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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On Sunday, the newly-elected Iraqi parliament held its first session in the capital Baghdad. During the meetings, the parliament is expected to elect a speaker and two deputies. Furthermore, a new president,
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The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), an activist alliance in the anti-Omar al-Bashir rallies, rejected UN-mediated discussions to resolve the country’s political crisis on Sunday. The United Nations has announced that it will
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There will be no place for militias in the country’s new government, Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr states on Saturday. The statement made by al-Sadr came on the eve of the first
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The Head of the High Council of State (HCS), Khalid al-Mishri, had bilateral meetings with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser to Libya Stephanie Williams in the capital Tripoli. In the written statement
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Three Turkish soldiers were killed and one has been injured in an explosion in the town of Akçakale in southeastern province Sanlıurfa, near the Syrian border, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on
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According to a court filing giving fresh information on a growing commercial conflict worth $4 million per day, Qatar Airways is seeking more than $600 million in compensation from planemaker Airbus for
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Thursday that David Satterfield, the outgoing US ambassador to Turkey, will take up the role of outgoing US Special Envoy for
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Three months after being recalled amid tensions related to the era of French colonial rule in the North African country, Algeria’s ambassador returned to Paris on Thursday in a move announced the
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The United Nations Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, reiterated that “the UN will stand by the Libyan people in their demand for an electoral process to end the long transitional period.”
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