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Saudis pledge not to shock oil markets as OPEC clash looms

Saudi Arabia promised on Thursday not to shock the oil markets as OPEC headed into a heated debate about production policy, with Iran insisting...

Emir of Kuwait to meet Russia's Putin, discuss Middle East

The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, will meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the Russian city of Sochi on Nov. 10, the...

Tunisia under state of emergency after bus bombing

Tunisia was under a state of emergency Wednesday after the bombing of a presidential guard bus killed at least 12 people, the latest attack...

Pakistan included in Saudi Arabia's 34-state Islamic military alliance against terrorism

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism, according to a joint statement published on state...

Gulf stocks dive over low oil prices and geopolitical crises

Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf states ended 2015 in negative territory on Thursday, following a massive decline in oil prices and regional turmoil. The...

Syrian government forces attack rebels near Aleppo, talks to convene

Syrian rebels fought back against an offensive by government forces near a supply route into the city of Aleppo on Monday and said there...

Al-Shebab fighters seize Somali port

Somalia's Al-Shebab insurgents retook their former stronghold of Merka on Friday from African Union troops who pulled out of the port they had held...

Syrian terrorist list produces 163 names and no agreement

Major powers trying to forge a Syrian peace plan have made almost no progress on overcoming one of the main obstacles to ending the...

Two dead in Saudi floods

Two people have been killed by flooding in southwestern Saudi Arabia, state television reported on Thursday. The pair died when three areas in the mountainous...

Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia for second time in China crude supply

Russia supplied a record amount of crude oil to China in September, surpassing Saudi Arabia for the second time as the top seller to...

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