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 »
Two Saudi airport workers to be lashed, jailed over Iran sex case
Two Saudi Arabian airport workers have been jailed for four years each and will be lashed 1,000 times for sexually harassing two teenage Iranian boys, a report said on Wednesday. Saudi news website Sabq said a criminal court in the
More than 2,000 flee into Turkey from Syria in one day
More than 2,000 refugees crossed from Syria into Turkey on Wednesday, fleeing clashes pitting Kurdish fighters against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, a Turkish official said. “Of those displaced, 686 are Iraqi nationals who first fled
ISIS clashes with rivals in eastern Libya
At least 20 fighters were killed in clashes in eastern Libya between Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as Libyan air forces struck the ISIS positions in the eastern city of Derna, Al Arabiya News Channel and other sources
Houthis killed, injured in Yemen clashes
Eight Houthi miltias were killed and 11 others injured during clashes with the Yemeni Popular Resistance – allied to internationally-recognized President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi – in the southwestern city of Taez, Al Arabiya New Channel reported on Wednesday. Three members
Malaysia detains Western tourists over nude pics on quake-hit peak
Malaysian authorities have detained four tourists — two Canadians, a Briton and one Dutch national — for allegedly stripping naked on Mount Kinabalu, an act some locals say angered tribal spirits and caused a deadly earthquake, officials said. Pictures of
U.N. extends Syria negotiations in Geneva until July
The U.N.’s peace envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has extended wide-ranging talks in Geneva by another month until July, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. Jessy Chahine said the talks, launched on May 5 to allow separate consultations with regional and
‘Dozens’ of U.S. airport workers linked to terror
The agency in charge of U.S. transportation security came under renewed fire Tuesday as a report revealed that American airports had hired dozens of people with terror links. The Transportation Security Agency is already reeling after a recent Department of
U.S. plans new military base in Iraq’s Anbar
The Obama administration is preparing a plan to set up a new military base in Iraq’s Anbar province and send several hundred additional trainers and advisers to help bolster Iraqi forces that have struggled in the fight against ISIS militants
Turkey opposition chief accuses government for violence on Kurdish areas
Selahattin Demirtas, head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), accused the government on Wednesday of deliberate inaction amid growing violence in the largely Kurdish southeast. Three people died in clashes in the southeast’s biggest city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday
Israel frees Palestinian speaker after year behind bars
Israel released Tuesday the speaker of the Palestinian parliament, an AFP reporter said, after almost a year in prison following an army crackdown over the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers. Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was arrested
Syrian rebels say they capture major base from army in south
Syrian rebels said they had captured a major Syrian army base in the south of the country on Tuesday, a defeat that would add to the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad after other recent setbacks. “We announce the liberation of
Yemen Houthis’ ally welcomes Swiss peace talks
The party of Yemen’s deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key ally of Shiite Houthi militias, on Tuesday welcomed U.N.-brokered peace talks due to open in Switzerland at the weekend. The General People’s Congress said it had not yet received
Hezbollah repels ISIS attack on Lebanon-Syria border
The TV station of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says they have repelled an attack by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group fighters in an area on the Lebanon-Syria border. Al-Manar TV says Tuesday’s attack left several ISIS fighters dead
Foul play suspected in death of Saudi children in Iran
Iran’s Minister of Health Hassan Hashemi did not rule out the possibility of foul play in the death of four Saudi children at a hotel in the Iranian city of Mash’had. The Iranian authorities have arrested five suspects in this
‘More than 230,000 killed’ in Syria conflict
Syria’s brutal conflict has left more than 230,000 people dead including almost 11,500 children since it broke out in 2011, a monitoring group said Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 230,618
Video of officer who drew gun on black teens raises tension
A police officer’s actions raised tensions and led to a protest Monday in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, where some community activists accused the officer of racism while others urged calm until the facts are investigated. The officer was videotaped
Ukraine says rebels have army of ‘mid-sized state’
Ukraine’s defense minister on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels backed up by Moscow’s forces of assembling a 40,000-strong army sufficient for a “mid-sized European state.” Stepan Poltorak’s estimates fly in the face of Russia’s denials that it either backs the separatist
Video shows black Muslim shot by Boston police, FBI
U.S. authorities Monday released video of a black Muslim man shot dead by police and the FBI in Boston, and accused of planning to behead police officers. The grainy video was filmed by a surveillance camera fixed to a Burger
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