U.S. Secretary of State urged France in a meeting with his French counterpart not to approve a digital services tax, saying it would hurt U.S. technology firms, the U.S. State Department said. France and Britain as well as Italy and Spain are pushing ahead with plans for such taxes after EU countries failed to reach an agreement for the bloc as a whole. Source Reuters Source: Reuters
Monday’s attack knocked out a tank that contained 10 percent of all fuel stored a the Jeddah plant, Saudi Aramco official says. Oil giant Saudi Aramco says customers were unaffected by an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a petroleum products distribution plant in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah. Source Al Jazeera
An Israeli government minister has confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the Saudi crown prince and US secretary of state. But Saudi officials have strongly denied reports that a meeting took place. Source Deutsche Welle
Two investigations were opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office for “violence by persons holding public authority”, after the evacuation of a few hundred migrants from Place de la République on Monday evening. Source Actu17
