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Attacker shoots six dead at offices in Saudi Arabia

An attacker opened fire at local education department offices in southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing six employees in what authorities are treating as...

Saudi Arabia to send planes to Turkey for ISIS fight

Saudi Arabia will send aircraft to NATO-member Turkey's Incirlik air base for the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister...

Saudi says ready to send forces to Syria if coalition decides

Saudi Arabia would be willing to commit its special forces to Syria should the international coalition decide to deploy ground troops against Islamic State,...

Kuwait backs alliances against ISIS, but no troops

Kuwait backs international efforts against hardline Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria although the Gulf Arab state's constitution prevents it from fighting in anything...

Saudi Arabian builders delay payments amid state spending clampdown

Some Saudi Arabian construction companies are struggling to pay their staff on time in a sign of growing pressure on the economy from low...

Russia's Sechin floats idea of oil output cuts

The head of Russian state-run oil company Rosneft on Wednesday floated the idea of a coordinated output cut by major oil-producing countries to prop...

Live blog: The Military Balance 2016

The Military Balance is an annual assessment held by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) that covers military capabilities and defence economics of 171...

GCC debt to double, assets to slide by 2020

Public debt of the oil-rich Gulf states is expected to double and assets decline by a third by 2020 as they seek to finance...

Wave of Aden killings tests Gulf role in Yemen

The recapture of Aden by Gulf Arab coalition troops last summer has failed to provide any respite from Yemen's civil war, with residents facing...

Indonesia sentences 7 for ISIS links

An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced seven men for conspiring with the Islamic State group, the first time the country has sent anyone to...

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