Qatari riyals at its stores, a spokesman for the retailer said on Friday. According to Doha News website, many foreign banks and
20 years after UK’s handover of Hong Kong to China
By : Minxin Pei :: July 1 marks the 20th anniversary of the UK’s handover of Hong Kong to China, under a model called “one country, two systems.” But an unavoidable question will hang over the official commemorations: Is there
British PM wins major test in parliament over government plan
:: British Prime Minister Theresa May won backing for her policy program with a slender parliamentary majority on Thursday in the first test of her authority after an election setback and growing pressure on her Brexit and austerity agenda. May
UK’s biggest warship HMS Queen Elizabeth sets sail on maiden voyage
:: Britain’s most advanced and biggest warship, 65,000-ton aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, set out on its maiden voyage on Monday from the Rosyth dockyard in eastern Scotland. The ship, which measures 280 meters and can move 500 miles a
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