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Rockets into Saudi, reported air strikes in Yemen strain truce ASIA

Rockets into Saudi, reported air strikes in Yemen strain truce

Yemen's dominant Houthi movement launched Katyusha rockets into Saudi Arabia on Sunday and residents reported Saudi-led air strikes in a Yemeni border province in exchanges that threatened to derail a 48-hour truce.

10:20 AM November 26 2016
Saudi soldier killed by missile from Yemen ASIA

Saudi soldier killed by missile from Yemen

A Saudi soldier was killed on Saturday by a missile fired by Yemeni rebels across the border into the kingdom's southern Asir province, the interior ministry said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Opec moves closer to oil output deal ARABIA

Opec moves closer to oil output deal

Opec is moving closer towards finalising this month its first deal since 2008 to limit oil output, with most members prepared to offer Iran significant flexibility on production volumes, ministers and sources said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Falih urges Opec to cut oil output to low end of target ECONOMY

Falih urges Opec to cut oil output to low end of target

The energy minister of Saudi Arabia said on Thursday he was optimistic about Opec's deal to limit oil output and mentioned the lower end of a previously agreed production target, helping spur a rally in the price of crude.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi seeking reciprocity on visa fees: minister ASIA

Saudi seeking reciprocity on visa fees: minister

Saudi Arabia's commerce minister said Wednesday that the kingdom is seeking reciprocal treatment on visas, after critics said the introduction of higher fees risked deterring investment.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi energy minister to attend oil talks in Doha ECONOMY

Saudi energy minister to attend oil talks in Doha

Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih is expected to travel to the Qatari capital, Doha, this week for meetings with oil-producing countries on the sidelines of an energy forum, three sources familiar with the matter said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi 'comfortable' with foreign reserves level: central bank ECONOMY

Saudi 'comfortable' with foreign reserves level: central bank

Saudi Arabia has a "very comfortable" level of foreign reserves, the central bank chairman said on Monday, despite a drawdown in assets to help cover a fall in oil revenue.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi sets aside $26.7bn to settle delayed private sector payments ASIA

Saudi sets aside $26.7bn to settle delayed private sector payments

Saudi Arabia's government has set aside 100 billion riyals ($26.7 billion) to pay debts that it owes to private sector companies after payment delays that have lasted months, an official document seen by Reuters shows.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait keep Oct crude output steady ECONOMY

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait keep Oct crude output steady

Gulf OPEC members Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have kept their oil production steady in October compared to the month before, according to official numbers submitted to OPEC, industry sources familiar with the matter said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tunisian minister sacked after Saudi remarks ASIA

Tunisian minister sacked after Saudi remarks

Tunisia's religious affairs minister was fired on Friday for "attacking the foundations of diplomacy" after he publicly suggested the conservative form of Islam practised in Saudi Arabia had links to extremism.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS leader urges Mosul fighters to turn ‘blood into rivers’ ASIA

IS leader urges Mosul fighters to turn ‘blood into rivers’

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urged his fighters in an audio recording posted online on Thursday not to retreat from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, but also to invade Turkey and attack Saudi Arabia.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi says foiled plot to bomb World Cup qualifier ASIA

Saudi says foiled plot to bomb World Cup qualifier

Saudi authorities said Sunday they had foiled a plot to bomb a football stadium during a World Cup qualifying match and dismantled two "terrorist" cells linked to the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016