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Covid-19: Saudi Arabia suspends travel to three countries including India

According to Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Authority, people with travel history to India, Brazil and Argentina 14 days prior to their arrival, have also been barred

India tops up strategic reserves with cheaper crude, saves over $685 mn

The state-funded reserves are meant to tide over short-term supply disruptions and will take care of India's oil needs for 9.5 days

Kerala to Philippines, remittance boom is turning into a bust for Asia

Overall, remittances to the Asia-Pacific region will drop 12% in the second half of 2020 compared with the same period last year, Fitch Ratings said this month

Saudi firms start talks to form $11 billion chemicals maker; shares surge

The discussions are at an initial stage and no agreement has been reached, the companies said Sunday

OPEC+ calls for compliance with oil cuts, Saudi says not an act of charity

OPEC and its allies, led by Russia, pressed for better compliance with oil output cuts on Thursday against the backdrop of falling crude prices as uncertainty reigns over the global economic outlook

As Arab Gulf starts opening to Israel, Palestinians face a reckoning

Palestinian leaders face calls to overhaul their strategy to avoid becoming marginalised in a region where Israel and most Sunni Arab regimes share a fear of Iran

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia to lift travel restrictions from Jan 2021

Saudi Arabia has announced that it will lift travel restrictions from January 2021

US must ban surveillance system exports to Saudi over Khashoggi killing: UN

The United States should consider a moratorium on the export of surveillance equipment to Riyadh over the killing of former Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi

Bahrain follows UAE, becomes latest Arab nation to recognise Israel

Trump announced the agreement on Friday, following a three-way phone call he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

PM Narendra Modi speaks to Saudi King Salman, discusses bilateral relations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during which the two leaders expressed their satisfaction at the state of bilateral relations

GoAir runs over 200 charter flights from Saudi Arabia; repatriates 37,016

GoAir has operated over 200 charter flights from Saudi Arabia to various domestic airports as part of repatriation efforts and has flown more than 37,000 passengers between June 10 and September 4

Khashoggi murder: Saudi Arabia court commutes death sentences of 5 accused

A court in Saudi Arabia has commuted the death sentences of five people convicted over the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, state media said

Oil price falls after Saudi cuts rates amid demand uncertainty

West Texas Intermediate US crude skidded 59 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $39.18 per barrel after hitting $38.55, its lowest since July 10

Oil drops more than $1 after Saudi price cuts, demand optimism fades

Brent crude was at $41.75 a barrel, down 91 cents or 2.1% by 0000 GMT, after it earlier slid to $41.51, its lowest since July 30

Saudi Arabia reduces oil prices in sign demand recovery struggling

Aramco cut Arab Light to Asia to a discount against the benchmark oil price used by the Saudis for the first time since June

After Saudi, Bahrain to allow Israel flights to UAE over its airspace

Bahrain will allow all flights coming to and departing from the United Arab Emirates to cross through the island kingdom's airspace

Saudi Arabia breaks 72-year taboo with green light to Israeli flights

Saudi approved a UAE request to use the kingdom's airspace "for all flights coming to the United Arab Emirates and leaving to all countries," a consequential, if oblique outreach to Israel

US, Israel, UAE say accord a courageous step toward prosperous Middle East

In the joint statement, the UAE, Israel and the US have urged Palestinian leaders to "reengage with their Israeli counterparts in discussions aimed at achieving peace"

Arab Parliament condemns Houthi drone attack on Saudi Arabia airport

The Cairo-based Arab Parliament has condemned a drone attack launched by the Houthi militias on Saudi Arabia's Abha Airport

Saudi Aramco discovers two oil, gas fields in north of Kingdom: Report

The nearby Abraq at-Tulul field has started producing 3,000 barrels a day of crude, 49,000 barrels of condensates and 1.1 million cubic feet of gas