Israel’s security cabinet on Thursday voted to approve a tentative cease-fire after 11 days of fighting with Hamas in Israel and the Gaza Strip. Speaking to the Arabic TV network Al-Mayadeen, a Hamas official said the group “obtained guarantees from the mediators” that Israeli airstrikes on Gaza would be halted, and the cease-fire would begin […] Read more
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he anticipates good news “in the next 24 hours” on the ongoing Colonial Pipeline cyber attack that has disabled fuel deliveries up and down the East Coast in recent days. “We have been in very, very close contact with Colonial Pipeline, which is the one area you’re […] Read more
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) developed nations are to meet in London on Tuesday to discuss the most pressing geopolitical challenges facing the world, including Russia and China. The U.K. is hosting G-7 foreign and development ministers in the first face-to-face meetings since the coronavirus pandemic began, and the first gathering of […] Read more
Saudi Arabia is in talks to sell 1% of state-backed oil giant Saudi Aramco to a “leading global energy company,” the kingdom’s crown prince told a Saudi-owned news channel this week. “I don’t want to give any promises, but there’s a discussion for the acquisition of a 1% stake by a leading global energy company,” Crown […] Read more
More Senate Democrats are pressuring President Joe Biden to extend rescue measures as the U.S. recovers from a coronavirus-fueled economic drubbing. Twenty-one members of the Senate Democratic caucus wrote to the president Tuesday urging him to include recurring direct payments and enhanced jobless benefits as part of his recovery plan. The senators, led by Finance Committee Chair […] Read more
LONDON — Algeria, Chad, Iraq and Nigeria will be among the first countries to experience political instability as oil producers feel the effects of a transition to low carbon energy production, according to a new report from risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft. In its 2021 Political Risk Outlook, published Thursday, the firm cautioned that countries that […] Read more
WASHINGTON – For the first time since President Joe Biden took office, senior U.S. officials will hold high-level, in-person talks with Chinese representatives next week in Alaska. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will meet in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18 with the People’s Republic of China’s Yang Jiechi, a […] Read more
The American poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, opined these prophetic words. “For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, “it might have been.” Given the traumatic events of the past four years, those words might well apply to the outgoing President, Donald John Trump. When he took the presidential oath of office, […] Read more
The White House is holding firm on its decision not to punish Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as some critics accuse President Joe Biden of failing a crucial test of leadership. “Our national security team believes that going after the network responsible for these actions is the best […] Read more
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to a U.S. intelligence report that could further strain U.S.-Saudi relations as the White House reassesses ties with Riyadh. The report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, released Friday, cited the crown prince’s […] Read more
