MIDDLE EAST

Iran diplomat warns of ‘all-out war’ if hit for Saudi attack

Yemen drones hit Saudi oil sites, including key chokepoint

9:33 pm September 14, 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and another major oilfield Saturday, sparking huge fires at a vulnerable chokepoint for global energy supplies. It remained unclear hours later whether anyone was injured at the Abqaiq oil processing facility and the Khurais oil […]

Afghan government says elections first, peace deal after

9:06 pm September 14, 2019

Kabul: An Afghan official says that the priority for his government is to hold national elections later this month rather than reach a peace deal with insurgents. Presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi says Saturday that a legitimate peace deal with Afghanistan’s Taliban can only come after the presidential election scheduled for September 28. US President Donald […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

UAE: Indian man jailed for molesting 5-year-old boy in Dubai

6:28 pm September 14, 2019

Dubai: A 33-year-old Indian man in the UAE has been sentenced to six months in prison and will be deported for sexually abusing a five-year-old boy in a shared villa here, a media report said on Saturday. The unidentified Indian electrician had hugged the boy from behind and touched him inappropriately in Bur Dubai in […]

Drones hit two Saudi Aramco oil facilities

12:11 pm September 14, 2019

Riyadh: Drones struck two Saudi Aramco oil facilities early Saturday, state media said, citing the interior ministry. “The industrial security teams of Aramco started dealing with fires at two of its facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais as a result of… drones,” the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Citing an interior ministry spokesperson, SPA news agency […]

Kuwait ruler leaves US hospital after ‘successful checkups’

2:30 pm September 13, 2019

Dubai: Kuwait says its ruling 90-year-old emir has left a US hospital after having “successful checkups” that forced him to cancel a visit to the White House. The state-run KUNA news agency reported early Friday that Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah’s checkups “showed reassuring results.” The report did not elaborate. KUNA earlier said Sheikh […]