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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Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign trade minister said the two countries have concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement. The UAE’s economy minister Abdulla
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Starting with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, UN special envoy Hans Grundberg stated that the warring sides in Yemen’s seven-year conflict have agreed to a two-month nationwide truce. The UN-brokered deal
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The United States imposed new sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program on Thursday, which the Islamic Republic of Iran said was meant to maintain “maximum pressure” on the country. Wednesday brought a
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During a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Jordan’s King Abdullah II condemned “violence in all its forms” in the wake of a spate of deadly attacks in Israel. Three attacks in
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday that Turkey is taking important steps toward normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia. Cavusoglu said in a television interview, “We did not have a negative attitude
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As tensions between the West and Russia are on the rise due to the ongoing Ukraine war, Russia vetoed a US-sponsored resolution that would have extended the work of inspectors seeking to
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Speaking in a video posted on the Tunisian Presidency’s social media account, Tunisian President Kais Saied said, “I am dissolving the Parliament to protect the Tunisian State and its institutions.” Deeming the
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Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Al-Mangoush and her Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita met at the 21st Ordinary Executive Council meeting of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States. During the talks, Bourita reiterated his support
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On Thursday, the halt of the trial in absentia of Saudi suspects over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and its transfer to Saudi authorities,
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A shooting in central Israel on Tuesday killed five people, Israeli police say. An automatic rifle-wielding terrorist opened fire on civilians in the city of Bnei Brak, then moved on to another
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