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Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Lebanon has secured its “full rights” in the latest text drafted by US mediators to demarcate the maritime border with Israel, its lead negotiator has said, after Israel said it met its terms too. “Lebanon has obtained its full rights, and all of its remarks have been taken into account,” said lea...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday announced reaching a “historic deal” with Lebanon on their maritime border dispute. In a statement, Lapid said the deal will “strengthen Israel’s security, inject billions into Israel’s economy, and ensure the stability of our northern border.R...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has started to test the pumping of gas from the disputed Karish gas field amid tension with Lebanon, according to local media. Israeli Channel 12 reported that Israel’s security establishment has given the US gas drilling company Energean the green light to start its tests. Public broadcaster KAN said full pumping [&hel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) is close to reaching a technical deal with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) to extract gas from the Marine gas field off the shore of Gaza, according to a Palestinian source. The source told Anadolu Agency that both sides will sign the deal […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – A trio of Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives has introduced legislation that would require the removal of critical US military assets stationed in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The act’s introduction came one day after Riyadh and Abu Dhabi threw their weight behind OPEC+’...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The decision by OPEC+ to reduce oil production this week has angered several US lawmakers, with some calling for halting Washington’s alliance with Saudi Arabia. OPEC+ agreed Wednesday to cut production by 2 million barrels per day. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi threw their weight behind the decision. The decision is a “cl...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday rejected Lebanese changes on a US proposed maritime border agreement. “Lapid made clear that he will not compromise on Israel’s security and economic interests even if it means there will not be an agreement soon,” The Jerusalem Post newspaper quoted an Israeli so...
BEIRUT (AA) – A Lebanese lawmaker entered a private bank in the capital Beirut to demand a portion of her deposit, according to local media. Bank officials, however, denied the demands of Cynthia Zarazir to withdraw $8,500 of her funds that she said she needed for surgery, reported the Al Jadeed TV channel. As Zarazir […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has requested changes to a US proposal to resolve a maritime border dispute with Israel. Lebanon’s Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab confirmed the request, stressing that Lebanon will not pay any share from the Karish Gas Field to Tel Aviv. He noted that this principle forms the basis of the […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh returned to normalcy Tuesday night after nearly seven hours as the power supply was restored after a record-long nationwide blackout. According to the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board and Power Grid Company, the main transmission line near the Jamuna River tripped, causing a national grid f...
