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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Israel recently announced that it aims to seize cryptocurrency accounts used by the Palestinian Hamas group. After Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said to Israeli security forces on Thursday to clutch the
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Turkey’s Ambassador to Libya, Kenan Yilmaz, and Musa Al-Koni, representing the southern region of Fezzan within the Libyan Presidential Council, came together in a meeting. Yilmaz, while referring to the strong bond
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In the special meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on July 8, Egypt and Sudan emphasized that Ethiopia’s uncompromising stance would lead to
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President Joe Biden stated that the US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan will be concluded by the end of August. Speaking at a press conference on late Thursday, President said that the withdrawal
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The Pentagon revealed it was “deeply concerned” about a series of recent attacks made on US personnel in Iraq and Syria. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that militias were using lethal
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh hit back at concerns voiced by the United States, European countries, and Saudi Arabia over the Iranian nuclear program. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday,
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Three Katyusha rockets landed in the vicinity of the US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraq’s Security Media Cell confirmed. “An outlaw group targeted the Green Zone with three Katyusha rockets,” the
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A fire aboard a ship in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port was extinguished on Thursday after being sparked overnight by an explosion in a container, according to Reuters. The fire in the Middle East’s
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Diplomats said Russia skipped UN Security Council negotiations concerning the possible extension of cross-border aid access into Syria, as China’s UN Ambassador Zhang Jun said they wanted to see solutions to its
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged all parties to the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region to commit to an immediate, indefinite and negotiated ceasefire. Blinken spoke by phone with Ethiopian Prime
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