Saudi Arabia

(June 21): Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday appointed his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, placing him firmly as first-in-line to the throne and removing the country's counterterrorism czar a

WASHINGTON (June 15): Qatar will sign a deal to buy as many as 36 F-15 jets from the US as the two countries navigate tensions over President Donald Trump’s backing for a Saudi-led coalition’s move to isolate the country for supporting terrorism.

SINGAPORE (June 6): Top Hamas commander Saleh al-Arouri is believed to be in Malaysia after being expelled from Qatar amid the kingdom’s fallout with Saudi Arabia and four other Arab states, according to reports from Israel.

(June 6): The U.S. said it will seek to defuse a growing rift between its energy-rich Gulf allies after Saudi Arabia led a drive to isolate Qatar by cutting off air and sea transport and closing the tiny nation’s only land border.

RIYADH/WASHINGTON (June 5): Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries cut off most diplomatic and economic ties to Qatar in an unprecedented move designed to punish one of the region’s financial superpowers for its ties with Iran and Islamist groups i

(May 8): Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said he’s confident that an agreement by producers to curb crude output and shrink a market glut will be extended into the second half of the year and possibly beyond.

CHICAGO/HOUSTON (March 16): OPEC’s worst enemy isn’t US shale drillers. It’s the hedges propping them up.

SINGAPORE (March 15): As the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) continues to follow through with its announcement last year to cut production in a bid to end the global supply glut, US shale has been notably making a record comeba

SINGAPORE (Feb 21): ST Electronics has set up a subsidiary, ST Electronics (Saudi Arabia) (STSA), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – with a paid up capital of 8.4 million Saudi Riyals ($3.2 million).

KUWAIT (Feb 21): Saudi Arabia boosted oil exports and production last year to the highest monthly averages on record as the global crude market endured oversupply.