Eni wins 2 blocks outright in Egypt oil and gas exploration round
Italy’s Eni ENI.SPA was the big winner in an Egyptian auction for oil and gas exploration rights on Tuesday, securing concessions for two of the four blocks...
Middle East
ADNOC, Abu Dhabi’s TAQA secure financing for $2.2 bln water project
State oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) (TAQA.AD) said on Monday they secured the financing for...
Bahrain says two soldiers killed in Houthi drone attack
Two members of Bahrain’s army were killed and others were injured in a Houthi drone attack on Monday during a deployment in Saudi Arabia near...
Israel says US to announce it has joined Visa Waiver Program
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday it expects the United States to announce this week that it will be admitted to the Visa Waiver Program,...
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan moved to a prison with better facilities, lawyer says
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday was moved to a prison with better facilities near the national capital Islamabad after a court order,...
Iran says it defused 30 bombs in Tehran, detained 28
Authorities in Iran have neutralised 30 bombs meant to go off simultaneously in Tehran and detained 28 terrorists linked to Islamic State, Iran’s Tasnim news...
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli forces’ incursion in West Bank (Update 1)
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a fighter from the Islamist group Hamas, during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on...
Lebanese army says it exchanged tear gas, smoke bomb fire with Israel
Lebanon’s army said it fired tear gas at Israeli forces over the border on Saturday in response to smoke bombs fired at its troops, though Israel said...
Israel on cusp of region-reshaping peace with Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he believed his country was on the cusp of peace with Saudi Arabia, predicting it could be...
Saudi crown prince ‘does not care about sportswashing claims’
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said he does not care about allegations of “sportswashing” against the kingdom and that he will continue funding...
