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An OPEC flag is seen on the day of OPEC+ meeting in Vienna in Vienna, Austria October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner/File Photo

OPEC+ Members Line Up To Endorse Production Cut After U.S Coercion Claim

OPEC+ member states lined up on Sunday to endorse a steep production cut agreed this month after the White House, stepping up a war of words with Riyadh, claimed Saudi Arabia had pushed some other…

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Book: “I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at The White House”

Another book written by a former official in Trump’s administration, more unpublished information, and another personal attack from Trump. But this time the personal attack was really personal…

Mohammad Ali Salih 12 October 2021

President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Zelensky’s Visit to Washington

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was finally invited to the White House. This was an opportunity he actively and unsuccessfully sought during Donald Trump’s presidency. Coming fresh off the…

Maia Otarashvili 10 September 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

America’s “Other Options” on Iran

“We’re putting diplomacy first and seeing where that takes us,” US President Joe Biden said during his first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the White House on August 27. “But…

Ahmed Taher 03 September 2021

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