Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali al-Naimi discussed cooperation between OPEC members and other oil producers to stabilise the global oil market with his Venezuelan counterpart on Sunday, state news agency SPA reported.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday called on other countries not to interfere in the kingdom's internal affairs in what appeared to be a rebuke to Iran, which it accuses of attempting to stir unrest.
A court in Saudi Arabia overturned a death sentence against a Palestinian poet convicted of apostasy, giving him eight years in prison instead, his lawyer said.
Oil fell on Tuesday, with US crude briefly slipping below $30, dented by worries about demand amid a mild winter and concerns of rising supply as hopes for a deal between Opec and Russia on output cuts fade.
Saudi authorities have arrested nine American citizens among 33 "terror" suspects rounded up over the past days, the Saudi Gazette newspaper reported on Sunday.
Qatar University (QU) has been ranked No 6 in the pilot Times Higher Education (THE) Top 15 Arab World Universities Ranking.
An attack on a mosque in al-Ahsa in east Saudi Arabia killed three people on Friday, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported.
Syrian opposition members met for a third day Thursday to decide whether to attend UN peace talks, with less than 24 hours before the negotiations were due to open in Geneva.
The world's largest Muslim body called for a de-escalation of tensions between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, telling member countries that unity was required to eradicate terrorism.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the first stop on a trip to raise the economic giant's political profile in a troubled Middle East.
Two Saudi Arabian religious teachers have arrived home after their release from more than nine months' detention by Houthi rebels in Yemen, official media reported on Friday.
The Saudi-led coalition bombing rebels in Yemen denied Sunday renewed accusations of dropping cluster bombs in the country after UN chief Ban Ki-moon said their use may be a "war crime".
