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...Even Taliban fighters are having to adjust: Mohammad Rassoul Syed Ghazniavi said he was exhausted from dealing with members of the public who flock to the mayor’s office, where he now works....
...He has also appointed his older half brother, Prince Abdulaziz, as energy minister, replacing industry veteran Khalid al-Falih, who is privately against the IPO....
...Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, said on Thursday that Mr Trump was being “deceived” into war by hawks in Washington and the Islamic republic’s regional rivals....
...The PIF’s increased influence and the removal of Khalid al-Falih is the subject of our deeply reported piece on the latest details surrounding Aramco and its IPO here....
...Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, wrote on Twitter that Iran would take the case of the US encroaching on Iranian territory to the UN....
...The executive committee includes Mr Fakeih and Mr Rumayyan and several others including Ahmed al-Khateeb, chairman of the General Authority for Entertainment, Mohammad al-Shaikh, a minister of state and...
...Khalid Al Falih, the kingdom’s energy minister and chairman of state oil company Saudi Aramco, said last month: “Saudi Arabia is the most prolific basin for oil and gas....
...The Wall Street Journal subsequently reported sources saying that so far Mr Trump had not spoken with Mr Falih or Mohammad Barkindo, Opec’s secretary-general....
...It was the US that started Iran’s nuclear programme in the 1950s, providing Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi with the country’s first research reactor and the enriched uranium needed to fuel it....
...al-Tobaishi, former head of protocol at the Royal Court – Amr al-Dabbagh, former governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority – Alwaleed al-Ibrahim, owner of television network MBC – Khalid...
...As Mohammad Barkindo, Opec’s secretary-general, pointed out, in the oil business “everybody benefited” from the curbs on production agreed at the end of 2016 by the cartel and its allies including Russia...
...Mohammad Barkindo, the cartel’s secretary-general, said Mr Trump’s tweet about oil and Opec last month had prompted ministers to start thinking about increasing production....
...Mr Barkindo said Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Khalid al-Falih and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak were “engaging” the other participating countries to seek widespread support for the proposal...
...Mohammad Barkindo said Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Khalid al-Falih and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak were taking their “cue” from Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and “engaging” the other participating...
...In the last Energy Source, I wrote about Mohammad Barkindo, secretary-general of Opec, and his appeal for more allies to help manage the oil market....
...Opec Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday that the current strategy had put the oil market “on the path of recovery”....
...In a press briefing on Tuesday evening, Mohammad Barkindo, Opec secretary-general, played down concerns about high inventories in the US....
...Mohammad Barkindo, Opec’s secretary-general, played down concerns that oil inventories in the US remained unexpectedly high, saying that companies had begun to run down offshore stocks....
...Mohammad Barkindo, Opec’s secretary general, is also speaking at the conference....
...In December, Khalid al-Falih and Alexander Novak, the energy ministers of Saudi Arabia and Russia, orchestrated a 24-nation plan to cut oil output in the first half of 2017....
...Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Khalid al Falih told Reuters on Thursday there are no “discussions of substance” yet on Opec production levels....
...The sacking of Mr Naimi is the latest act of power consolidation for the country’s deputy crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman....
...“We have a very good deal,” said Opec’s secretary-general, Mohammad Barkindo, with his thumbs up. The agreement was viewed positively by equity markets....
...One member is Mohammad al-Sheikh, a young Harvard-educated lawyer who previously worked for the World Bank....
...One of the city’s best-known designers, Khalid Shafar runs a successful office in the city, utilising wood and natural fibres, among other materials....
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