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  • Saudi Economy
    Old habits die hard: Saudi Arabia struggles to end oil addiction

    When Saudi Aramco was on the verge of a deal last year to buy a stake in an Indian oil refinery, its boss quickly boarded a company jet in Paris and flew to New Delhi. Chief executive Amin Nasser arrived unannounced early on April 11, 2018, finalised the agreement and signed it later that day. Negotiators had just finished hammering out the details.

  • India
    India denies that Trump was invited to mediate Kashmir conflict

    Raveesh Kumar, spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs, tweeted late Monday that "no such request has been made" by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kumar also reiterated that the territorial dispute needs to be resolved bilaterally between India and Pakistan, who have been bitter rivals for decades.

  • Hajj
    King Salman issues directive for Saudi Arabia to host families of Christchurch attack victims during Hajj season

    Saudi Arabia will host 200 Hajj pilgrims of families of victims of the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand on the orders of King Salman, a Saudi Press Agency report said. The attack in March by Brenton Tarrant on two mosques in the city killed 50 people and wounded dozens more.

  • Saudi Women
    Saudis Plan to Ease Travel Restrictions on Women

    Saudi Arabia is planning this year to loosen restrictions on women’s ability to travel without a male guardian’s permission, officials and people familiar with the matter said, a rare step against the system of male domination deeply rooted in Saudi society.

  • U.S.-Saudi Relations
    Saudi Royals Would Face U.S. Visa Restriction in New Senate Bill

    Senate Republicans seeking a way to punish Saudi Arabia over its human rights record without provoking a veto by President Donald Trump are trying a new strategy: denying visas for members of the kingdom’s royal family. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch, an Idaho Republican, plans to unveil legislation on Wednesday that includes a measure to bar members of the royal family who work in the Saudi government from entering the U.S., according to a person familiar with the legislation. If signed into law, hundreds of people could face the restrictions.

  • Security
    Saudi security patrols begin in Al-Arda district in Jazan

    “this is in accordance with the plan adopted by the Minister of Interior to strengthen security efforts in border areas with specialized forces characterized by a good knowledge of the region’s terrains to help thwart any drug of weapons smuggling attempts and cross-border infiltration attempts.”

  • OPEC+
    OPEC+ Grapples Oil Risks From Trade War to Mideast Conflict

    OPEC and its allies look set to stick with their current strategy when they meet next week, renewing a deal to restrain oil supplies to prop up prices. But in a market clouded by uncertainties, they’ll probably also hint at how the policy may change. As oil demand falters amid a global economic slowdown and supplies swell thanks to the U.S. shale boom, the coalition spearheaded by Saudi Arabia and Russia is expected to formally prolong output curbs for another six months.

  • Iran
    Understanding the restrictions imposed by the Iran nuclear deal

    Iran said on Wednesday it will accelerate its enrichment of uranium as of Thursday, a date it has previously suggested could see its stock of enriched uranium exceed a cap imposed by its nuclear deal with major powers.

  • U.S.-Iran
    Pentagon issues map depicting US drone shot over international waters

    At the time of the intercept, “the RQ-4 was operating at high-altitude approximately 34 kilometers from the nearest point of land on the Iranian coast,” Guastella said in a statement Thursday.

  • OPEC meetings
    OPEC Averts Scheduling Conflict Between Russia, Iran And Saudi Arabia. But Can They Get Along?

    OPEC was originally supposed to hold its regular biannual meeting, along with its joint meeting with non-OPEC partner countries, on June 25 and 26. However, less than a month before, Russia’s oil minister, Alexander Novak, suddenly claimed that he had a scheduling conflict. As the largest producer among the non-OPEC partner countries, Russia was important to the meeting. Saudi Arabia backed a rescheduling, but Iran complained that OPEC should not reschedule for a country that is not actually a member of their organization.