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The substantial ramp-up in U.S. shale drilling activity, that started in January 2018 is staring to wane, despite production cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia that have supported crude prices [...]

The masked mediator The Gulf states are trying to make nice, but a real end to their dispute is far off MONTHS AFTER four Arab states imposed an embargo on [...]

Israel and Saudi Arabia send a clear signal to Iran--and Joe Biden ISRAELI MINISTERS were told at the last moment that a cabinet meeting scheduled for November 22nd had been [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Reuters has reported Qatar has submitted a formal request to buy stealth F-35 fighter jets from the US, the news source said. According to three [...]

Qatar has submitted a request to the United States in recent weeks to buy F-35 fighter jets, Mike Stone of Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the deal. The [...]

In a follow-up to an earlier tweet on his talks with leaders in Saudi Arabia and Russia on oil prices and production, President Donald Trump said: '.....Could be as high [...]

The President has had talks with leaders in Russia and Saudi Arabia to discuss oil, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said as he continues being interviewed on [...]

The Trump administration is considering intervening in the Saudi-Russian oil-price war with a diplomatic push to get the Saudis to cut oil production and threats of sanctions on Russia aimed [...]

Byline: Audrey LaForest When the Texas energy industry is thriving, that means good-paying jobs in a state that loves big-ticket full-size trucks. So Saudi Arabia's escalating oil price war with [...]

Saudi Arabia sought to assure markets that oil production levels would return to normal within weeks following the attack on two oil facilities, which cut around 5.7m barrels of oil [...]

Iran takes aim Iran takes aim A strike on Saudi Arabia moves a shadowy conflict closer to open war THE MISSILES streaked down and turned the night sky orange. In [...]

Nobody wants a war in the Middle East. That is why Iranian aggression needs a tough response TO REDUCE ITS climate risks, the world needs to curtail its production of [...]

The government investigates Saudi influence on two British newspapers OUTSIDE LONDON'S Waterloo station, stacks of the Evening Standard are regularly demolished by frazzled commuters heading home. The paper chiefly covers [...]

Masayoshi Son's Vision Fund has reinvented investing--and become a giant governance headache ALMOST TWO years ago Masayoshi Son, a Japanese tycoon, broke all the rules of investing by setting up [...]

Pakistan faces a diplomatic squeeze from three sides VISITORS TO THE bird markets of Pakistan would have found stocks depleted this week. To welcome Muhammad bin Salman, the crown prince [...]

Satellite photos point to Saudi missile-makingIN 2016 Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler, announced the latest stage of 'Saudisation'--the replacement of foreign workers with Saudi [...]

As the murder scandal heats up, Muhammad bin Salman stands firm THE ROOM went dark, then filled with beams of light. A man danced with a drone on stage. That [...]

Saudi Arabia's might as a petrostate is being tested OIL TRADERS are inherently strong-stomached, but even for them October has been a woozy month. On October 3rd the price of [...]

Lockheed Martin's $15B sale of its THAAD missile system to Saudi Arabia may be at risk in the aftermath of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate [...]

The Herald of Free Enterprise off Zeebrugge, capsized in 1987 killing 193 people.Roberto Pfeil/AP/REX/Shutterstock Whistleblowing support charity Protect celebrates its 25th anniversary with a benchmarking tool that aims to help [...]

More reasons for business to steer clear of the desert kingdom IT IS EASY to forget how new Saudi Arabia is to the modern world. The man who founded the [...]

Saudi Arabia's alliances are being tested as never before WHEN AMERICA'S secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, met Saudi officials in Riyadh on October 16th, they smiled, posed for photographs and [...]

President Donald Trump tweeted: 'Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was never given or shown a Transcript or Video of the Saudi Consulate event. FAKE NEWS!' [Reference [...]

U.S. equities are extending their slide with the blue chips down over 1% and NASDAQ 1.5% lower. The latest blow to U.S.-Saudi relations came after Treasury Secretary Mnuchin indicated he [...]

SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure said that it is 'business at usual' at companies backed by the company's Vision Fund despite a volatile situation with Saudi Arabia, which provided almost half [...]

A Turkish official told the Associated Press police found evidence in Saudi Consulate that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there, the news agency reports via [...]

Says we aren't going to 'run away' from Saudi Arabia. Says we need 'proper diplomacy' with Saudi [...]

Stock futures were trading lower throughout the early session, leading to a lower start for the broader market, though the Dow has already moved back into the green in early [...]

U.S. equities are back underwater after global indices spilled lower overnight amid renewed U.S.-Sino trade tensions and the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic spat. Trump warned of 'severe punishment' if it turns out [...]

Oil Action: NYMEX crude rallied to $72.69 highs at the overnight open, up from Friday closing levels if $71.48. U.S./Saudi tensions following the disappearance of a Saudi reporter helped support [...]

SoftBank, whose approximately $100B Vision Fund is nearly 50% financed by Saudi Arabia, saw shares drop in Japan after the disappearance of a Saudi journalist, according to Reuters. Saudi Arabia [...]

If Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, it would be a chilling escalation by an increasingly repressive Saudi state JAMAL KHASHOGGI is gone, and with each passing day it seems more likely [...]

A new Arab military alliance has dim prospects WHEN President Donald Trump, King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's president, laid their hands on a glowing orb in [...]

Muhammad bin Salman's capriciousness is hurting his kingdom ELON MUSK, a mercurial entrepreneur, wants to take Tesla, his electric-car firm, private. That will cost billions. Where will he find the [...]

FX Action: USD-CAD rallied to seven-session highs of 1.3095 into the North American open. Rising tensions between Canada and Saudi Arabia appear to be behind Loonie weakness. The Kingdom has [...]

The whole world in their hands The whole world in their hands Arab oil monarchies fear being encircled by Iran and abandoned by America EVERY FEW DAYS fiery rockets and [...]

Oil Action: NYMEX crude traded over its 50-day moving average of $62.75, so far topping at 2-week highs of $62.98. The contract has been bid-up ahead of today's meeting between [...]

A modernising prince deploys a public-relations campaign THE habitual reaction was to shy away. Saudi Arabia's princes used to shrink from Britain's press like women in purdah. A critical BBC [...]

Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN), which currently sell products in Saudi Arabia through third parties, are in licensing talks with Riyadh on investing in the region to set up a [...]

Neglect and confusion aggravate the problems of the Arab world WHEN it is finished, America's imposing new embassy in Lebanon will be its second-biggest in the world. Yet it was [...]

A pointless conflict has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis YEMEN lost the title of Arabia Felix, or 'Fortunate Arabia', long ago. It has suffered civil wars, tribalism, jihadist violence [...]