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 STATES
Turkey expects visa spat with US to be ‘resolved soon’
:: A diplomatic crisis between the United States and Turkey that led them to stop issuing visas to each other’s citizens is “overblown” and will likely be resolved soon, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Wednesday. In remarks
US official: No negotiated pullout for ISIS from Syria’s Raqqa
:: The US-led coalition battling ISIS said on Wednesday that it won’t accept a negotiated withdrawal for hundreds of ISIS militants holed up in the Syrian city of Raqqa, once the extremists’ de facto capital. The remarks by coalition spokesman,
Erdogan: Turkish officials to boycott meetings with US ambassador
:: Turkey will boycott meetings with the US ambassador to Ankara as it no longer recognises the envoy as the US representative in the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, stepping up a diplomatic row. “We have not agreed
Why Trump is right to re-think the nuclear deal
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh :: The Trump White House has been a purveyor of very well-founded criticism of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Countering the narrative about the agreement
UN slaps globalport ban on ships for N. Korea sanctions violations
:: The UN has slapped a global port ban on four vessels found violating sanctions against North Korea, the head of an expert panel said Monday. “There are four vessels that have been designated by the Committee. The designation doesn’t
US envoy to Turkey says duration of visa services suspension depends on talks
:: The US ambassador to Turkey said on Monday the duration of a suspension in visa services in Turkey would depend on talks between the two governments regarding the detention of Turkish staff at the US embassy. In a written
US rapper Nelly arrested over tour-bus rape allegations
:: Grammy Award-winning rapper Nelly was arrested Saturday after a woman accused him of raping her in his tour bus, police in the northwestern state of Washington said. Just before 4 am local time a woman called the emergency 911
Iran warns US against designating Guards a terrorist group
:: Iran warned the United States against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said US regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed. The warning came after the White House said on
Trump expected to decertify Iran nuclear deal, official says
:: President donald trump is anticipated to announce quickly that he will decertify the landmark worldwide deal to cut back iran’s nuclear program, a senior management professional said on thursday, in a step that doubtlessly could reason the 2015 accord
Tillerson: I never considered leaving post of top diplomat
:: Secretary of state rex tillerson declared wednesday that he by no means considered forsaking his activity as president donald trump’s pinnacle diplomat, disputing what he referred to as “faulty” reports that he become on the verge of resigning earlier
Trump is widening America’s ethnic divide
By : Yossi Mekelberg :: Not a week goes by without President Donald Trump stirring up controversy that deepens ethnic, racial or religious divisions within the US, as if there is not enough of it already. In a short space
Could this be the future first female Muslim member of the US Congress?
:: America could soon see its first Muslim woman in Congress, replacing a white, male, Republican if she succeeds. Speaking to UK website The Independent, Fayrouz Saad, said she was a supporter of providing health care coverage for all Americans,
US rocker Tom Petty dies of cardiac arrest at 66
:: Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds, the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy and produced new classics such as “Free Fallin,’ “Refugee” and “American Girl,” has died. He was
Las Vegas gunman had ‘bump-stock’ device that could speed fire
:: The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two “bump-stocks” that could have converted semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones, officials said. The devices have attracted scrutiny in recent
US-Iranian convergence on the Kurdish referendum shocks Irbil
By : Raghida Dergham :: The Kurds in Iraq will not benefit from their absolute stubbornness against the fury of the governments of Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and even the US over the insistence of their leadership on holding an independence
Trump: US will admit up to 45,000 refugees next year
:: The United States will admit a maximum of 45,000 refugees during the 2018 fiscal year, President Donald Trump said in a memorandum to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and released by the White House on Friday. The cap, the
US willing to ‘facilitate’ talks between Baghdad, Kurds
:: Washington is willing to “facilitate” talks between Baghdad and Iraq’s Kurdish region to calm soaring tensions surrounding a controversial independence referendum, the US State Department said Thursday. Iraqi Kurds overwhelmingly chose independence in a non-binding vote on Monday, drawing
Saudi envoy to US: Royal decree affirms women play central role in kingdom
:: Prince Khalid bin Salman, the Saudi ambassador to the US, confirmed at a press conference at the embassy in Washington on Tuesday that Saudi women will be able to drive alone and won’t need their guardian’s permission to get
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