This week the article that caught my eye most was an article regarding the teen girl from Saudi Arabia who fled and was seeking asylum in Canada. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, an eighteen years old, feared for her life in Saudi Arabia, due to her family situation, resulting in her leaving and taking a one way ticket to Canada. After not… Read more »
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Oil producer group OPEC is not the enemy of the United States, United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. “We are complementing each other, we are not enemies here,” Mazrouei told an industry conference in Abu Dhabi, addressing the relationship between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and the… Read more »
TORONTO (Reuters) – An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family this week saying she feared for her life arrived in Toronto’s international airport on Saturday after being granted asylum in Canada, where Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland welcomed her as a brave new Canadian. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun grabbed international attention this week after she barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport… Read more »
GWADAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia plans to set up a $10 billion oil refinery in Pakistan’s deepwater port of Gwadar, the Saudi energy minister said on Saturday, speaking at the Indian Ocean port that is being developed with the help of China.FILE PHOTO: A general view of Gwadar port in Gwadar, Pakistan October 4, 2017. Pakistan wants to attract… Read more »
PARIS (Reuters) – France on Friday called on Iran to immediately stop all activities linked to ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons after Tehran said it could put two satellites into orbit in the coming weeks. “France recalls that the Iranian missile program (does) not conform with U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231,” Foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll… Read more »
Two gunmen commited suicide in Tunisia after exchanging fire with security forces in the city of Jilma, located some 250 kilometres south of the capital Tunis. An interior ministry statement on Thursday said the assailants killed themselves after being surrounded by security forces during a raid on their hideout late on Wednesday. The toppling of longtime leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during the Arab… Read more »
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would get out of Syria “over a period of time” and that he wants to protect the US-backed Kurdish fighters in the country as Washington draws down troops. Trump did not provide a timetable for the planned military exit from Syria, which he described as “sand and death”. The US president unexpectedly announced the troop pull-out… Read more »
Israel’s centre-left opposition dramatically split on Tuesday ahead of an April 9 election, with leader Avi Gabbay announcing he would no longer partner with veteran politician Tzipi Livni as she sat stone-faced next to him. The announcement means the end of their Zionist Union alliance, which secured the second most seats in the last general election in 2015, but has… Read more »
The first article I read this time around was about the trial in Saudi Arabia regarding the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. From what I’ve read and learned, Jamal Khashoggi was from Saudi Arabia and moved to the US to be a journalist. Jamal Khashoggi had been criticising the Saudi Arabian government and it’s policies through his writing and reporting. The… Read more »
Saudi Arabia’s attorney general sought the death sentence for five of 11 defendants charged with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as their high-profile trial opened in Riyadh on Thursday. All 11 accused were present with their lawyers at the opening hearing in the capital, according to a statement by the attorney general carried by the official Saudi Press Agency…. Read more »