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 Monday, protestors jammed a highway linking Lebanon and Syria with burned tires and metal bars, demonstrating a verdict intended at curbing oil smuggling into Syria. Gasoline smugglers choked the Masnaa passage
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According to the news in the Algerian official agency APS, the Audio and Visual Authority, which is responsible for monitoring the activities of satellite channels in the country, has stated that the
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Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), Dubai’s main state-controlled company and primary investment arm, declared its first loss in the last eight years on its portfolio businesses for 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic,
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Ebrahim Raisi, the newly elected president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, held his first press conference on Monday. During his speech, he made statements on ongoing nuclear talks, regional and international
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Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported that the Saudi ambassador proffers his credentials on Monday. This came as the first since 2017 when the relations between the two countries deteriorated, during which Saudi
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On Sunday, King Abdullah II reiterated the necessity to strengthen efforts towards the revival of the tourism sector and improving its effectiveness. At a meeting with representatives of the tourism sector, joined
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Within the scope of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum that started in Antalya on June 18, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and Malta Foreign Minister Evarist
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Negotiation teams of parties gathered on Sunday in Vienna to resume talks about reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. The last meeting came following the presidential election that a hardline candidate Ebrahim Raisi
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Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will pay a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week. This would be the first official visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf state
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On Sunday evening, the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, concluded the first visit of its kind to Morocco, with news of his departure for Nouakchott to start a visit
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