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In This Week's Edition: Qatar Signs LNG Deal With Germany for 15 Years And Gets "Green Light" for A $1B Armes deal From USA "During Half Time", Saudi Oil Shipments Drop! .. And More!
News stories I’m following this week …
Qatar Signs Limited Natural-Gas Supply Deal With Germany. (WSJ)
Crypto's Future Could Look Like Iraq's Past. (Bloomberg)
Saudi Arabia to host China-Arab summit during Xi visit, sources say. (Reuters)
Chinese tech flying high across the Gulf. (Asia Times)
U.S. OKs $1-billion arms sale to Qatar during key World Cup match. (LA Times)
General Asim Munir takes charge as chief of Pakistan's powerful army. (Reuters)
Saudi Oil Exports Drop as Shipments to US and China Plunge. (Bloomberg)
Progressive News Outlet Launched With UAE Money Loses CEO, Burns Millions of Dollars on Fancy Offices. (FreeBeacon)
Israel forces detain Palestinian journalist and 16 others (The New Arab)
West Bank: Two brothers among five Palestinians killed by Israel. (Al Jazeera)
US Designates Pakistani Taliban and Al-Qaida as Global Terrorists Groups. (NBC)
In other news …
A guide to Saudi Arabia’s nature reserves: the Soudah Mountains. (Independent)
Justin Bieber launches clean water company Generosity at Qatar’s World Cup. (CNN)
Morocco snatch top spot as Canada go home empty-handed. (The Times)
Qatar didn’t force German team’s “diversity plane” back to Oman before World Cup. (PolitiFact)
On Social-Media …
Qatar Is Exceeding Expectations (Sports Illustrated)