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 »
Category Archives: Middle East
12 handed death for killing Egypt officer
CAIRO: An Egyptian judge convicted 12 people Wednesday of murdering one of the most senior police officers to be killed in the country in recent months, sentencing them to death. The ruling session was aired live on Egyptian television. As
40 Indian construction workers kidnapped in Iraq
Whereabouts unknown and no ransom demand received• Some 46 nurses stranded in rebel-controlled Tikrit NEW DELHI: Forty Indian construction workers have been kidnapped in Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul, which fell to Sunni insurgents last week, India’s foreign
Row over human rights: GCC puts off EU talks
A high-profile meeting between the foreign ministers of the GCC and the EU has been canceled allegedly due to some differences including a row over human rights. The talks, scheduled for June 23 in Luxembourg, were “postponed at the GCC’s
Israeli crimes in occupied territories denounced
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday urged the international community to shoulder its responsibility toward halting the dangerous Israeli military escalation against the Palestinian people. “Israeli forces have been committing horrendous crimes against the Palestinian civilians under the pretext of the disappearance
Saudi Arabia calls for urgent intervention in Syria
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal has called for the international community’s urgent intervention in Syria to end the suffering of the rising number of Syrians who are either internally displaced or have taken refuge outside the border. Speaking at the
Iran digs in heels on nuclear centrifuges at Vienna talks -envoys
Iran is refusing to significantly cut the number of centrifuges it intends to keep to produce nuclear fuel, making it hard to imagine a compromise at this week’s talks with six powers, Western and Iranian officials said on Wednesday. The
PM vows to ‘face terrorism’ as militants strike refinery
KIRKUK, Iraq: Iraq’s premier vowed Wednesday to “face terrorism” and insisted security forces had suffered a “setback” rather than defeat, as militants pressing a major offensive attacked the country’s largest oil refinery. The militants also seized three villages in north
Maliki stands with Sunni leaders, appealing for Iraqi unity
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki broadcast a joint appeal for national unity on Tuesday with bitter Sunni critics of his Shi’ite-led government – a move that may help him win U.S. help against rampant Islamists threatening Baghdad. Just hours after
Soldiers seek to wrest Sanaa mosque from Saleh
SANAA: Yemeni forces have surrounded a sprawling mosque complex in the capital Sanaa amid fears that backers of ousted autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh might use it as a launchpad to attack the presidential palace. The operation, in its fourth day
UK to reopen embassy in Tehran
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Tuesday that “circumstances are right” to reopen Britain’s embassy in Iran, which was closed in 2011 after hard-liners overran the building and ransacked it. The announcement, which had been in the works for
Pro-govt militiamen kill 44 inmates in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Police said Tuesday that pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen Sunni detainees after insurgents tried to storm a jail and free them northeast of Baghdad. The Iraqi military, however, insisted the inmates were killed when the attackers shelled
‘Civil war and terrorism’ driving instability
Global Peace Index study shows world peace on decline due to internal conflict and dramatic rise in non-state violence. A dramatic increase in deaths caused by terrorism and internal conflicts has driven the world to one of its most unstable
US stresses need to fight terror funding
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Tuesday that developments in Iraq, where militants have seized swathes of the country, emphasize the need to combat terror financing. Addressing a press conference after talks with Deputy Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Abbas, Sartaj Aziz in Jeddah for OIC meeting
Foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states will discuss a number of issues, including the security crisis in Iraq and the political developments in Palestine, at their two-day meeting that begins in Jeddah on Wednesday. Palestine
U.S. captures suspected ringleader of 2012 attack in Benghazi
The United States said on Tuesday it had captured a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador and ignited a political firestorm in Washington. President
Fighting rages nears Baghdad; crisis life-threatening, says UN
BAGHDAD — Militants pushed a weeklong offensive that has overrun swathes of Iraq to within 60 km of Baghdad Tuesday, as the UN warned the country’s very existence was under threat. Washington, meanwhile, deployed extra troops to protect its embassy
Kuwait regulator rejects GFH appeal
DUBAI: Kuwait’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has rejected an appeal by Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House (GFH) against the regulator’s decision to monitor its Kuwait-listed shares, the investment firm said on Monday. The CMA decided to monitor the stock after it
Kingdom, UAE to jointly develop renewable energy
Saudi Arabia and the UAE will cooperate to develop renewable energy and clean technology in the region. The decision, which comes at a time of increasing interest in renewable across the region, lays down a framework to jointly invest in
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