Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait
In a heartfelt gesture of solidarity, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed their deepest condolences to the Emir of Kuwait on Monday following the passing of Sheikh More »
Putin and Abbas Discuss Gaza Crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday during Abbas’ visit to Russia. Arriving on Monday, Abbas aims to discuss the ongoing Gaza conflict with More »
Saudi Arabia Voices Strong Support for Gaza Peace Initiatives
Saudi Arabia has firmly aligned itself with the recent joint statement made by President Joe Biden of the United States, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, More »
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 »
Monthly Archives: October 2016
King Salman holds talks with Argentine VP
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman held wide-ranging talks with Argentine Vice President Gabriela Michetti on a range of bilateral, regional and international issues here Sunday. The two leaders, while discussing ways and means to boost bilateral links,
Protests erupt in Morocco after fishmonger crushed to death
Thousands of outraged Moroccans held protests in several cities on Sunday after a fishmonger in the northern town of Al-Hoceima was crushed to death inside a garbage truck as he tried to retrieve fish confiscated by police. The death on
Aleppo fighting spreads amid claims of gas attack
Syrian rebels opened a new front in Aleppo as fighting spread on the third day of a major insurgent counter-attack to break the government’s siege of the opposition-held part of the city, and each side accused the other using poison
Saudi authorities identify three terror cells
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry on Sunday said it had prevented an attack by a terror cell which had planned to detonate a car loaded with explosives near the Al-Jawhara Football Stadium in Jeddah three weeks ago. The ministry said they
Sudanese conjoined twins separated in Riyadh
A pair of Sudanese conjoined twins was separated Saturday in 11 hours of surgery, instead of the scheduled 15 hours, by a surgical team headed by Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah. The twins, together with their parents, were flown to the Kingdom
ISIS claims responsibility for attack outside US embassy in Nairobi
A follower of ISIS was responsible for an attack last week on a Kenyan police officer outside a US embassy in Nairobi, the group’s Amaq news agency said on Saturday. A knife-wielding man whom police described as a criminal was
Turkey sacks 10,000 more civil servants, shuts media in latest crackdown
Turkey said it had dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organizations and U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed coup in July. More than 100,000
Germany checking if fatal Hamburg stabbing was ISIS-related
Germany’s federal prosecutor is checking whether he should take over the investigation into a fatal stabbing in Hamburg earlier this month, his office said Sunday. A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office told German news agency dpa that the prosecutor is
Afghan Taliban reveal relations with Iran
Mullah Zabihullah, the official spokesman of the “Afghan Taliban” and the second man in the movement revealed the presence of relations and new networks with Iran. “The movement is trying to benefit from all legitimate means to reach a regional
Al Shabaab seizes town from Somali government
The Islamist group al Shabaab seized a town northwest of Somalia’s capital from government forces on Sunday, the latest small center taken by the militant group trying to topple the country’s Western-backed government. Al Shabaab, which once ruled much of
Egypt marks anniversary of Sinai plane crash
Egypt on Sunday commemorated the first anniversary of the Metrojet Russian airliner crash in the Sinai that killed all 224 people on board. The aviation minister and the Russian ambassador were among those who attended a ceremony in the Red
Israeli police: Palestinian driver killed after car attack
Israeli police say a Palestinian driver has rammed a car into a group of officers, injuring three before he was shot dead. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the driver sped into paramilitary border police forces near the West Bank town
Clinton: FBI probe statement ‘deeply troubling’
US presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton declared Saturday that the FBI’s decision to announce a renewed probe into her use of email just ahead of voting was “unprecedented” and “deeply troubling.” “It’s pretty strange to put something like that out with
Erdogan warns militias in Iraq not to attack Turkmen
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned militias in Iraq against attacking Turkmen residents of Tal Afar, a town near ISIS’s Mosul bastion. “If the Hashed al-Shaabi sow terror there, then our response will be different,” Erdogan said, in
Abadi: Battle to liberate Mosul continues
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that the battle to liberate Mosul continues shortly after the Iraqi Federal Police raised the country’s flag in the southern besieged village of Shoura, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. “Today and yesterday
What we know on missile launched at Makkah
The Arab Coalition fighting in Yemen said on Thursday that it has intercepted a ballistic missile that hit 65 km away from Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Makkah, saying it was fired by militias in Yemen. The missile was fired
Commander of Iranian battalion in Syria killed: reports
Iranian websites said on Saturday that Brigadier General Mohammed Ali Mohammad Husseini, the commander of the commando battalion in the Special Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards which is fighting alongside the Assad regime in Syria was killed. According to
Suicide bombing targeting Yemen’s central bank foiled
Guards thwarted a suicide attack on the Yemeni central bank on Saturday opening fire on the bomber’s vehicle and blowing it up before it reached the building, a security official said. The central bank has been based in the government-controlled
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