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Saudi Arabia says Yemen rebels fire missile toward Mecca
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (TIP): Siite rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca overnight, Saudi Arabia said Friday, the insurgents’ deepest strike yet into the kingdom amid the […]
India
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince to be chief guest on Republic Day
New Delhi, Sep 2: In what can be seen as a bid to strengthen ties with the Gulf region that is home to a large population of expatriates, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed […]
Middle East
Saudi Arabia foreign ministry condemns passage of US 9/11 law
RIYADH (TIP): Saudi Arabia‘s foreign ministry condemned the passage of a US law that would allow families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue the kingdom for damages, calling it a matter […]
Business & Economics
SAUDI SIGNALS AT RAISING OIL OUTPUT AHEAD OF FREEZE TALKS
MOSCOW/DUBAI (TIP): Saudi Arabia is sending signals that it could boost its crude oil supplies in August to a new record level, overtaking Russia, the world’s top oil producer, as it gets ready for tough […]
India
US daily calls Sushma Swaraj ‘supermom’, praises her social media presence
NEW DELHI (TIP): We all have appreciated our external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj‘s timely interventions and speedy responses on social media. She’s one of the most active foreign ministers in the world on Twitter with […]
Business & Economics
India
INDIAN MUSLIM GROUPS SAY #ISIS IS ‘UN-ISLAMIC’; TOOL OF #ISLAM’S ENEMIES
HYDERABAD (TIP): Terming IS as a tool in the hands of anti-Islam forces, Muslim organizations representing all schools of Islamic thought, July 8, condemned the terror attack in the holy city of Madinah, resenting it […]
Middle East
Saudi woman burns home as husband goes on second honeymoon
DUBAI (TIP): A mother of six in Saudi Arabia has burnt her house after learning that her husband had gone abroad for a second honeymoon, a media report said today. The woman, who has been […]
Europe
EgyptAir plane crash | Terror attack likely
CAIRO (TIP): A massive search was underway on Friday, May 20, for the wreckage of an EgyptAir plane en route from Paris to Cairo that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board, […]
Middle East
No hajj for Iran pilgrims this year
TEHRAN (TIP): Iranian pilgrims will not be traveling to Saudi Arabia this year for the annual hajj pilgrimage because security conditions in the Sunni kingdom are inadequate, says an Iranian government minister. Ali Jannati, the […]
India
Business & Economics
OIL PRICES CLIMB AS IRAN ENDORSES OIL OUTPUT CAP
SINGAPORE(TIP) : Crude futures rose in Asian trade on Thursday after Iran welcomed plans by Russia and Saudi Arabia to cap production, although analysts said the move would not lead to any output cuts and […]
Middle East
Oil Prices may rise as Top oil producers agree to freeze output
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela are ready to freeze oil production at January’s level if other producers do the same. The agreement came after a meeting in Doha on Tuesday. Oil prices have dropped […]
Middle East
Saudi Arabia urged to make more of its human rights successes by foreign office minster Tobias Ellwood
RIYADH (TIP): A government minister has urged Saudi Arabia to do a “better job” of trumpeting its human rights successes during an official visit to the country, less than a month after it carried out […]
Middle East
Saudi mission reopens after 25 years in Iraq
BAGHDAD (TIP): Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in Baghdad, with its ambassador submitting his credentials at the foreign ministry, after a closure that lasted 25 years. The kingdom had closed the embassy in 1990, […]
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Supreme Court questions the Sabarimala Temple Entry Ban for Women
NEW DELHI (TIP): Supreme Court of India has said that the Sabarimala temple in Kerala has no “constitutional basis” to ban the entry of women. The Kerala government clarified that it would not interfere in […]
Middle East
Middle East
Saudi Arabia omitted from UK’s death penalty strategy ‘to safeguard defence contracts’
LONDON (TIP): The British Government left Saudi Arabia off a list of thirty countries to be challenged by diplomats over their continued use of the death penalty – despite executing over 90 people a year. […]
Middle East
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Iran and Saudi Arabia: Islamic Intolerance or Oil Intolerance | In-depth Coverage & Analysis
Saudi Arabia has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran following Saturday’s (January 2) attack on its embassy in Tehran during protests against executions in the kingdom. Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi foreign minister, made […]
Business & Economics
Saudi Arabia in Recession | Cuts Spending to Shrink Deficit
A glut of oil, the demise of OPEC and weakening global demand combined to make 2015 the year of crashing oil prices. The cost of crude fell to levels not seen for 11 years – […]
Middle East
Abdullah al-Zaher: Saudi Arabia is about to behead a teenage boy for attending a protest aged 15
Saudi ARABIA (TIP) : Saudi Arabia is believed to be on the brink of executing a teenage boy who was arrested at the age of 15 for attending a protest. Campaign group Reprieve told The […]
Asia
Pakistan military deals a blow to jihadis but not to ideology
ISLAMABAD (TIP): All cellphone coverage was blocked by the government for three hours one recent afternoon in the Pakistani capital, and it did not take people long to discover why: Maulana Abdul Aziz, the radical […]
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