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OPEC+ cartel’s grip on oil marketplace loosening: IEA

Slowing demand growth and rising US crude production will make it more difficult for OPEC+ to continue to prop up prices, the IEA said on Thursday.The OPEC+ cartel, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, has been restraining production...

Washington presentations indicators of strained endurance with best friend Israel

The administration of President Joe Biden has begun to publicly air its differences with the Israeli government over the conduct of the war in Gaza, expressing its exasperation even as it remains largely steady in its support.Biden referred...

Harvard scholars, school hope for finish to anti-Semitism row

Students and professors at Harvard are feeling bruised but hoping for a return to calm after claims of anti-Semitism linked to fury over the war in Gaza ripped through the famous institution and other elite US universities.The historic...

COP28: ancient deal agreed for global to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels

The COP28 United Nations summit reached a landmark agreement on Wednesday morning that supporters said marked the first time countries have been pushed to move away from fossil fuels to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.The 12-day...

Biden warns Netanyahu dangers shedding reinforce for Hamas struggle

US President Joe Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday that the country risked losing global support for its war against Hamas because of its "indiscriminate" bombing of Gaza.In his most blunt remarks since the October 7...

UN meeting strikes previous Safety Council to take lead on Gaza

The UN General Assembly was due to vote Tuesday on a non-binding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza -- a call that the paralyzed Security Council has so far failed to make.The United States, one of...

Fleeing Israel too, Ukrainian Jews search safe haven in Hungary

Rabbi Mendel Moscowitz from the northeastern city of Kharkiv never imagined his family would be forced to flee a second war after leaving Ukraine for Israel last year.Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the family of...

Key Pentagon coverage officers to go away amid Heart East tensions

WASHINGTON – Two senior Pentagon policy officials are expected to leave their roles in the coming days amid a gap in the department's Senate-confirmed leadership as sharp tensions with Iran and its proxies in the Middle East threaten to...

No longer all Arab states backing Saudi Arabia in COP28 talks

Saudi Arabia, the staunchest opponent of phasing out fossil fuels at COP28, may dominate the Arab bloc at the UN climate talks in Dubai. But it is far from the only voice."We're seeing a split between the UAE...

Israel bombs south Gaza after Hamas hostage danger

Israel bombed southern Gaza's main city on Monday after Hamas warned no Israeli hostages would leave the territory alive unless its demands for prisoner releases were met.Hamas triggered the conflict when it carried out the deadliest-ever attack on...