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Oil giant Saudi Aramco confirms looking into share offers

State-owned Saudi Aramco, the world's largest crude oil producer and exporter, said Friday it is considering a public share offer. The company "has been studying...

Saudi Housing Ministry imposes annual tax on undeveloped land

Saudi Arabia has imposed an annual tax on undeveloped urban land, the Housing Ministry said on Sunday, finalising the rules for a system intended...

6 dead as Yemen loyalists and Al-Qaeda suspects clash

Six people were killed in a firefight Friday between Yemeni pro-government forces and Al-Qaeda suspects who were travelling in a weapons-laden vehicle toward second...

Saudi police arrest 9 American 'terror' suspects

Saudi authorities have arrested nine American citizens among 33 "terror" suspects rounded up over the past week, the Saudi Gazette newspaper reported Sunday. Four Americans...

Iran sanctions ending in January ‘not impossible’

Iran’s aim of having sanctions against it lifted by the end of January under a deal with major powers is “not impossible”, the head...

At least 30 killed in Somalia restaurant bombings claimed by Al-Shebab

At least 30 people have been killed in twin bomb attacks claimed by Al-Shebab at a busy restaurant in the Somali city of Baidoa,...

Yemen fighting to halt April 10, peace talks start April 18

The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a cessation of hostilities starting at midnight on April 10 and peace talks in Kuwait beginning...

Israel hopes spy Pollard can emigrate for US embassy opening

Israel hopes Jonathan Pollard, an American spy who served 30 years in prison for selling secrets to the Jewish state, will be allowed to...

Syria opposition meets as ceasefire efforts intensify

Syria's main opposition umbrella group was meeting in the Saudi capital on Monday as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire. "There is a...

Syria’s war enters its tenth year

Amid Coronavirus and the global unrest and a fast-moving news cycle, it can be difficult to remember that the war in Syria is still...

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