Via Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis in reuters.com: The United States and Saudi Arabia have made good progress in talks on normalising ties between the kingdom and Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday without providing a timeline for concluding a deal. I believe we can reach an agreement, which would present a historic opportunity for two nations, but also for the region as a whole, Blinken said at a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo.
