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 Tuesday, Yemen’s newly formed presidential council was inaugurated before parliament in the southern Aden city. An anonymous government source told that the chairman of the Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi, and seven
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Diplomatic sources stated on Monday that the UN Security Council will convene this week to discuss simmering tensions in Jerusalem. The closed-door meeting scheduled for Tuesday comes at the request of China,
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On Monday, discussions were held between European Council chief Charles Michel and Jordan’s King Abdullah II about the deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank. Michel said on Twitter that the
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Speaking at a demonstration where Tunisian President Kais Saied’s decisions were protested on April 10, Amal Party Political Committee Chairman Ahmed Najib Al-Shabi called on the Tunisian opposition to come together under
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In order to protest the burning of a copy of the Qur’an by far-right extremists in Sweden, Iraq summoned the Swedish chargé d’affaires, Hakan Rooth, on Sunday. According to media reports, Rasmus
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Israeli soldiers gravely injured two Palestinians on Monday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported, the latest episode in a surge of Israeli-Palestinian violence during the Muslim holy month
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The Yemeni government accused Houthi rebels of banning the Tarawih in areas under their control on Sunday. Tarawih are special night prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Houthis “seek to
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Urging the Biden administration to abandon the previous government’s “maximum pressure” policy toward Tehran, Iran on Monday said it is seriously pushing for an end to sanctions in the Vienna talks. Iranian
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On Sunday, tribal leaders in southern Libya announced on social media that they had suspended production at the El-Feel oil field. Tribal leaders are demanding that Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
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The Israeli airline El Al announced on Sunday that its inaugural commercial flight from Tel Aviv landed in Egypt’s Red Sea tourist city of Sharm el-Sheikh. El Al said in a statement
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