DUBAI -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Energy Minister, Suhail Al Mazrouei, said on Monday that the UAE, as an OPEC member, is ready to support Saudi Arabia by providing additional capacity after drone attacks caused half of the kingdom's production to go temporarily offline.
"We have certain capacity that we can put into the market," said Mazrouei in statements, according to the local newspaper The National. (UAE-Saudi Arabia-Drone Attacks)
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WASHINGTON -- One firefighter was killed and six others were injured in an explosion at a building in Farmington, northeast U.S. State of Maine, on Monday, authorities said.
The Farmington Police Department said in a statement that the incident occurred in the morning when firefighters were responding to a report of "gas smell" at the building, which was recently renovated and expanded and houses a nonprofit for people with disabilities. (US-Maine-Building Explosion)
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ANKARA -- Turkey, Russia and Iran focused on the security issue in Syria on Monday in Ankara during a three-way talk and emphasized the need of a long-lasting truce in the northwestern Idlib region of the war-torn country.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani met in the Turkish capital for the fifth summit since 2017 within the framework of the Astana process. (Ankara-Syria Situation-Three-way Talk)
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RIYADH -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper affirmed on Monday that Washington is considering "all possible options" in addressing the recent attacks on two oil plants in Abqaiq and Khurais in Saudi Arabia.
Esper, in a phone call he had with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, stressed Washington's full support for the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported. (US-Saudi Arabia-Drone Attacks) Enditem
