Middle East

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  • Return To Mecca As Saudi Lifts Restrictions
    Mecca
    Health officials said they would sterilize the Grand Mosque several times a day.
  • Qatar Airways Reports $1.9 Billion Loss Owing To Travel Demand Downturn
    LEGAL ACTION
    Qatar Airways was forced to temporarily retire some of its planes, which numbered around 250 before the pandemic.
  • Saudi Arabia Exchange Launches Derivatives Trading
    Saudi Stock Exchange
    The Saudi Tadawul will be offering new derivatives trading products starting this week, starting with an index futures contract called the Saudi Futures 30.
  • US Pressures Saudi Arabia To Reduce Oil Production To Stabilize Market
    Global Oil Industry
    The Trump administration has called on Saudi Arabia to reconsider its plan of increasing its production to 12.3 million barrels a day next month.
  • Saudi Aramco Shares Falls Below IPO Price For First Time
    Saudi Aramco Shares
    Following the collapse of the three-year pact between OPEC and Russia, Saudi Aramco's share prices dropped by 6.2 percent on Sunday to 30.85 riyals per share.
  • Canada’s non-diplomacy puts Canadians at risk in an unstable Middle East
    Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
    Canada is caught in a mess of its own diplomatic making following the recent escalation in conflict between the United States and Iran. This escalation seemed to contribute to the downing by Iran on its own soil of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, with 57 Canadians aboard.
  • US Indexes Surge Following Trump's Claims Of Iran Backing Down
    Iran-US Conflict
    Trump's claim that Iran has backed down after its attack on Tuesday sent major indexes such as the Dow, the S&P 500, and the NASDAQ surging during Wednesday's trading.
  • Chevron Evacuates Workers From Iraq Following US Airstrike
    Chevron
    Chevron has announced that it has evacuated all of its American workers from its facilities in the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq as a precautionary measure.
  • Gold Prices Hit Highest Level Since 2013 Amid US-Iran Conflict
    Gold Prices
    The assassination of Iran's top military commander on Friday sent gold prices soaring to its highest level since 2013 on Monday.
  • China Tries To Head-Off War Between Iran and US
    Qassem Soleimani Killed In A U.S. Airstrike Near Baghdad
    China prods both the US and Iran to step back from the brink of war.
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