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
U.N. pushes for cease-fire in Syria’s Aleppo
United Nations peace envoy Staffan de Mistura met with members of the Syrian opposition to discuss plans he had proposed earlier of “freezing” fighting in Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, a spokeswoman said. “The talks started today with representatives of
U.N. urges more countries to host 180,000 refugees
More than 30 humanitarian organizations launched an appeal on Monday for countries to take in around 180,000 refugees from the Syrian conflict, according to Agence France Presse. If countries would welcome 180,000 refugees, and an accompanying aid package and economic
Syrians to ‘go hungry’ after WFP suspends aid
The U.N.’s World Food Program on Monday suspended a food voucher program serving more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees, citing a funding crisis after many donors failed to meet their commitments. The program allowed Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey,
U.N. wants more aid to Syria as violence rages
The U.N. Security Council will move to allow cross-border deliveries of relief supplies to Syria for another year, the president of the council said Tuesday, as new figures showed more Syrians were in need of aid. The Council in July
France pushing for ‘safe zones’ in Syria
Paris is pushing for “safe zones” to be set up in Syria where citizens would be out of reach of regime forces and militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Tuesday. Fabius
U.N. members resolve to end child marriage
The United Nations agreed on Friday that all members should pass and enforce laws banning child marriages, resolving to end a practice that affects about 15 million girls every year. The committee of the 193-nation General Assembly that deals with
Number of women convicted for human trafficking ‘exceptionally high:’ U.N.
Nearly three in 10 convicted human traffickers worldwide are female, according to a U.N. report on Monday which found that women play a bigger role in trafficking than other major crimes such as murder or robbery. The United Nations Office
Syrian opposition asks U.N. for border ‘refuge zones’
Syria’s main opposition coalition on Monday urged U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura to include setting up border “refuge zones” in his plans to ease the country’s conflict. “The working plan must include… establishing secure zones” on the borders with Jordan,
U.N. chief says Ebola cases in Mali a ‘deep concern’
The United Nations chief warned Friday that Ebola may be easing in part of West Africa but is still hitting hard in other areas and outpacing the international response. “If we continue to accelerate our response we can contain and
U.N. chief calls for flexibility in Iran talks
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged world powers and Iran to show flexibility in last-ditch negotiations to reach a deal on addressing concerns over Tehran’s nuclear program, Agence France-Presse reported. Ban said a deal on Iran’s nuclear capacities
U.N. Security Council adds Libya’s Ansar al-Sharia to terror list
The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday added to its terror list a Libyan Islamist group accused of involvement in the September 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans. The Security
U.N. announces 12-hour truce in Libya’s Benghazi
The United Nations says Libya’s warring parties in the eastern city of Benghazi have agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian truce. U.N. Special Representative Bernardino Leon says the cease-fire started on Wednesday morning and could be extended by the parties. Leon’s
Iraq’s anti-ISIS strategy ‘bearing fruit’: U.N.
The new Iraqi government’s strategy of enlisting Kurds and local tribes in the fight against Islamists is yielding results, the U.N. envoy for Iraq told the Security Council on Tuesday. Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has made it a priority
‘Abandoned’ Yazidis seek U.S. action from White House trip
With Yazidis held hostage by jihadists in northern Iraq, members of the minority group say they feel abandoned by all sides, including the central government in Baghdad and Kurdish forces. A Yazidi delegation met with U.S. officials in late October
Libya frees nine Turks detained by army
Libya on Friday released nine Turks who had been captured by the army and handed them over to representatives from Ankara, a government statement said. The men had been captured by troops in the embattled eastern city of Benghazi, where
ISIS accused of crimes against humanity
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity on a large scale in areas under its control, a U.N. panel investigating war crimes in Syria said Friday. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry
U.N. urges Lebanon to finally select a president
The United Nations Security Council is expressing concern and strongly encouraging leaders in Lebanon to show “urgency and flexibility” in choosing a president, as the country has been without a head of state since May. The current council president, Australian
Iranian Nobel laureate: Human rights as bad as under Ahmadinejad
Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said Iran’s human rights situation has not improved despite President Hassan Rowhani’s promises of change. She urged the U.N. General Assembly to approve a resolution criticizing the country’s abuses. In an interview with the
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