Posts tagged with "Saudi Arabia"

Saudis open airspace to more flights serving Israel World

Saudis open airspace to more flights serving Israel

August 5th, 20220 RIYADH - Cathay Pacific and Air Seychelles have overflown Saudi Arabia for Israel flights for the first time, aviation data showed on Thursday, after Riyadh announced last month it would open its airspace to all airlines, paving the way for more overflights to and from Israel. Opening Saudi airspace to flights to and from Israel was a...
U.N.: Yemen's warring parties agree only to renew two-month truce World

U.N.: Yemen’s warring parties agree only to renew two-month truce

August 4th, 20220 Yemen's warring sides agreed to renew a two-month truce expiring on Tuesday, the U.N. envoy said, despite international pressure for an extended and expanded deal that would build on the longest stretch of relative calm in over seven years. "This truce extension includes a commitment from the parties to intensify negotiations to reach...
How much extra oil can Saudi Arabia pump? U.S.A

How much extra oil can Saudi Arabia pump?

July 19th, 20220 SAUDI ARABIA — President Biden's visit in recent days to top oil exporter Saudi Arabia ended without any announcements that the kingdom would raise oil production to help lower fuel prices which are spurring the highest U.S. inflation in four decades. Top U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein told a television program on Sunday that...
Biden will push for greater oil output on Mideast trip U.S.A

Biden will push for greater oil output on Mideast trip

July 12th, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. President Biden will make the case for greater oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) nations to bring down gasoline prices when he meets Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia this week, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday. Biden leaves Tuesday...
The Hajj is back and Saudi Arabia is hoping to cash in Other Voices

The Hajj is back and Saudi Arabia is hoping to cash in

July 9th, 20220 — This article by Abbas Al Lawati originally appeared in CNN Business. It has been edited for style. Oil has added trillions of dollars to Saudi Arabia’s coffers over the decades, but it’s a resource that will someday run out or lose value as the world turns to alternative energy. Despite current high oil prices, the kingdom...
Biden says he won't directly ask Saudi Arabia to produce more oil International

Biden says he won’t directly ask Saudi Arabia to produce more oil

July 1st, 20220 President Biden said on Thursday he would not directly press Saudi Arabia to increase oil output to curb soaring crude prices when he sees the Saudi king and crown prince during a visit later this month. Biden also said at a news conference in Spain that Americans will have to stomach high gas prices for "as long as it takes" to beat...
Biden should not visit Saudi Arabia, meet crown prince, Democratic Rep. Schiff says U.S.A

Biden should not visit Saudi Arabia, meet crown prince, Democratic Rep. Schiff says

June 5th, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden should not visit Saudi Arabia or meet its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to U.S. intelligence, a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday. Khashoggi, a U.S. resident who wrote opinion columns for the...
UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president World

UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president

May 14th, 20220 DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates' de facto leader, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MbZ), was elected president of the Gulf Arab state by a federal supreme council on Saturday, solidifying his rule over the OPEC oil producer and key regional player. He becomes president at a time when the UAE's long-standing ties with the...
Saudi Arabia shakes up Yemen alliance in bid to exit quagmire World

Saudi Arabia shakes up Yemen alliance in bid to exit quagmire

April 9th, 20220 On Thursday, Saudi-backed Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi ceded power to a council whose members form the core of an anti-Houthi alliance as Saudi Arabia looks to exit a costly war that has strained Washington's ties with Gulf allies. Why does this move matter? The war is a multifaceted one and Saudi Arabia has struggled to...
How a Saudi woman's iPhone revealed hacking around the world World

How a Saudi woman’s iPhone revealed hacking around the world

February 18th, 20220 A single activist helped turn the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over damaging new allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world. It all started with a software glitch...
News from Yemen: Fighting eases in Marib, Biden speaks with Saudi king World

News from Yemen: Fighting eases in Marib, Biden speaks with Saudi king

February 8th, 20220 ADEN — The Saudi-led coalition deployed newly formed units near Yemen's Marib, where battles abated over the last week, according to military and government sources, as the warring sides hold their positions in the fight for energy-rich areas that has led to the war's biggest escalation in years. Last month the Houthi movement...
U.S. senators move to block $650 million arms sale to Saudi Arabia U.S.A

U.S. senators move to block $650 million arms sale to Saudi Arabia

November 18th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of U.S. senators are opposing the Biden administration's first major arms sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over Riyadh's involvement in the conflict in Yemen, three senators announced on Thursday. A joint resolution of disapproval to block a proposed $650 million in U.S. arms sales to the Kingdom of...
Lebanon’s PM attempts a way out of Gulf embargo placed on crisis-ridden country Lebanon

Lebanon’s PM attempts a way out of Gulf embargo placed on crisis-ridden country

November 5th, 20210 Lebanon is facing its worst rift yet with oil-rich Gulf Arab states, spurred by comments made by Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi before his official appointment about the Saudi-led campaign that has created a severe humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Thursday he had agreed with...
U.N. ends Yemen war crimes probe opposed by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Russia World

U.N. ends Yemen war crimes probe opposed by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Russia

October 8th, 20210 GENEVA — Bahrain, Russia and other members of the U.N. Human Rights Council pushed through a vote on Thursday to shut down the body's war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging defeat for Western states that sought to keep the mission going. Members narrowly voted to reject a resolution led by the Netherlands to give the...
Israeli spyware strikes again, causing panic among Apple users International

Israeli spyware strikes again, causing panic among Apple users

September 17th, 20210 An alarming discovery that the Israeli spyware company NSO Group targeted an ordinary citizen’s iPhone yet again caused Apple to deliver an important security update to its users. Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said a security issue in Apple’s software was exploited to plant spyware on a Saudi...
Masked haj pilgrims on Mount Arafat pray for COVID-free world World

Masked haj pilgrims on Mount Arafat pray for COVID-free world

July 22nd, 20210 MT. ARAFAT — Thousands of face-masked Muslims gathered on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Monday, praying for an end to the pandemic and faster vaccination as the annual haj pilgrimage reached its climax. Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, has barred worshippers from abroad for a second year running and...
Saudi minister says he held "great meeting" with Blinken U.S.A

Saudi minister says he held “great meeting” with Blinken

July 8th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman said he held "a great meeting" on Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in which they explored strengthening U.S.-Saudi ties and reviewed regional developments. Prince Khalid, the brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto...
U.S. envoy: Aid programs for Yemen under threat without increased funding World

U.S. envoy: Aid programs for Yemen under threat without increased funding

June 24th, 20210 YEMEN — On Thursday, the U.S. called on the international community, especially regional countries, to fulfill their pledges to increase funding for humanitarian assistance to Yemen and warned that aid programs could otherwise be forced to close. U.S. Special Envoy to Yemen Timothy Lenderking told a webinar sponsored by the...
Ethical Danish pension fund considers excluding Israel over human rights Palestine

Ethical Danish pension fund considers excluding Israel over human rights

May 29th, 20210 A Danish pension fund, which prides itself on being the world's strictest on human rights violations, says it is considering adding Israel to a long list of countries it excludes following this month's conflict with Palestinians. The $22 billion Akademiker looks after the pensions of Denmark's teachers and university lecturers and has...
Saudi Arabia considers barring overseas Hajj pilgrims for second year, sources say World

Saudi Arabia considers barring overseas Hajj pilgrims for second year, sources say

May 5th, 20210 RIYADH – Saudi Arabia is considering barring overseas pilgrims from the annual Hajj for the second year running as COVID-19 cases rise globally and worries grow about the emergence of new variants, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Such a move would restrict the pilgrimage to Mecca, a once in a lifetime duty...
Activists stage hunger strike, rally in D.C. against the war on Yemen U.S.A

Activists stage hunger strike, rally in D.C. against the war on Yemen

April 6th, 20210 - From contributor Laura Albast Activists from the Yemeni Liberation Movement (YLM) and other organizations held a rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. They carried banners calling for an end to the U.S.-backed Saudi blockade on the embattled country.  The five Michigan natives leading the action staged a...
Yemen receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines World

Yemen receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines

April 2nd, 20210 Yemen received a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines this week, after the country’s internationally recognized government declared a national health emergency. Though the actual figures are believed to be much higher, Yemen’s emergency coronavirus committee has recorded more than 4,100 coronavirus infections and 864 deaths so far. The...
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