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OPEC+ Agrees Oil Supply Boost After UAE, Saudi Reach Compromise

July 18, 2021
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MOSCOW/DUBAI/LONDON—OPEC+ ministers agreed on Sunday to boost oil supply from August to cool prices which have climbed to 2-1/2 year highs as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The group, which includes OPEC countries and allies like Russia, crucially agreed new production allocations from May 2022 after Saudi Arabia and others agreed to…

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Biden Ending US Support for Saudi-Led Offensive in Yemen

February 4, 2021
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President Joe Biden will announce an end Thursday to U.S. support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened human suffering in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. Biden sees the United States “playing a more active and engaged role” to end the war through diplomacy,…

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Saudi Appeals Court Reduces Sentence of US-Saudi Physician: Documents

January 17, 2021
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RIYADH—A Saudi appeals court has nearly halved a six-year jail sentence handed to a U.S.-Saudi physician whose case has been closely followed by Washington and suspended the rest of his term, court documents showed, meaning he will not have to serve any more time in prison. Prominent physician Walid al-Fitaihi was detained in 2017 under…

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