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: United Kingdom
The Brexit Catch-22
By : Trisha de Borchgrave :: So long as the EU will not allow Brexit to be the template for further exits by its remaining 27 members, the success of the negotiations will depend on who blinks first. The tug
British exporters see few long-term gains from sterling windfall
:: With 85 percent of its customers outside Britain, Sheffield-based Gripple should be cheering the plunge in sterling since last year’s vote to leave the European Union, which means every overseas sale brings in more pounds than before. British exporters
What’s behind the Queen’s royal staff emergency meeting at Buckingham Palace?
:: A Buckingham Palace official has told The Associated Press that a meeting of royal household staff has been called, but that there is “no cause for concern”. The official spoke on Thursday after a report by Britain’s Daily Mail
Three women arrested in London under anti-terror laws
Three women were arrested under Britain’s anti-terror laws in east London on Monday, police said, in connection with investigations into a plot that was thwarted last week. The Metropolitan Police said it arrested two 18-year-olds and a 19-year-old on suspicion
Theresa May’s pyrrhic victory
By : Anatole Kaletsky :: The British election called by Prime Minister Theresa May for June 8 will transform the outlook for Britain’s politics and its relationship with Europe, but not necessarily in the way that a vastly increased majority
Armed British police arrest man with knives near May’s office
Armed British police officers arrested a man carrying knives near Prime Minister Theresa May’s office in London on Thursday on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism. The 27-year-old man was detained by counter-terrorism officers on Parliament Street, a stone’s
Iran confirms upholding British-Iranian’s 5-year sentence
Iran confirmed Wednesday upholding a five-year sentence for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman accused of sedition who has been in jail in the country for more than a year. “She had appealed and the appeals court reviewed her request,” Tasnim
London mayor Khan urged to lead campaign on female genital mutilation
London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, should lead a high profile campaign to end “the hidden crime” of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the capital, the city’s assembly said on Tuesday. An estimated 170,000 women and girls in Britain have undergone FGM
The UK’s surprisingly predictable snap election
By : Yossi Mekelberg :: If anything was surprising about British Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for snap elections, it was that it took her so long to make this decision. She was never too convincing in her promises not
Lessons for Saudi Arabia as Britain says goodbye to ‘king’ coal
By : Frank Kane :: Britain was once described as “an island of coal,” so the news last week that the country had — for the first time since the latter days of the Industrial Revolution — gone a whole
Labour leader Corbyn says could suspend Syria air strikes if elected
The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday he could suspend British involvement in air strikes against Syria if he was elected prime minister at a June 8 election. The veteran peace campaigner, whose Labour
Britain’s Mother Theresa
By : Trisha de Borchgrave :: British Prime Minister Theresa May’s surprising, though not astonishing, announcement that she would ask Parliament for a general election on June 8 comes on the heels of a soul-searching referendum 10 months ago, in
Britain’s Lib Dem leader campaigns against ‘hard Brexit’
The leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats pitched his party Friday as the best chance of softening the blows from Brexit, as he began campaigning for an election in which he is hoping to sweep up pro-European votes. Tim Farron, whose
May goes for June
By : Chris Doyle :: “YOU’RE joking, another one!” A video of a British woman reacting to the news of a snap general election has summed up much of the national mood at the prospect of yet another round of
British PM Theresa May announces snap general election
British Prime Minister Theresa May called for an early general election on June 8 in a surprise announcement on Tuesday as Britain prepares for delicate negotiations on leaving the European Union. “We need a general election and we need one
Gold steady on N. Korea tensions, French election
Gold held steady on Tuesday after touching five-month highs the previous session, bolstered by the dollar softening versus the yen, North Korea tensions and the French presidential election. US Vice President Mike Pence reassured Japan of American commitment to reining
No decision yet on location of EU agencies, UK says
The future location of the two EU agencies based in London will be a matter for Brexit negotiations, the British government’s Brexit department said on Monday, but EU officials said there was no doubt they would be moved. London is
Suspected acid attack in London club injures 12
Twelve people were injured when a corrosive substance was sprayed inside a packed London nightclub, police and fire services said, amid a sharp rise in acid attacks in Britain’s capital. Two of the victims, both men in their twenties, are
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