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15 staggering facts about Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has been front and center over the past few months as oil prices plunged in late 2014 and then saw a mild recovery in 2015.But it's worth taking a step back and looking at its unique...
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Russia isn't letting OPEC take it down without a fight
Saudi Arabia-led OPEC might have changed the game, but it doesn't mean everyone's declared them the de facto winner.On Tuesday, the Energy Ministry data showed that Russia's oil output was at 10.71...
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ISIS is playing a deadly game of chess with Saudi Arabia
Over the past two weeks, the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) has claimed two attacks on Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia's Shiite-majority Eastern Province, one in Dammam and the other in Qatif.While the...
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Israeli defense minister: Iranian nuclear agreement is 'a very bad one'
In an interview at his Tel Aviv office last week with The Post's, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon discussed his concerns about the U.S.-led Iran nuclear deal, said Bahrain may be the next target...
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Saudis and OPEC want to kill the US shale industry with cheaper oil
Over the last few weeks, it seems like all of Wall Street has fallen asleep. Or perhaps gone on an early summer vacation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has settled back toward 18,000, a threshold...
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The Saudi state faces a pivotal moment
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - When Sunni suicide bombers belonging to an Islamic State cell targeted mosques of Saudi Arabia's minority Shi'ite community last month, the government quickly pledged...
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Israeli perceptions of Saudi Arabia may be about to change
An Israeli college has quietly conducted an opinion poll in Saudi Arabia, concluding that the Saudi public is far more concerned about the threats of Iran and the Islamic State group than Israel, and...
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Saudi Arabia thinks it's winning the oil price war
It’s almost a foregone conclusion that OPEC won’t cut its production levels at its June 5 meeting in Vienna. Anyone needing strong evidence, if not proof, of this need only listen to Ali al-Naimi, the...
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OPEC will likely keep pumping even as a global oil glut persists
VIENNA (Reuters) - Oil group OPEC is set on Friday to stick by its policy of unconstrained oil output for another six months, setting aside warnings of a second lurch lower in prices as some members...
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10 reasons why the 2,073-foot Shanghai Tower has us nervous about the economy
Nothing marks the height of human achievement and economic prowess quite like a skyscraper.The newly completed 2,083-foot tall Shanghai Tower is officially the second tallest building in the world, and...
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The Saudis sound ready to go nuclear
The kingdom’s ambassador to London tells the Telegraph that 'all options are on the table’ if talks fail to keep Iran in checkSince its creation 85 years ago, Saudi Arabia has acquired a reputation as...
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It's crunch time for Saudi Arabia in Yemen
After 11 weeks of air strikes that have failed to change the balance of power in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is running out of options to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's exiled government to...
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Meet the Saudi sheikh who joined and then quit ISIS
Saudi Arabia's maximum security Al-Hair prison gets more attention for its luxury suites devoted to conjugal visits than for its well-documented human rights abuses. But make no mistake, the facility...
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Saudi Arabia just opened the Middle East's biggest stock market to global...
Saudi Arabia just did something that Western investors have been pining for — the oil-rich nation has opened its stock market to the world.Until now, Saudi stocks were restricted in ownership to just...
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed settles Forbes libel suit over how much money he's worth
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said he had settled a libel suit against the Forbes magazine group over its reporting on his fortune, which he claimed was billions...
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Al Qaeda just confirmed that the most senior leader in its most powerful...
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), an official branch of al Qaeda, has released a video eulogy for Nasir al Wuhayshi, the group’s most senior leader.Wuhayshi was killed in a US drone strike...
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The fabulous life of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed
For two years, one of the world's wealthiest men, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, was locked in a battle with Forbes over his net worth, with the prince claiming the publication had...
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Why Saudi Arabia opened its stock market to the world
Saudi Arabia may be rich enough to weather the current trend of low oil prices, but it’s losing money nonetheless and has found a way that it believes could help make up for the loss: opening its stock...
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Here comes the Saudi-Russian alliance
Prince Muhammad's visit to Russia will increase speculation that Saudi Arabia's relationship with the United States is changing.On June 17, Saudi deputy crown prince and defense minister Muhammad bin...
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Iran is turning Israel and Saudi Arabia into allies
Israel and Saudi Arabia don't have official relations and Riyadh still does not recognize Israel's right to exist. But the two states have held five secret meetings since the start of 2014 in order to...
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