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MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi drops as energy price reform considered; Egypt falls

Saudi Arabia's stock market fell early on Tuesday 27/10 as the oil minister said the government was considering whether to raise domestic energy prices,...

Saudi Arabia ‘ready to thwart’ any Hajj attacks

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has stressed that the Kingdom is ready to face any action that might cause any harm during Hajj pilgrimage next...

Britain says Iran’s treatment of jailed aid worker is unacceptable

LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Iran's continued detention of jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazan in Zaghari-Ratcliffeis unacceptable, British trade minister Liam Fox said on...

Lebanese president makes landmark visit to Iraq

President Michel Aoun led a delegation Tuesday to Iraq on the first visit by a Lebanese head of state to the war-scarred country, for...

Yemen's Houthis free detained minister to aid talks

Yemen's Houthi movement released a detained minister and four activists on Thursday, United Nations envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said, in a move aimed...

Saudi led coalition forces advance in Taiz province

Arab coalition forces seeking to restore legitimacy in Yemen have liberated nearly 40km of a coastal stretch on the Red Sea over the past...

New UK opposition Labour leader scolds Saudi Arabia

The new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party criticised Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on Tuesday for repressing their own citizens and called on Prime...

Saudi seen rejecting calls for OPEC cuts as rivals pump more

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies will reject calls from fellow OPEC members to cut output, Iran said on Wednesday, two days before the...

About 20 killed in strikes on ISIS in Iraq’s Mosul

About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that...

Suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan kills 3 soldiers

At least three Afghan soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack Monday morning on an army minibus near their base in northern Balkh...

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