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  • Israel’s Naftali Bennett Backs Hard Line on Iran, Softer Tone With U.S.

    In an interview before meeting with President Biden, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he opposed U.S. efforts to restore a nuclear deal with Iran and ruled out peace talks with the Palestinians.

  • UAE to temporarily host 5,000 Afghans at U.S. request

    The UAE has so far facilitated the evacuation of 8,500 people from Afghanistan on its aircraft and through its airports, it said.

  • Hezbollah Warns U.S., Israel Not To Stop Iranian Oil To Lebanon

    "We don't want to get into a challenge with anyone, we don't want to get into a problem with anyone. We want to help our people," Nasrallah said in a televised address, as carried by Reuters.

  • OPEC+ sees no need to meet U.S. call for more supply, sources say

    OPEC and its allies, including Russia, believe oil markets do not need more oil than they plan to release in the coming months, despite U.S. pressure to add supplies to check an oil price rise, four sources told Reuters. The price of international benchmark Brent crude has risen 35% this year towards $70 a barrel, driven by economic recovery from the pandemic and supply restraint by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners in the alliance known as OPEC+.

  • Saudi Arabia’s PIF raises stake in U.S. game maker Activision by 13.3 percent

    The Public Investment Fund (PIF) bought 4.4 million shares in the video game maker in the second quarter, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. PIF, which did not immediately respond to a comment request on the filing, is at the centre of Saudi Arabia's plans to transform the economy by creating new sectors and diversifying revenues away from oil.

  • Inside the attack that almost sent the U.S. to war with Iran

    Marine General Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, monitored the attack from his headquarters at Tampa, Florida - ducking into this small room off his main operations center where he could talk directly to the only two people above him in the chain of command.

  • As U.S. Leaves Afghanistan, History Suggests It May Struggle to Stay Out

    After grueling years of watching United States forces fight and die in a faraway land, the president appealed to growing war weariness among voters and brought the troops home. Not long after, an extremist group stormed through areas the Americans had left, killing civilians, seizing power and sweeping away billions of dollars’ worth of American efforts to leave behind a stable nation.

  • U.S. gives $165 million in new Yemen aid, urges others to follow

    The United States is providing $165 million in new humanitarian assistance for Yemen, the U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen said on Monday, adding he hoped it would encourage other donors to come forward with funds to address Yemen's funding shortage. A serious gap in funding for the Yemen aid response appeared last year, but more funds started flowing from March-April after U.N. officials said Yemen could see the world's worst famine in decades.

  • Blinken speaks to Saudi minister, repeats U.S. call for rights progress

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Monday and repeated a call for progress on human rights. A State Department statement said Blinken and the Saudi minister discussed regional security and the attack last month on the tanker Mercer Street in the Arabian Sea, which Washington blames on Iran, and other regional issues.

  • Iran: Internal Politics and U.S. Policy and Options

    U.S.-Iran relations have been mostly adversarial since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, occasionally flaring into direct conflict while at other times witnessing negotiations or tacit cooperation on selected issues. U.S. officials have consistently identified the regime’s support for militant Middle East groups as a significant threat to U.S. interests and allies, and limiting the expansion of Iran’s nuclear program has been a key U.S. policy goal for nearly two decades.