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Oil in 'tumultous' week after output freeze deal

The oil market was gripped this week by an output freeze deal between the world's top two producers Saudi Arabia and Russia. Prices initially rebounded...

Saudi to take $10 billion foreign loan

Saudi Arabia will take a $10 billion loan from foreign banks to help close the gap in its state finances from collapsed oil revenues,...

Fake Zamzam bottles seized

Municipal inspectors here seized a huge quantity of fake Zamzam ready for sale from a group of expatriate residents. Head of Uhud Municipality Awad Al-Tamimi...

Brent oil hits 4-month high on reports of output freeze deal

Global oil prices hit four-month highs on Tuesday, hovering just under $45 a barrel after a report that top producers Russia and Saudi Arabia...

Saudi Arabia arrested 4,777 terrorists in six years

The list of the nationalities of terror suspects arrested in Saudi Arabia reads like members of the United Nations, denoting how prevalent terrorism has...

Bahrain charges 11 with forming Iran-trained terrorist group

Bahrain's prosecution service said Monday it has charged 11 suspects with forming a "terrorist" group, including a number trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards and...

Saudi-Iranian proxy war over Syria spreads to Davos

Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to...

Attack on mosque kills 2 people in Al-Ahsa, Saudi

  A bomb and gun attack on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province killed two people and wounded at least 10 on Friday,...

Myanmar fire leaves 440 Rohingya families homeless

A fire on Tuesday burned down a camp in western Myanmar that shelters members of the country's persecuted Rohingya minority, leaving 440 families homeless. Rakhine...

Arab coalition faces new IS foe in Yemen conflict

An unprecedented attack on Yemen's government claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group has raised a fresh challenge for the Saudi-led coalition backing the...

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