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 Tuesday, Israel’s parliament botched an unclear law that would yield citizenship or residency to Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza who are wedded to Israeli citizens, dealing a hindrance
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Oman has requested technical support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help the government create a medium-term debt strategy and enhance its fiscal framework, according to the IMF. Last year’s twin
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On Wednesday, Iran received political representatives from the Afghan government and high-ranking Taliban members from the group’s political bureau in Qatar. This is the first time that Tehran hosted intra-Afghan peace talks.
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On Tuesday, a three-month-long judicial dead end of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year was lifted by an Egyptian court, leaving
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It was announced that Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman arrived in the United States to come together with officials of the Biden administration. The White House confirmed the Saudi
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Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani said, on Tuesday, that their government did not fall, as some parties had claimed. Othmani added, “The government sectors worked hard, despite some confusion from some quarters,
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Member of the Libyan Presidential Council Abdullah Al-Lafi and Jan Kubis met on Monday to evaluate the latest developments in Libya. In the negotiations, in which some articles in the final declaration
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The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has increased its holding in Credit Suisse to 6%, signaling its long-term support to the troubled bank, according to Reuters. According to a regulatory filing, QIA subscribed
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Ain al-Assad Air Base, located in the western province of Anbar, was hit with rockets on Monday. There were no reported casualties as a result of the attack. The base, which holds
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On Monday, Morocco signed agreements to manufacture and package the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines in the Kingdom. The agreement came in a ceremony presided over by King Mohammed VI, at
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