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Gulf Arab states are being criticized for their 'shameful' response to the...
DUBAI (Reuters) - When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found scant...
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Russia and Saudi Arabia are 'sending signals to each other' about what...
The OPEC oil cartel cannot withstand the pain of low crude prices indefinitely and may be forced to abandon its pugnacious bid for market share within months, Russia's chief energy official has...
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Seven countries that are surprisingly hard to visit
Some countries launch extravagant, expensive campaigns to lure in tourists. Others seem entirely uninterested in tourism dollars, making it extremely difficult for foreign visitors to enter.We've found...
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Saudi Arabia doesn't see a need for an oil producer summit to defend prices
SEOUL (Reuters) - Crude oil prices dipped on Friday and were poised for a weekly fall after news that top oil exporter Saudi Arabia sees no need for a producer summit to defend prices, partly...
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Saudi diplomat in India accused of raping maids and keeping them against...
Authorities in India have asked the Saudi Arabian ambassador in Delhi to cooperate in an ongoing police investigation into charges that one of the kingdom’s senior diplomats in the city repeatedly...
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Saudi Arabia is finally making reforms to its oil business
Saudi Arabia faces a problem. The G20 nation and de facto head of OPEC relies almost solely on oil to power an economy that has swelled five-fold in size since 1998.With oil prices in a rut and no one...
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Saudi Arabia may behead a 21-year-old for an anti-government speech 'waging...
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr's name is well-known in eastern Saudi Arabia, the hotbed of the country's Shia minority and the scene of a burgeoning protest movement.Ali, 21, is the nephew of Shia cleric and...
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Here's how Saudi Arabia's security forces are preparing for one of the...
Next week starts the beginning of the Hajj, an annual Muslim pilgrimage to the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca. The Hajj is one of the largest gatherings of people in the world, with over 2 million...
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Low oil prices are forcing the Saudis to change their strategy
Seventy-six years to the day after Ol’ Blue Eyes recorded 'All or Nothing At All,' and the Federal Reserve finds itself in a similar predicament. For betwixt now and 2pm ET, we are set for markets to...
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View ArticleA stampede outside Mecca killed more than 700 people
The tragedy happened during one of the last rituals of Hajj.Story by Allan Smith and editing by Jeremy DreyfussFollow INSIDER: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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A Saudi prince has been arrested on sex-crime charges at a Los Angeles mansion
LOS ANGELES — A Saudi prince has been arrested on charges of trying to force a worker at a Beverly Hills estate to perform oral sex, the Los Angeles police said on Thursday.Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, 28,...
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Saudi Arabia and Iran are arguing over the tragedy at Mecca that killed hundreds
MINA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, under growing pressure to account for a crush that killed more than 700 people at the haj pilgrimage, on Friday suggested pilgrims failing to follow crowd...
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Iran may take legal action against Saudi rulers for Hajj stampede
Iran's state prosecutor says he will pursue legal action against Saudi Arabia's rulers in international courts over the crush of pilgrims at this year's hajj, which killed more than 700 people,...
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Haj death toll rises to 769, Iran denounces 'crime'
The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, as arch-rival Iran said Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for...
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Putin called the king of Saudi Arabia to discuss the Syrian conflict
Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Saudi Arabia's King Salman about finding a solution to the Syria crisis on Saturday, just two days before he is due to address the UN on the...
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We just got the first significant sign Saudi Arabia is hurting for cash
The price of oil has been below $60 a barrel all year, but Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, has remained quiet about how this is affecting the country's balance sheet.Today we got a...
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The latest tragedy at Mecca highlights Saudi Arabia's core problem
The far deeper problem: a monarchy that rules Saudi Arabia without any airing of criticism of the regime or tradition of accountability.No one knows yet precisely why a stampede of pilgrims during the...
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A Saudi airstrike in Yemen killed 131 people at a wedding
The death toll from Saudi-led airstrikes that hit a wedding party in Yemen has risen to 131, making it the deadliest single incident since the start of the country's civil war, medical officials said...
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Hundreds of hajj pilgrims are still missing a week after stampede
Hundreds of people were still unaccounted for Thursday a week after a hajj stampede killed hundreds more, with national tallies of the dead far exceeding figures provided by Saudi Arabia.The kingdom...
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