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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President Kais Saied’s proposal for a new constitution went before Tunisians for a vote on Monday. At 6 a.m. local time, polling places began opening their doors to the public (05:00 GMT).
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Terrorist from the YPG/PKK attempted to infiltrate soldiers on the front lines north of Syria on Monday, but the Syrian National Army (SNA) repelled their efforts. PKK/YPG militants attempted to penetrate the
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An official statement from the Royal Court says that King Abdullah II stressed the importance of continuing Jordanian-Palestinian coordination ahead of the UN General Assembly meetings in September and emphasized Jordan’s desire
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Kuwait and Bahrain expressed satisfaction on Friday with a deal allowing Ukraine to resume grain exports via the Black Sea. Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry praised Türkiye and the United Nations for their roles
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Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 22 people and left one person missing after torrential rains in the largely desert country, according to a local official. Officials from the local
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Saudi Arabia has expressed its readiness to advance the tension-easing talks between the two estranged neighbors from the security to the political level, Iran’s foreign minister said. Noting progress in the Baghdad-brokered
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An official said on Friday that three people were killed and two wounded in armed clashes between two security forces near the Libyan capital Tripoli. Units of the Presidential Council’s security force
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The chairman of Iraq’s largest Sunni coalition has said that terrorist organizations, including the PKK, are responsible for a deadly attack that earlier this week targeted civilians in northern Iraq’s Duhok province.
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Russian airstrikes in Christian-majority villages in the west of Syria’s Idlib province have killed seven civilians, including five children, and injured 13 others. The Russian warplane took off from the Khmeimim air
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