BL Harbert wins deal to build consulate complex in IraqBL Harbert International, a specialist in design-build, construction management, and general contracting sector, said it has won a contract to build the new US consulate complex in Erbil, the capital of Kurdish region of northern Iraq. More… |
Suicide bombing outside US consulate in JeddahA suicide bomber was killed and two other people wounded in a blast outside the US consulate in Saudi Arabia’s second city of Jeddah early on Monday, state TV said. The attacker parked his car outside a mosque opposite the c More… |
Saudi gets death for US consulate attackA Saudi court has sentenced one man to death and another 19 to jail for the deadly storming of the US consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah in 2004, one of a series of Al Qaeda attacks last decade. Another 19 people were convict More… |
Libyan militia swept out of Benghazi basesA Libyan Islamist militia was swept out of the eastern city of Benghazi in a popular protest against the armed groups that ran into the early hours of Saturday morning, Reuters witnesses said. At least one person was killed and 20 More… |
50 arrested over US Consulate attackLibyan President Mohammed Magarief said on Sunday that about 50 people have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi last week, which he said was planned by foreigners linked to Al Qaeda. More… |
Gunmen attack US consulate in PakistanMilitants using a car bomb and firing weapons attacked the US consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday hours after a suicide bomber killed 38 people elsewhere in the northwest, officials said. Pakistani Taliban militants claim More… |
US consulate in Dubai closes for security reasonsThe US consulate in Dubai closed to the public for security reasons on Wednesday, it said without giving details of any threats. "Based on security information specific to the consulate general provided by Dubai authorities, the US consula More… |