Saudi Arabia
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia favours New York for Aramco listing despite risks - sources
DUBAI/RIYADH/LONDON Saudi Arabia favours New York for the main foreign listing of state oil giant Aramco, even though some financial and legal advisers have recommended London as a less problematic and risky option, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. | Video
U.N. signals not responsible for controlling Yemen's main airport
UNITED NATIONS The United Nations signaled on Friday it was not responsible for controlling Yemen's main airport, dismissing a call by a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition for the world body do so.
Saudi security forces flatten old quarter of Shi'ite town
AWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia A security campaign against Shi'ite Muslim gunmen in eastern Saudi Arabia has reduced dozens of buildings in the town of Awamiya to ruins and forced thousands of residents to flee.
Amnesty over, 'illegal expatriates' await Saudi crackdown
RIYADH For four months, texts from the government pinged into every mobile phone in Saudi Arabia ordering "illegal expatriates" to leave the kingdom before the end of an amnesty that expired in late July. | Video
U.S. oil prices slip as some OPEC producers export more
NEW YORK Oil prices slipped on Tuesday, pulling back from recent gains as exports from key OPEC producers rose and despite news of lower crude shipments from Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia still sees no role for Assad in Syrian transition
DUBAI Saudi Arabia, a main backer of Syrian rebels, said on Sunday it still supported an international agreement on the future of Syria and President Bashar al-Assad should have no role in any transition to bring the war there to an end.
Hundreds flee Saudi town as security forces clash with gunmen
DUBAI Hundreds of people have fled a town in eastern Saudi Arabia where government forces are fighting Shi'ite Muslim gunmen, activists and Saudi media reported on Tuesday.
Saudi crown prince announces plan for Red Sea tourism project
RIYADH Saudi Arabia plans to develop resorts on about 50 islands off the kingdom's Red Sea coast backed by its Public Investment Fund (PIF), according to a statement carried by state news agency SPA on Tuesday.
Qatar launches wide-ranging WTO complaint against trade boycott
GENEVA Qatar filed a wide-ranging legal complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, the director of Qatar's WTO office Ali Alwaleed al-Thani told Reuters.
Iraqi Shi'ite leader Sadr makes rare visit to Saudi Arabia
(Corrects name of Sadr's militia in fifth paragraph, in this July 30 story)
Latin America slams Trump's Venezuela 'military options' threat
CARACAS/LIMA After months of attacking Venezuela's unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, Latin America came out strongly against U.S. threats of military action against the struggling OPECnation. | Video
