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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Bahrain’s Coast Guard Command announced in a statement that Qatari officials stopped and detained a Bahraini boat for violating Doha’s territorial waters. According to Bahraini media, the Qatari Coastline Security General Directorate
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On Saturday, former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s party dismissed the results of the country’s parliamentary elections as “void” and “illegitimate” based on the low voter turnout of the elections. Allawi, at
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According to an official statement from the Iranian foreign ministry, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi have conducted talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) alongside
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On Saturday, thousands of Sudanese demanded the “restoration of the revolution” and better living conditions during demonstrations in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum. Banners reading “Patient people are hungry” and
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On Friday, funerals were held for the seven people who were killed during violence in the Lebanese capital of Beirut during the week. The conflict emerged over a long-running investigation into last
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Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok has rejected a request by the transitional government’s military component’s commander to dissolve the Forces for Freedom and Change-majority (FFC) cabinet and install a new government that the
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According to the UN’s deputy humanitarian chief, Yemen’s economy is collapsing, its humanitarian crisis is deteriorating, and the conflict in the Arab world’s poorest country is becoming more brutal. Assistant Secretary-General Ramesh
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Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), visited the immigration center in Tripoli’s Ain Zara district during the week. PM Dbeibeh, who met with authorities about the
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On Thursday evening, a round of violence in the Lebanese capital, resulting in at least six deaths and injured more than 30, came to a stop. Conflict engulfed the city after gunfire
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