A senior US source says that US Vice President Joe Biden has “no plans” to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at next month’s G20 conference in Indonesia, as tensions over the OPEC+ agreement to curb oil output continue to resonate. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that President Joe Biden would be “methodical” in determining how to react to Saudi Arabia about the
On Friday, the Lebanese energy minister said that Qatar is interested in collaborating with TotalEnergies and Eni to explore oil in two regions of the Lebanese seas. Walid Fayad said during a meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati that Qatar wants to join the partnership exploring for oil in blocks 4 and 9 in the Eastern Mediterranean. According to Fayad, Qatari Oil Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi sent a letter expressing
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The UN Security Council, calling for all “perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism” to be brought to justice, unanimously condemned “in the strongest terms” a recent terrorist
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Lebanon’s Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced Tuesday that the country confiscated a huge quantity of Captagon pills concealed in a tea cargo intended for Saudi Arabia. The consignment was bound for Saudi
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On Tuesday, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi suggested that the window for direct negotiations with the US on Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers was not entirely shut. Raisi said the request had
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Israel’s President Isaac Herzog will pay a historic visit to the United Arab Emirates at the end of the month, his office announced Tuesday, marking the latest high-profile diplomatic visit between the
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On Wednesday, Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani held talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Zakir Hasanov in Tehran. A statement by the Iranian Defense Ministry said the talks delved on security and
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports that one of its top staff members was targeted five times last year with Pegasus, an Israeli company’s spyware. The malware was used against Lama Fakih, director
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On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia and Thailand reached an agreement to reinstate reciprocal ambassadors. The decision came in the meeting that took place within the scope of Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s visit
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Italian Special Envoy Nicola Orlando and Italian Ambassador to Libya Giuseppe Buccino visited Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in the capital Tripoli on Monday. Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush also attended the talks.
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The White House issued a statement on Tuesday reporting that Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani would pay an official visit to Washington next week. Jen Psaki, the White House
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On Monday, after Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran would consider having direct talks but had made no decision, the US State Department announced that it remains open to meeting with Iranian officials
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