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Suicide bombers attack Yemeni army checkpoints, 10 killed

Two suicide bombers tried to ram vehicles laden with explosives through two Yemeni military checkpoints near the government-held port city of Mukalla on Monday,...

18 dead in week of Saudi rains and flooding

Eighteen people have been killed during heavy rains and floods over the past week in Saudi Arabia, the civil defence agency said on Thursday. In...

Paris to host Syria crisis meeting with allies on Tuesday: minister

France will host a meeting on the Syria crisis with Western and Arab allies later on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. The “working dinner”...

Saudi unit of auditor Deloitte penalized by market regulator

Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority has suspended the local unit of New York-based auditing giant Deloitte from offering its auditing services to the kingdom's...

Russian embassy hit by rockets in Syria, no casualties reported

Two shells were fired at Russia's embassy in Damascus on Tuesday during a demonstration in support of Moscow, but there were no immediate reports...

Saudi economic reform plan aims for revenue surge

Saudi Arabia plans to more than triple the government's non-oil revenues and clamp down on public-sector salaries over the next five years, ministers said...

Senior Saudi prince condemns Obama comments on Middle East

A senior Saudi Arabian prince on Monday condemned comments attributed to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying the American leader had "thrown us a curve...

Erdogan signals possible warming of ties with Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled a possible warming of relations with Israel, saying in comments published Monday that the entire region would...

Two women die of MERS in Riyadh, Saudi

Two elderly Saudi women died from Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus virus (MERS-CoV) Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  The Health Ministry reported that the victims were...

Saudi Arabia's new oil policy works in reclaiming market share

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is slowly regaining market share following its 2014 decision to no longer support prices, data shows, but has a...

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