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In This Week's Edition: Saudi Losses A Messi But Gains A PGA! Qatar Budget Surplus, Bahrain Striped Of World Title, Another UAE-Based Company Just Got Sanctioned By The US Treasury ... And More!

News stories I’m following this week …

• Qatar records budget surplus of $5.4 billion in first quarter. (Reuters)

• Saudi foreign minister: wants U.S. to bid in domestic nuclear program. (Reuters)

• An oil state hired the biggest PR firms to buff its climate image. It didn’t help. (Politico)

• As U.S. Shifts Focus to Russia and China, Islamic State Continues Killing. (WSJ)

• The impact of PGA Tour-LIV Golf deal goes far beyond sports. (CNN)

• Kuwaitis go to the polls again in bid to shift political crisis. (Reuters)

• Saudi Output Cut to Boost Oil Prices Could Be Costly. (WSJ)

• White House denies U.S., Iran near interim nuclear deal. (MarketWatch)

• Not a question of money: Soccer legend Lionel Messi chooses Inter Miami in blow to Saudi Arabia. (CNBC)

• The HIMARS Deployment In Syria And U.S. Force Posture. (Forbes)

• Bahrain stripped of endurance world title after equine dope case. (Aljazeera)

‘In other news’ …

• Following the LIV-PGA Tour merger, could F1 be next for the Saudi Arabian-led PIF? (SBNation)

• Egypt bans Dutch archaeologists over exhibition linking Beyonce and Rihanna to Queen Nefertiti. (BBC)

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On Social-Media …

House members seek sanctions on people involved in Iranian oil sales. (MSNBC)

In other ‘posts’ …

Click the image for the original Tweet + here for the full US Treasury statment

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