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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Cameron urges ‘years’ of anti-ISIS strikes in Iraq
British Prime Minister David Cameron urged parliament on Friday to vote to approve “years” of air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Iraq, saying the group was guilty of “staggering” brutality and posed a direct
UK-Iran meeting first since 1979 revolution
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the first such meeting since the Iranian revolution in 1979. A Cameron spokesman said the two leaders agreed to
Cameron wants UK to join in airstrikes in Iraq
Prime Minister David Cameron said late Wednesday that he wanted the British Parliament to approve joining international airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in Iraq after Baghdad requested London’s help. Cameron announced the move in
U.N. resolution to crack down on jihadists
The United Nations Security Council in a session chaired President Barack Obama unanimously approved on Wednesday a binding resolution on stemming the flow of foreign militants to Iraq and Syria. The resolution, which Obama described as “historic,” requires all states
Lampard turns on Chelsea; Leicester stuns United
LONDON : Emotional Frank Lampard rescued a point for champions Manchester City against former club Chelsea on Sunday while Manchester United gave up a 3-1 lead to slump to a shock 5-3 defeat at Leicester. Lampard’s equalizer ensured a 1-1
Police boss at center of British child sex scandal quits
The elected official in charge of policing in the northern English town of Rotherham quit on Tuesday after weeks of resisting political pressure to stand down over a scandal involving the sexual exploitation of as many as 1,400 children. Shaun
UK female doctor poses with decapitated head
A woman believed to be a British medical student who left the UK to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) posted a photo of herself holding a decapitated head on social media, the Mail Online reported. In
UK to hunt down ‘evil’ IS for slaughtering aid worker
LONDON : Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Sunday that Britain would hunt down the killers of an aid worker beheaded by the Islamic State, which he described as the “embodiment of evil.” Cameron said Britain was prepared to “take whatever
London Mayor Boris Johnson picked to run for parliament
London Mayor Boris Johnson was on Friday chosen by his Conservative Party as their candidate to fight for a west London seat at next year’s parliamentary election, raising the specter of a future tilt at becoming prime minister. Johnson saw
IS murder of British hostage an ‘act of pure evil’: Cameron
LONDON : The beheading of a British hostage by Islamic State militants was an “act of pure evil,” Prime Minister David Cameron said, vowing Britain will do all in its power to bring the killers to justice. “This is a
UK Embassy welcomes pilgrims
The British Embassy in Riyadh welcomed their pilgrims traveling to the Kingdom to perform Haj this year with the British Haj consular team ready to assist the guests of God. “The Foreign and Commonwealth Office know how deeply important the
London murder sparks spike in threats to Muslims
A monitoring group has reported a surge in threats against Muslims and mosques following the gruesome beheading of an elderly woman in north London Thursday. As detectives Friday tried to establish just what drove Nicholas Salvador, 25, to allegedly decapitate
ISIS beheadings may have inspired London madman
Police are looking into the possibility that Thursday’s decapitation of an 82-year-old woman in a north London suburb was “inspired” by footage of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) beheading two U.S. journalists, local media reported. However, detectives
UK-born private school girl joins Syria militants
A Scottish-born private schoolgirl who travelled to Syria has joined Islamist militants there and urged Muslims in Britain to bring the “battlefield” home, the British Daily Mail newspaper reported Monday. The case of Glasgow-born Aqsa Mahmood, 20, surfaced as Prime
British MP Galloway attacked by man shouting about Holocaust
British MP George Galloway was hospitalized after a man shouting about the Holocaust attacked him in London Friday evening, the BBC reported his spokesman saying The Respect Party law-maker is suspected to have a broken jaw and a broken rib,
UK raises terror threat level over Syria, Iraq
Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May said Friday the country’s terror threat was raised from substantial to severe, meaning an attack is “highly likely.” “The increase in the threat level is related to developments in Syria and Iraq where terrorist groups
Supermarket giant Tesco rocked by new crisis
LONDON: British supermarket giant Tesco has plunged deeper into crisis after issuing yet another profits warning, cutting both its dividend and capital expenditure, and rushing in its new chief executive. In reaction to the dire trading update, Tesco shares plunged
Finsbury Park Mosque detains journalist after tricky questions
London’s Finsbury Park Mosque is still struggling to shake off its association with “hate preacher” Abu Hamza – yet it does not seem to be doing itself many favors in the public-relations stakes. Abu Hamza al-Masri’s sermons attracted the likes
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