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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Despite Lebanese objection, Israel said on Wednesday it will continue exploration in the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean. The Karish field is “a strategic asset of the State of Israel,” a statement
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Amid rising tensions between Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog, Iran announced plans to turn off some cameras of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its nuclear sites on Wednesday. Saying
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Wednesday that Saudi-Iranian talks hosted by Iraq have reached an “advanced level.” Al-Kadhimi told a press conference in the capital Baghdad that Iraq “has played
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After a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran, at least 17 people were killed and many others injured, authorities said early on Wednesday. Governor Ali-Akbar Rahimi said, cited by semi-official news agencies,
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov gave a joint news conference following their meeting at the presidential complex in Ankara, where the war in Ukraine and the
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As Ankara and Moscow geared up for talks between their foreign ministers, Türkiye’s defence ministry stated that Russian and Turkish defence ministers have discussed a potential grain export corridor from Ukraine, as
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Whether the global atomic watchdog is politically compromised has been questioned by Iran’s nuclear chief and other senior officials, as Western powers, backed by Israel, introduce a resolution to censure Iran over
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According to the army leadership, the Lebanese military has captured 64 persons attempting to sail from northern Lebanon to Europe. The Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinian migrants were all stopped and questioned on
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The Israeli government has failed to adopt a law that would renew and protect the legal status of illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, a major setback for the weak
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Israeli fighter jets launched a series of airstrikes against Assad regime forces south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday night, causing damage to several sites, state media reported. The London-based Syrian
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