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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Five United Nations employees were kidnapped by an unknown armed group in southern Yemen. The spokesperson for the highest-level UN official in Yemen, Russell Geekie, stated that the staff had been abducted
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According to a statement made by the Presidency of Tunisia, President Kais Saied, who met with Minister of Justice Leila Jaffal and Najla Bouden, approved a decree that abolished the Supreme Judicial
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According to persons familiar with the situation, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and former senior advisor, met with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler and key executives from Saudi Aramco in recent weeks as
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After a string of assaults by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeting the Gulf country, the US will assist refill the UAE’s missile interceptors, according to a top US general. “We will help with
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Dozens of families of the 2020 Beirut port blast stormed the Lebanese capital’s Justice Palace, demanding a speedier resolution to the case. Protesters displayed photographs of relatives killed in the blast and
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On Saturday, Bahraini sources affirmed that an Israeli navy officer would be stationed in the Kingdom. Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement related to the latest appointment of an Israeli officer. In
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According to a written statement from Sonatrach, Libya Petroleum Corporation President Mustafa Sanalla and Sonatrach General Manager Toufik Hakkar met in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. After the meeting, a memorandum of
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According to a local news source, around 200 phones belonging to Jordanian journalists, activists, and officials of the royal court were among the thousands targeted in the hacking scandal involving Israeli corporations.
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According to US envoy Amos Hochstein, talks on the maritime border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel are nearing completion. Hochstein delivered his remarks during a May Chidiac Foundation meeting in Beirut on
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Jordan’s Criminal Court sentenced three individuals to additional jail sentences ranging from 40 to 45 years, the country’s harshest ever. They were convicted in 2020 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women. Two
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