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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Germany may vote to move troops in Turkey as row with Ankara deepens
:: Germany’s foreign minister on Wednesday said parliament would likely vote on withdrawing troops involved in the fight against ISIS in Syria from a Turkish military base if Ankara persisted in denying German lawmakers access to the site. Turkish officials
Manning leaves US prison 7 years after giving secrets to WikiLeaks
:: Chelsea Manning walked out of a US military prison on Wednesday, seven years after being arrested for passing secrets to WikiLeaks in the largest breach of classified information in US history. Manning, 29, was released from the US Disciplinary
ISIS claims attack on state-run TV station in Afghanistan
:: The militant group, ISIS, on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a television station in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar that killed a security guard as well as all three attackers and wounded at least 17 people.
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince talks UAE-US cooperation in Tillerson meeting
:: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington on Tuesday to discuss security cooperation and strengthening diplomatic efforts to address regional conflicts as well as counter Iran’s influence. Sheikh Mohammed,
US Treasury sanctions Syrians and entities linked to government
:: The US Treasury said it imposed sanctions on Tuesday against five people and five entities accused of providing support to Syria’s government or linked to those previously sanctioned over the Syrian government’s violence against its citizens. Among those put
Regional consequences of Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia
By : Talmiz Ahmad :: In a historic gesture, President Donald Trump has announced that Saudi Arabia will be the first foreign country he will visit as president when he begins his tour to West Asia and the Vatican on
White House says Trump did not discuss intel with Russians
:: US President Donald Trump discussed specific terror threats with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moscow’s envoy to the US in the Oval Office last week, but not “sources or methods,” senior officials said Monday. The statements from National
Man holding human head stabs grocery store worker in US
:: A man carrying what appeared to be a human head walked into a grocery store in Oregon and stabbed an employee just minutes before authorities discovered a woman’s body in a home in a nearby town. The two incidents
Damascus: Prison crematorium claims by the US are ‘totally unfounded’
:: US claims that Syria’s regime is using a prison crematorium to destroy the remains of thousands of murdered detainees are unfounded and disconnected from reality, Damascus said on Tuesday. “These allegations are totally unfounded, they are nothing but the
Iraqi military spokesman says only 12 sq km of Mosul held by ISIS
:: Iraqi forces have reduced the area of Mosul controlled by ISIS to 12 square km, military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool told a news conference on Tuesday. US Air Force Colonel John Dorrian, a spokesman for the coalition backing
US, UAE strike new defense accord on US force levels in Emirates
:: The United States and the United Arab Emirates have signed a new, updated defense cooperation agreement that the Pentagon on Tuesday said dictated “the magnitude and conditions” of the US military presence inside the Emirates. “This provides the US
Tension between Israel and White House ahead of Trump’s Mideast tour
:: Israel wants the White House to explain why a U.S. diplomat preparing President Donald Trump’s visit to Jerusalem said Judaism’s Holy Western Wall in its Old City is part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an Israeli official said on
Disney blackmailed over apparent movie hack
:: Disney chief Bob Iger said Monday hackers claiming to have access to one of the company’s unreleased movies were demanding a “huge” ransom, according to US media reports. He did not reveal which film had been stolen but said
The significance of Trump’s visit to Riyadh
By : Dr. Hamdan Al-Shehri :: US President Donald Trump will arrive in Saudi Arabia next week on a special visit. It will be his first foreign trip since he took office in January. The US and Saudi Arabia have
US says Syrians have built crematorium near prison
:: The United States has evidence the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has built a crematorium near the site of its Sednaya prison, a State Department official said on Monday. Stuart Jones, the acting assistant secretary for Near Eastern
Trump meets UAE’s Mohammed bin Zayed at the White House
:: Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has held talks on Monday with US President Donald Trump at the White House. The meeting comes ahead of the Arab-Islamic summit hosted by Saudi Arabia in the presence of Trump,
Tillerson: Trump’s Middle East tour about ‘unity against Iran’
:: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East is aimed at showing the countries in the region the US’s stance in “unity against Iran,” he told American news channel NBC during
Trump picks Liberty University for his first commencement address
:: For his first commencement address as president, Donald Trump has picked Liberty University, the Christian school whose leader was among Trump’s earliest and most vocal supporters. Trump’s remarks Saturday on the Lynchburg, Virginia, campus marks his first extended public
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