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 NATIONS
Jail holding ex-Qaddafi officials seized by Libyan group
:: An armed Libyan group on Friday seized Al-Hadhba jail in south Tripoli where former officials of the regime of late strongman Muammar Qaddafi are being held, a judicial source said. The prison guards were forced to withdraw after an
Security Council condemns deadly gunmen attack on Egyptian Christians
:: The UN Security Council has condemned the gunmen attack on bus carrying Egyptian Coptic Christians, which killed on Friday 28 civilians, mostly children, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Khalid Mujahed, the official spokesman for the Health Ministry, said 12
UN seeks security for Syria gas attacks investigators
:: The United Nations is working to obtain security assurances needed to dispatch an international team of experts to the site of last month’s suspected sarin gas attack in Syria, a UN official said Tuesday. At least 88 people died
UN envoy for Yemen hopes for ceasefire before Ramadan begins
:: UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will head to Sanaa soon to meet with the rebels and discuss the possibility of a ceasefire before the holy month of Ramadan begins and the possibility of resuming consultations next
Strapped UN health agency spends big on travel
:: The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel – far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health including AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, according to internal
Cholera kills 242, infects 23,500 people in Yemen in three weeks
:: A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen has killed 242 people, and left nearly 23,500 others sick in the past three weeks alone, the World Health Organization said Friday. The UN health agency said that in the past day alone,
Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of ‘deception’ and supporting terrorism
:: The Saudi mission to the UN accused Iran of “deception” and of “supporting terrorism and threatening stability in the region.” In a letter to the UN secretary general and to the president of the UN Security Council, the mission
Kuwait ready to host Yemeni talks under certain conditions
:: Kuwait has announced its readiness to host the parties involved in the Yemeni conflict, provided that they reach an agreement that would end the crisis rather than going into a new marathon of consultations, as happened last year. This
UN restarts Geneva talks on Syria with fresh format, same obstacles
:: Syria peace talks in Geneva this week should benefit from a tighter format and a deal to reduce the violence, U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Monday, playing down dismissive comments by President Bashar al-Assad. Previous rounds of
UN is seeking truce in Yemen before Ramadan
:: UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said on Sunday that the United Nations is looking into a proposal to reach a truce in Yemen before the holy month of Ramadan. He added that a ceasefire will therefore
Yemen’s Hadi discusses resumption of peace talks with UN envoy
:: Yemeni President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi discussed on Thursday with the UN envoy Ismail Ould Al-Sheikh Ahmed in Riyadh ways to resume peace talks with the Houthi militias. In August 2016, UN-sponsored talks for establishing peace in Yemen collapsed
Next UN peace talks on Syrian conflict to start in Geneva next week
:: A new round of United Nations-backed peace talks for war-ravaged Syria is set to begin in Geneva next week, the office of the UN mediator said Monday. “Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura will reconvene the intra-Syrian talks under the
Over 80 missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya: Survivors tell UNHCR
:: At least 80 migrants including women and children were missing after a boat sank off the Libyan coast, survivors told the UN’s refugee agency Monday, in the latest such tragedy. A total of 132 people had boarded an inflatable
UN chief ‘encouraged’ by deal on Syria safe zones
:: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is encouraged by the agreement signed Thursday by Turkey, Russia and Iran to set up safe zones in Syria and de-escalate fighting, his spokesman said. “It will be crucial to see this agreement actually improve
Electing Kingdom to UN commission good for Saudi women
By : Maha Akeel :: Western human rights groups have harshly criticized the election of Saudi Arabia to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. They point to the male guardian system that controls women’s lives, gender segregation in
Syria rebel delegation arrives in Astana for talks with regime
:: A Syrian rebel delegation has arrived in the Kazakh capital Astana for Russian-led talks aimed at ending the country’s civil war after the group snubbed the previous round, Kazakhstan said Tuesday. A rebel delegation led by Jaish al-Islam faction
Polisario Front withdraws from buffer zone in Western Sahara
The Polisario Front independence movement has pulled back fighters from a buffer zone in Western Sahara, in a move seen as a boost to efforts to re-start talks on ending the conflict, the United Nations said Friday. “This action should
At UN, US calls for pressure on Russia to try to end Syria war
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, pushed the UN Security Council on Thursday to focus “all eyes and all pressure” on Russia to try and end the Syrian conflict and pressed for council action even if it
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