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U.S. sues to seize $1 billion in assets tied to Malaysian state fund

U.S. prosecutors are trying to seize more than $1 billion in assets they said were tied to money stolen from the Malaysian state fund, overseen...

Saudi giant SABIC trades lower after profit drop

Shares of Saudi petrochemical giant SABIC traded almost five percent lower on Monday after the firm reported a drop of 19.57 percent in full-year...

Saudi's Bahri says signs 700 million riyal loan for oil tankers

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia has signed a 700 million riyal ($186.7 million) loan to partly-finance the purchase of three very large...

Oil prices tumble 7%: Tadawul edges down

Stock markets across the Middle East fell on Tuesday alongside steep drops in global stock prices because of renewed uncertainty about the state of China's...

Uganda aim for oil production by 2018 after pipeline deal

A Ugandan official says hopes to produce crude oil by 2018 have been boosted by an agreement to build a pipeline through Tanzania to...

Foreign governments press Saudi Arabia on workers' delayed wages

Foreign governments are pressing authorities and executives in Saudi Arabia to ensure that local construction firms make delayed salary payments to thousands of workers,...

Saudi floats idea to lift oil prices, Iran and Russia reject cuts

Saudi Arabia appears to have floated the idea of a global deal to balance oil markets and lift prices from around the lowest levels...

Oil rebounds as producers agree to meet

Oil prices rebounded Wednesday, as Qatar said producers from within and outside OPEC would meet next month to discuss a freezing of output. Prices had...

Saudi 2016 budget marks end of era for lavish Gulf subsidies

An austere state budget released by Saudi Arabia this week is likely to mark the end of an era for the Gulf's lavish cradle-to-grave...

Iraq, U.S. Exim Bank to sign $3 billion agreement

The U.S. Exim Bank plans to extend Iraq a $3 billion credit line to help rebuild the country after the war with Islamic State,...

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