Oil blues see 7% Tadawul drop
JEDDAH: The Saudi stock market plunged nearly 7 percent on Sunday in relentless selling sparked by falling oil prices and a decision by Fitch...
Turkish court releases 14 students being tried for opposing Afrin operation
A Turkish court on Wednesday released 14 college students who are on trial for opposing Turkey's incursion in northern Syria against the Kurdish YPG...
Qatar rules out military intervention in Syria
Qatar's Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah has ruled out sending troops to fight Syria's government, Qatari-owned Al Jazeera English quoted him as saying on Wednesday.
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Shift in Saudi oil thinking deepens OPEC split
As OPEC officials gathered this week to formulate a long-term strategy, few in the room expected the discussions would end without a clash. But...
Israeli policeman gets 9 months for killing Palestinian teen
An Israeli court sentenced a border policeman to nine months in prison on Wednesday for the fatal shooting of a stone-throwing teenage Palestinian protester...
2m pilgrims flock to Mina
Two million Muslims from around the world arrived in the Mina valley outside the holy city of Makkah. They came by bus, car or...
Kuwait steps up deportations of expat workers
Kuwait has stepped up deportations of expatriate workers this year, a newspaper in the Gulf emirate reported Friday, with most expelled for outstaying their...
Iraq PM Abadi says votes should be recounted if electronic system faulty – state...
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday that if a new electronic voting system used in weekend elections was found to be faulty,...
ISIS seizes northern Iraqi village behind frontlines
ISIS militants pushed through a gap in the Iraqi army frontline on Thursday to capture a northern village, local sources said, demonstrating the group's continued...
Qatar energy minister wants 'fair' oil price
The oil market is slowly recovering from its steep drop over the past two years but crude is still not trading at a "fair...
