Photo/ (AP) Twitter on Friday announced the removal of thousands of accounts linked to Saudi Arabia’s “state-run media apparatus” and others in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The company said all of them amplified pro-Saudi messages. The social media giant said it suspended a group of 4,258 accounts operating uniquely from the UAE, mainly

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP) The Pentagon will present a broad range of military options to President Donald Trump on Friday as he considers how to respond to what administration

FILE – In this Aug. 29, 2019 file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a forum titled “Common Security in the Islamic World” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In an interview published by CNN Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, Zarif warned that any U.S. or Saudi military strike on Iran will result in “all-out war.”

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 18, 2019. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS The United States was discussing with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies possible responses to an attack on Saudi oil facilities they blame on Iran

Saudi defence ministry spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Malik displays remains of the missiles which Saudi government says were used to attack an Aramco oil facility, during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday there were many options short of war with Iran after

Photo/Reuters The U.S. State Department called on American citizens to “exercise increased caution” while traveling to Saudi Arabia, a travel advisory posted on its website said on Wednesday. U.S. Mission personnel and their families are not permitted to use the airport in Abha without Chief of Mission approval, the note added. Abha airport has been

• ICJ to start public hearings between November 4 and 8. • Kenya says still pushing for an out of court settlement over the matter. The Hague Based International Justice Court –ICJ is scheduled to start public hearings over the maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia in early November. On Tuesday, the court outlined conditions

Photo/AFP The Kenyan military will now receive six new US-made light attack helicopter gunships part of an initial order of 12 light attack and reconnaissance helicopters by December, a US manufacturer said on Friday. The planes are part of the Ksh25 billion ($253 million) arms deal that Nairobi signed with Washington, which got the United

FILE PHOTO: A combination picture shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel September 10, 2019 and Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White party in Tel Aviv, Israel April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo, REUTERS/Corinna Kern/File Photo Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a battle for political survival in

This image provided on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, by the U.S. government and DigitalGlobe and annotated by the source, shows damage to the infrastructure at Saudi Aramco’s Abaqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. The drone attack Saturday on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq plant and its Khurais oil field led to the interruption of an