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
Saudi Arabia says that it will resume accepting Umrah pilgrimage requests for vaccinated foreign worshippers starting on August 9, according to Al Jazeera. The declaration occurred approximately 18 months after the monarchy
MoreOn Friday, Iranian officials announced that the Milk port, one of its most important border crossings and trade routes with Afghanistan, had been closed. The move came amid a fear of a
MoreOn Saturday, the Jordanian military announced that it thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs and weapons into the country from adjoining Syria. During the attempt, one smuggler was killed, and several were
MoreKurdistan Democratic Party-Iran (KDP-I) announced on Saturday the assasination of one of its senior members, Musa Babakhani. Babakhani’s body, carrying marks of torture, was found in an Erbil hotel, sources reported. The
MoreThe UK-based Middle East Eye (MEE) revealed that Saudi Arabia used Pegasus software designed by the Israeli NSO Group to monitor the Tunisian speaker of the Parliament and leader of the Ennahda
MoreOn Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres officially announced the appointment of the Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as the UN’s new special envoy for Yemen. With this appointment, Hans Grundberg became the fourth
MoreOn Friday, Algeria and the US discussed the situation in Tunisia and Libya, as well as regional and international issues during a phone call conducted between Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and
MoreTunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Ali Mrabet as Head of the Ministry of Health, following the dismissal of Mohamed Trabelsi, Minister of Social Affairs and interim Minister of Health in the
MoreThe newly appointed German Ambassador to Libya, Michael Ohnmacht, made statements in a video posted by the German Embassy on Twitter. Ohnmacht stated that during his tenure, he would continue the exchange
MoreOn Friday, the Taliban killed Daha Khan Menapal, the government media and information center head, in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. The Taliban spokesperson and Afghan officials confirmed the incident. The assassination came after
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