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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In protest of the sacking of their colleagues by President Kais Saied, Tunisian judges have extended their ongoing strike for a third week. Murad al-Masoudi, the head of the Association of Young
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Lebanon has been called on by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to respect the verdict of a UN-backed court on the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005. Spokesperson Farhan
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According to a Libyan lawmaker on Saturday, a UN-brokered meeting between the speakers of Libya’s rival assemblies in Egypt has failed to take place. Upon the invitation of UN Special Adviser on Libya
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Iranian officials have announced on Saturday that an F-14 fighter jet crashed near the central Iranian city of Isfahan due to engine failure. While the two pilots on board the aircraft managed
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According to an Iraqi Kurdish official, the PKK terrorist group has created a tunnel under the northern Iraq-Syria border to smuggle weapons, explosives, and members. According to Halef Halil, a Kurdistan Democratic
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Israeli forces attacked Jenin in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinians and injuring ten others, according to the Palestinian health ministry. In the early hours of Friday, over 30 Israeli military
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Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, received a letter from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Thursday on bilateral relations between the two Gulf neighbours The message was conveyed by
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The last round of talks between Iran and regional arch-rival Saudi Arabia were described as “positive” by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. A semi-official Iranian news agency reported that, in a phone
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On Thursday, hundreds of private-sector workers in the city of Sfax participated in Tunisia’s general strike. In order to demand salary hikes, the powerful UGTT labor union called for a strike under
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