Biden re-evaluates US relationship with Saudi Arabia after OPEC decision

Biden is willing to work with Congress on the future of Saudi relations, Kirby added.

President Joe Biden is re-evaluating the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia after OPEC announced last week that it would cut oil production, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday.

“I think the president’s been very clear that this is a relationship that we need to continue to re-evaluate, that we need to be willing to revisit,” Kirby said in an interview with CNN. “And certainly in light of the OPEC decision, I think that’s where he is.”

Biden is willing to work with Congress on the future of Saudi relations, Kirby added.

Bob Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday called for a freeze on cooperating with Saudi Arabia, including on most arms sales, accusing the kingdom of helping to underwrite the Russian war in Ukraine after OPEC announced last week that it would cut oil production.

Biden was disappointed in the OPEC decision, Kirby said, and “he’s willing to work with Congress to think through what that relationship ought to look like going forward.”

“And I think he’s going to be willing to start to have those conversations right away. I don’t think this is anything that’s going to have to wait or should wait, quite frankly, for much longer,” Kirby added.

The issue does not only concern the war in Ukraine but it is a matter of U.S. national security interests, Kirby added.

NATO tightens security; G7 warns Belarus

NATO said on Tuesday its member states were boosting security around key installations after Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine. A G7 joint statement also warned Russia’s ally Belarus against any involvement and condemned Russia’s missile strikes, saying attacks on civilians was a war crime.

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenine

Two missing women suspected killed in human sacrifice in Kerala

The police were investigating two separate missing cases of women who sold lotteries in Ernakulam, when they uncovered a human sacrifice plot, the IGP told TNM.

A probe into two missing women from Ernakulam has led the Kerala police to a suspected case of human sacrifice. The police suspect that a couple from Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta and a man from Ernakulam abducted and murdered the two women. The alleged motive was human sacrifice for prosperity.

A probe into two missing women from Ernakulam has led the Kerala police to a suspected case of human sacrifice. The police suspect that a couple from Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta and a man from Ernakulam abducted and murdered the two women. The alleged motive was human sacrifice for prosperity.

Rosily’s daughter Manju returned to Kerala from Uttar Pradesh in August to look for her mother. She told TNM that the police had not officially informed her that her mother was murdered, she had learnt it from the media. “I hope it is not true, I have been visiting police stations regularly,” she said.

According to reports, Rashid created a fake social media profile in the name of Sreedevi and contacted Bhagaval Singh. Pretending to be Sreedevi, Rashid informed Bhagaval Singh that a tantric could ensure his prosperity. Rashid then introduced himself to Bhagval and his wife as a tantric and suggested human sacrifice.

The two women were allegedly abducted by Rashid and later killed. Bhagval Singh, Laila and Rashid have been arrested and are in police custody