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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After handing in its own final proposals, Iran has said any potential breakthrough in the Vienna talks aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
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Rebar Ahmed has been nominated by one of the leading Kurdish political parties in Iraq to run for the Iraqi presidency. Ahmed, who has served as the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government’s Interior
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Lebanon’s position is deteriorating, former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri stated during a meeting with his parliamentary party. Al-Hariri met with his supporters during his visit to his father’s grave on the 17th
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The benchmark stock index of Turkey, Borsa Istanbul, and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed an agreement. Borsa Istanbul will provide implementation and consulting
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On Tuesday, Ethiopian lawmakers voted to lift the country’s state of emergency after the approval of a motion in parliament that faced stiff resistance but sailed through with a majority vote. The
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Reports indicate that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi plans to visit Qatar on Thursday in his first foreign trip to a Gulf Arab neighbor since he took power in August. Reports from Iran’s
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The Turkish military neutralized four terrorists linked to the PKK’s Syrian offshoot, the YPG, in northern Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry stated. The terrorists attempted to attack an area falling under Turkey’s
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On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett landed in Bahrain for the first time as the first Israeli head of government to visit the Gulf state. Bennett is scheduled to meet with
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Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip have raised $10 million in aid in less than a month to build homes for Syrian refugees, according to activists behind the campaign.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Tuesday that Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have a shared objective of strengthening bilateral ties. “We are taking necessary steps to strengthen economic
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