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  • Theresa May Plot
    Islamist suicide plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May foiled

    A terror plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May has been foiled, Sky sources have confirmed.

  • Saudi Women
    Vote to allow Saudi women diplomats falls short

    A recommendation to allow Saudi women to take up leading positions in the kingdom’s diplomatic missions abroad was defeated by a single vote at the Shura Council.

  • Qatar
    Trouble in sport’s paradise: Can Qatar overcome the diplomatic crisis?

    That leaves Qatar with the issue of the integrity of its bid, which may be in terms of public diplomacy the toughest nut to crack. On the principle of where there is smoke, there is fire, Qatar is in a bind.

  • Oil Policy
    Saudi Arabia steps up oil diplomacy ahead of OPEC meeting

    Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih and his staff are busy these days. The minister and some of his aides are in continuous talks with global producers to convince them to attend the meeting of OPEC in Vienna on Nov. 30.

  • Middle East Peace
    Palestinians Threaten To Suspend Talks If U.S. Closes PLO Mission

    The State Department says the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization must close under a little-known provision in U.S. law that forbids it from requesting Israelis be prosecuted for crimes against Palestinians. Trump may reverse the closure within 90 days if the Palestinians prove they are engaging in peace negotiations with the Israelis.

  • Flynn-Turkey Scandal
    Flynn probed for plot to kidnap Turkish cleric for $15M

    Special counsel Robert Mueller is probing an alleged plot by former White House National Security Adviser Mike Flynn to return a Muslim cleric living in the US to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars, according to a report.

  • Middle East Unrest
    Perspective: The Middle East Is Nearing an Explosion

    All three developments point in a similar direction: that of an increasingly emboldened and single-minded Saudi leadership eager to work with the U.S. to counter an Iranian threat whose scale it believes was made all the starker by the day’s Yemen-related events.

  • Global Oil Markets
    Petro Diplomacy: Navigating the New Oil Era

    The success of the historic OPEC and non-OPEC agreement in cutting production has exceeded industry expectations. However, market confidence in the ability of OPEC and non-OPEC producers to maintain strong compliance with lower production levels is waning as several key participants continue to exceed targets and the group seems reluctant to make deeper production cuts amid the much slower market rebalancing.

  • Nahed Taher
    Saudi female banker ties up with fund to deploy $100 billion in kingdom

    Nahed Taher, the first female Saudi senior economist at National Commercial Bank and the founder of Gulf One Investment Bank, has set up a joint investment vehicle with the investment arm of one the largest pension funds in the United States that will deploy as much as US$100 billion in capital towards financing projects, leveraging the kingdom’s privatisation agenda.

  • Fatah and Hamas
    3,000 Palestinian Authority police to redeploy to Gaza in unity deal

    Some 3,000 police officers from the Palestinian Authority are to redeploy to Gaza as part of a unity agreement between rival movements Fatah and Hamas, a Palestinian official said on Thursday.