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 Sunday, the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran to resume talks “immediately” to avert a crisis that would make salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal “very difficult.” Iran turned off some cameras
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Due to a new dust storm, Iraq announced that it temporarily suspended flights from Baghdad airport on Monday Authorities were forced to halt air traffic because of the weather conditions in the
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In an apparent bid to end eight months of political deadlock, lawmakers from Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc resigned from Iraq’s parliament on Sunday. Over the failure to form a new government
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QatarEnergy and TotalEnergies have signed a partnership deal for the expansion of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, the North Field East, and said more partners would be announced in
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On Sunday, the head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, called for holding a donor conference to rebuild the war-torn country. In a speech at the Cairo-based Arab League, Al-Alimi said,
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On Sunday, in order to hold elections in the conflict-ridden nation, UN Special Adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams urged the country’s rivals to establish a constitutional framework within one week. At the
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Amid soaring inflation and a nuclear deal standoff, the Iranian currency plummeted to an all-time low against the US dollar on Sunday. With foreign currencies fiercely rallying against it, the fledgling rial
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According to a report released, the Biden administration is working to completely overhaul its relations with Saudi Arabia. According to a US-based news outlet, which cited anonymous senior US sources, the decision
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During Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s visit to Tehran on Saturday, the two countries signed a 20-year cooperation deal. The comprehensive agreement envisions cooperation in the sectors of energy, petrochemicals, science and technology,
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