Pensacola US Naval Base Shooting: US grounded hundreds Saudi aviation students in the country after Friday’s deadly shooting attack in Florida.
Relations December 11, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This The US has grounded hundreds of Saudi military aviation students at bases across the country in the wake of Friday’s deadly shooting in Florida. All flying will be paused, though classroom studies will continue. It comes after Defence Secretary Mark Esper ordered a review following the shooting of three sailors at a navy […]
READ MOREPensacola US Naval base shooting: Saudi king condemns ‘brutal’ attack
Relations December 7, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This Saudi Arabia’s King Salman condemned a gun attack at a US naval base by a Saudi student as “barbaric”, President Donald Trump said. He tweeted that the monarch had called him to offer “sincere condolences”. The gunman, an aviation student, killed three people and injured at least eight at the base in Pensacola, […]
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United States, Authorities charged Two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia.
Relations November 7, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This Two former employees of Twitter have been charged in the US with spying for Saudi Arabia. The charges, unsealed on Wednesday in San Francisco, allege that Saudi agents sought personal information about Twitter users including known critics of the Saudi government. Court documents named the two as Ahmad Abouammo, a US citizen, and Ali […]
READ MORESaudi Arabia Changing : Now Unmarried foreign Couples can stay in hotels without showing proof of marriage:
Relations October 6, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This Unmarried foreign couples will now be allowed to rent hotel rooms together in Saudi Arabia as part of a new visa regime announced by the religiously conservative kingdom. Women will also be allowed to stay in hotel rooms alone. Couples previously had to prove they were married before getting a hotel room. The […]
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Share This US blames Iran for Saudi strike; big hit for oil prices U.S. tried to build its case Monday that Iran was behind the fiery weekend attack on key Saudi Arabian oil facilities that raised new war worries and sent energy prices spiraling worldwide. Iran denied responsibility, while President Donald Trump said the United […]
READ MOREDrone attacks on Oil fields:half of Saudi Arabia oil supply affected
Relations September 15, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires and halting about half of the supplies from the world’s largest exporter of oil. The attacks were the latest of many drone assaults on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure in […]
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Share This Drone attacks have set alight two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, state media say. Footage showed a huge blaze at Abqaiq, site of Aramco’s largest oil processing plant, while a second drone attack started fires in the Khurais oilfield. The fires are now under control at […]
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Saudi nuclear program: Congress and Tehran raising concerns: A project to build experimental reactor is expected to complete in 9 to twelve months: IAEA Tehran called this a US Hypocrisy:
Editor Express Daily April 7, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This (Express Daily)On the outskirts of Riyadh, a construction site is speedily being transformed into the birthplace of Saudi Arabia’s quest for nuclear power, a bid that has invoked concern in the US Congress and fury in Tehran. New satellite imagery shows that construction work on an experimental reactor is making “expeditious” progress — […]
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Trumps efforts to provide access to saudi arabia to nuclear material raised concerns:
Editor Express Daily April 3, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This Lawmakers have raised concerns about the efforts of the Trump administration to give Saudi Arabia nuclear materials without consultation with Congress and without properly notifying regulators. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) told The Washington Post that Trump officials “appear willing to short-circuit the process to achieve their political goal of continuing to cozy up to the […]
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Saudi court resumes women activists’ trial that has angered West
Editor Express Daily March 27, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi court resumed on Wednesday the trial of prominent women activists facing charges related to their human rights work and contacts with foreign journalists and diplomats, in a case that has sharpened Western criticism of the kingdom. The women, including rights campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul, university professor Hatoon al-Fassi and […]
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