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Omani oil and gas minister Mohammad bin Hamd al-Rumhy said the government would not be participating in the International Energy Forum scheduled at the end of next month in Algeria because they are “disappointed by the (OPEC) group’s failure to Read more
The decision to remove Saudi Arabia from the list of child rights violators in a UN report on the issue was unwelcomed by Iran. Iran’s Permanent Representative to the UN Gholamali Khoshrou told a Security Council Open Debate on children Read more
“The oil market is oversupplied now but there are expectations that there will be balance between demand and supply in the market” Iranian oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told state TV amid reports of OPEC members increasing their total output Read more
The visit of a former Saudi military general together with a delegation of academics and businessmen to Israel has been described as an isolated event by an unnamed governmental official. The visit “does not reflect the views of the Saudi Read more
A report published by Amnesty International alleged that armed Syrian rebel groups fighting against the Assad regime have “committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, including abductions, torture and summary killings” on children, Christians, Kurds, peaceful human rights activists and Read more
President Hadi of Yemen thanked and applauded the efforts of the Saudi-led coalition and determination to reinstate him as the legitimate president of the country following his removal by the Houthi Movement. In a statement published by the official news Read more
Saudi Arabia had been targeted by three coordinated attacks on Monday, carried out in the cities of Jeddah, Qatif and Medina, but the most shocking of them all is the attack by a suicide bomber against Prophet Mohammed’s (S.A.W) mosque, Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih stated that the Kingdom exercises responsible oil policies as he acknowledged that “despite the surplus in global oil production and lower prices, the focus of attention remains on countries such as Saudi Arabia which, Read more
A court in Egypt on Tuesday nullified the government’s decision to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi had announced in April, during a visit by King Salman, that Tiran and Sanafir islands would Read more
The Kuwaiti cabinet expressed Sunday at its weekly meeting “full support for all measures taken by Bahrain aimed at combating extremism and terrorism in all their forms and manifestations.” Bahrain announced last week a number of strict measures in its Read more