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Tillerson To Meet Arab Ministers Over Qatar Boycott

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, touring the crisis-hit Gulf for a round of intense shuttle diplomacy, arrived in...

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Total and Qatar Petroleum Unveil Vast Joint Oil Venture

Total and Qatar Petroleum on Tuesday unveiled a 25-year joint venture to develop the vast offshore Al-Shaheen oil...

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Tillerson Looks To Defuse Qatar Crisis On Gulf Tour

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives Monday in Kuwait, the key mediator between Qatar and its Arab neighbours,...

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Oil, Gas Key To World Energy For ‘decades To Come’

Oil and gas will remain central to the world's supply of energy for decades to come, despite a surge of interest in...

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Nigerian Widows Seek To Sue Shell In Dutch Courts

Four Nigerian women are taking legal action in the Dutch courts against Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell accusing it of...

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Qatar Ideal First Diplomatic Crisis For Oilman Tillerson

The Qatar crisis presents Rex Tillerson with his first challenge as Washington's top diplomat and an opportunity for...

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Anger In Nigeria’s South Over Oil Spill Clean-Up Delay

Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from...

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Gas Giant Qatar Petroleum Says Unaffected By Gulf Crisis

Energy giant Qatar Petroleum said in a statement on Saturday that it was "business as usual" despite a spiralling...

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Chad Settles Tax Dispute With Foreign Oil Firms

Chad, one of the countries hardest hit by the drop in oil prices, announced that it would seek to diversify its economy...

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From Criminal Lawyer To FBI Chief

Tapped by Donald Trump as the new head of the FBI, Christopher Wray is a high-flying criminal lawyer who represented...

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Trump Taps New FBI Director On Eve of Comey Hearing

President Donald Trump tapped respected lawyer Christopher Wray to be his new FBI director Wednesday, on the eve of...

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Trump Taps Christopher Wray As New FBI Director

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is tapping former Justice Department official Christopher Wray to...

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Scottish Power Lands US Wind Farm Deal

Scottish Power has won the right to build two offshore wind farms in the US which it says could eventually power...

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Cyber-Attack A ‘wake-Up Call’

A cyber-attack that has hit 150 countries since Friday should be treated by governments around the world as a...

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Ransomware Cyber-Attack A Wake-Up Call

A cyber-attack that has hit 150 countries since Friday should be treated by governments around the world as a...

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Saudi Budget Deficit Drops 71 Pct In Q1

Saudi Arabia's budget deficit fell by 71 percent in the first quarter of this year, the finance minister said on...

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Mozambique’s Gas Boom Dream Under Threat

The small, palm-fringed fishing town of Palma was meant to become a symbol of Mozambique's glittering future,...

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Egypt’s Sisi Visits Saudi Arabia As Tensions Ease

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a royal welcome from King Salman as he landed Sunday in Saudi Arabia...

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US-Russia War of Words Over Syria Clouds Moscow Talks

The United States and Russia were on a collision course over the alleged Syrian chemical attack on Wednesday as...