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  • OPEC+ agrees deep cuts to oil production despite U.S. pressure

    Relations have been strained between the kingdom and the administration of Biden, who travelled to Riyadh this year but failed to secure any firm cooperation commitments on energy. "The decision is technical, not political," United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazroui told reporters ahead of the meeting. "We will not use it as a political organisation," he said, adding that concerns about a global recession would be one of the key topics.

  • Mapped: Nuclear Reactors in the U.S.

    The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear power, representing more than 30% of the world’s nuclear power generation. America has 92 reactors in operation, providing about 20% of the country’s electricity.

  • Iran accuses U.S. of trying to use unrest to undermine country

    ran accused the United States on Monday of using unrest triggered by the death of a woman in police custody to try to destabilise the country, and warned it would not go unanswered, as the biggest protests since 2019 showed no signs of abating. Iran has cracked down on nationwide demonstrations sparked by the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini after she was detained by morality police enforcing the Islamic Republic's strict restrictions on women's dress.

  • Saudi crown prince discusses energy security with senior U.S. officials, state news agency reports

    Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met on Friday with U.S. Senior Advisor for Energy Security Amos Hochstein and the White House National Security Council's Middle East policy coordinator Brett McGurk in Jeddah, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported. "The bilateral relations between the two countries were discussed, and the active follow up from the Jeddah Summit, particularly in the fields of energy security and investment in the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, as well as the developments in the region including Yemen," SPA said.

  • Saudi Arabia, U.S. Complete International Coalition Exercise

    During a one-day training period organized by the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC), Royal Saudi Navy ship HMS As-Siddiq (PGG 511) and U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) participated in latest iteration of exercise Sentinel Shield “This was a good training opportunity for our crew while working with our Saudi partners in the Arabian Gulf,” said Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Hills, commanding officer of Charles Moulthrope. “They were very professional and extremely easy to work with.”

  • U.S. Secretary of State Blinken urges extension of Yemen truce

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Yemeni Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi on Monday in New Yorkand discussed the need to extend a U.N.-mediated truce by Oct. 2, the State Department said. Yemen has been split by a seven-year-old war pitting a fractious coalition led by Saudi Arabia against the Iran-aligned Houthi group. The Houthis largely hold the north and the internationally recognized government is based in the south. A U.N.-mediated truce between the coalition and the Houthis has largely held since April. The United Nations is making efforts to extend and expand the truce deal between the coalition and the Houthis that expires in early October.

  • U.S. responds to Iran document, in sign still seeking to revive nuclear pact

    “The most recent Iranian response did not, of course, put us in a position to close the deal,” Price continued. “In fact, it was a step backwards in many ways.” “Our bottom line contention is this: it is not too late to conclude a deal,” Price said.

  • Russia Secretly Gave $300 Million to Political Parties and Officials Worldwide, U.S. Says

    Ned Price, the State Department spokesman, confirmed at a news conference on Tuesday that the findings on Russia were the result of work by U.S. intelligence agencies. He added that Russian election meddling was “an assault on sovereignty,” similar to Russia’s war on Ukraine. “In order to fight this, in many ways we have to put a spotlight on it,” he said.

  • Tribal spies in Syria help U.S. win drone war against Islamic State

    With Islamic State's last battle-hardened forces holed up in remote areas, the United States is turning to the aid of tribesmen burning to exact revenge for the atrocities unleashed by the group when it ruled over swathes of Syria and Iraq.

  • Israel sees no new Iran nuclear deal before U.S. November mid-terms

    Israel does not anticipate a renewal of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers before the U.S. mid-term elections in November, an Israeli official said on Sunday, after European parties to the negotiations voiced frustration with Tehran. Having supported then-U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from a 2015 Iranian nuclear deal which it deemed too limited, Israel has similarly been advocating against the re-entry sought by the current U.S. administration.