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 »
Tag Archives: UNITED STATES
Clinton leads by 7 points as Trump faces grope claims
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton leads rival Donald Trump by seven percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll taken as the Republican nominee fought off accusations of groping women. The Oct. 7-13 poll released on Friday shows that
US detects failed North Korean missile test
The US military detected a failed North Korean test launch of an intermediate ballistic missile, the Pentagon said on Saturday. The test-firing was the latest in a series conducted by North Korea in violation of United Nations resolutions, drawing a
Iraqi special forces arrive outside ISIS-held Mosul
A few hundred Iraqi special forces arrived Friday at the front line near militant-held Mosul, one small part of a series of troop movements that have massed thousands of soldiers ahead of an operation seeking to retake the country’s second-largest
Russian jets resume heavy bombing of eastern Aleppo
Russian jets resumed heavy bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Tuesday after several days of relative calm, a rebel official and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Air strikes mostly hit the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood, Zakaria
Two French soldiers badly wounded by drone in Iraq
Two French soldiers were badly wounded in Iraq and two Peshmerga fighters were killed by a booby trapped drone sent by a group related to ISIS, Le Monde reported on Tuesday. In what could be the first report of an
US court to consider post-9/11 abusive detentions
The US Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider a lawsuit that accuses former senior government officials of abusive detentions of immigrants rounded up after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. At issue is the responsibility of former attorney general John
US ‘to retaliate’ attack on warships off Yemen coast
The United States threatened Tuesday to retaliate for a missile attack that missed a pair of US warships in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. “Counterstrike, retaliatory strike: I can tell you that those things are things that
‘Massive response’ needed for hurricane-hit Haiti: UN chief
A “massive response” is needed to help Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the United Nations is mobilizing on all fronts to help get the recovery under way, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. “Some towns and
Kuwait truck collision was ‘terrorist attack’
A collision between a truck driven by an Egyptian and a vehicle carrying three US soldiers in Kuwait was a “terrorist attack,” not an accident as first thought, the embassy confirmed Sunday. “US Embassy in Kuwait confirms that what at
US Navy ship targeted in failed missile attack from Yemen
A US Navy destroyer came under on Monday after an attempted missile was fired at in international waters off Yemen. The ship was reportedly not hit by the missiles, a US military spokesman told Reuters. The spokesman also added that
Some 1.6 mln still powerless in US Southeast after Hurricane Matthew
The number of homes and businesses without power after Hurricane Matthew pummeled the US Southeast’s Atlantic coast over the weekend dropped to almost 1.6 million by Sunday night after the storm moved out to sea, according to local electric companies.
Russia: US actions ‘threaten our national security’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that the United States had been taking aggressive steps that threatened Russia’s national security, the RIA news agency reported. “We have witnessed a fundamental change of circumstances when it comes to the
Hurricane’s blow was less than feared: ‘We are blessed’
A weakening Hurricane Matthew lashed Georgia and the Carolinas on Saturday in what appeared to be the last leg of its march up the East Coast, leaving in its wake millions of Americans relieved that one of the most fearsome
East-West tensions ‘more dangerous’ than Cold War: Germany
The mounting tensions between the United States and Russia have created a situation that is “more dangerous” than the Cold War, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview published Saturday. Relations between the two have nosedived since a
US vows response to Russian hack at ‘time and place of our choosing’
US officials formally accused the Russian government of trying to “interfere” with the American presidential election, and vowed to respond at an undisclosed time and place. The assertion against Russia comes with relations already frayed over NATO defenses and stalled
Four dead in Florida from hurricane Matthew
The United States marked its first four fatalities from Hurricane Matthew as the powerful storm lashed the Florida coast after killing more than 400 people in Haiti, officials said Friday. A 58-year-old woman suffered cardiac arrest in her home in
US service member killed on patrol in Afghan bomb blast
A US soldier was killed by a bomb blast Tuesday while on foot patrol during counterterrorism operations in eastern Afghanistan, the US military said. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said it was his “understanding” that no other US personnel or
US hits ISIS Libya positions as air war rages on
US military aircraft pounded ISIS positions in the extremists’ former Libyan stronghold of Sirte over the weekend, as the US air campaign entered its third month, the Pentagon said Monday. According to the US military’s Africa Command, US pilots conducted
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