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Dec
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Explosives-laden boat hits fuel ship at Saudi port, ministry says

Explosives-laden boat hits fuel ship at Saudi port, ministry says

WORLD
A fuel transport ship anchored at a Jeddah terminal was attacked by an explosive-laden boat, after shipping firm Hafnia said that one of its oil tankers, the BW Rhine, had been hit by an unidentified "external source", the Saudi Arabian government has announced. A Saudi energy ministry spokesman, in a statement carried on state media, did not mention the name of the vessel or identify who was behind the attack. Hafnia said there was an explosion and a fire while the BW Rhine was discharging at Jeddah port. The ship's crew put out the fire and no-one was injured, it…
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Nov
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Saudis seek buffer zone with Yemen in return for ceasefire – sources

Saudis seek buffer zone with Yemen in return for ceasefire – sources

WORLD
AZIZ EL YAAKOUBI  SAUDI Arabia has told Yemen's Houthis in high-level back-channel talks it would sign a UN proposal for a nationwide ceasefire if the Iran-aligned group agrees to a buffer zone along the kingdom's borders, three sources familiar with the matter said. If a deal is struck, it would mark the biggest breakthrough in efforts to reach a political settlement since the conflict - widely seen as a proxy war between arch-enemies Saudi Arabia and Iran - began in 2014. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden pledged in his election campaign to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the Middle East's…
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Oct
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction firm

Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction firm

WORLD
ANURADHA NAGARAJ HUNDREDS of Indian migrant workers who were laid off by a construction company in Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus pandemic have filed a rare complaint to the Indian government over unpaid earnings, lawyers and campaigners said. More than 280 labourers - who were fired by the Nasser S Al Hajri Corporation before being flown home on chartered flights in July - are part of what is believed to be the biggest collective case of its kind, said their lawyer Subhash Chand. Chand said all of the workers had been at the firm for at least five years…
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