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• Rig Counts
  Middle East OPEC Oil Rig Count Jumps 14%

  Middle East OPEC oil rig count has jumped by 19 rigs to 155 units in February 2015 setting a new rig count record for the region.

• Baby Names
  Apple, Dweezil or Zaqam? Naming newborns in Saudi Arabia

  The most circulated names in the Kingdom include Mohammad, Fahd, Abdullah, Abdulrahman, Turki, Bandar, Omar, Ali, Fatima, Aisha, Nora, Hessa, Sheikha, and Maha. Parents are no longer calling their children a variety of odd names, including Rashash (a gun machine), Zaqam (to do with the mouth) and Najar for boys, as well as Faziah (one who is afraid) and Mureibah (fearful) for girls.

• Iran Negotiations
  Top-secret U.S. replica of Iran nuclear sites key to weapons deal

  Inside a top-security building at a classified U.S. site, government experts intensely monitor rows of tall, cylindrical machines that may offer the Obama administration its best hope for persuading the public to back a nuclear deal with Iran.

• Saudi - China
  China-Saudi Arabia trade hits $71 billion

  The two-way trade exchange between Saudi Arabia and China amounted to $71.3 billion in 2014, the kingdom’s finance minister reveals.

• Saudi - Turkey
  Frustrated Turkey Turns to Onetime Ally Saudi Arabia

  Turkish-Saudi cooperation suffered a blow, however, when the two countries found themselves on opposing sides in Egypt in the summer of 2013. While the Saudis became ardent supporters of General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and branded Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group a terrorist organization, Turkey welcomed Brotherhood figures seeking refuge. Turkey’s criticism of the Gulf countries for supporting the removal of the Egyptian Brotherhood drove a wedge between Ankara and Riyadh. Riyadh then played a key role in the campaign against Turkey’s bid for a Security Council seat at the United Nations in October 2014.

• Petrochemicals
  Saudi’s PetroRabigh signs $5.2bn loan for expansion

  The move reflects the kingdom's determination to diversify its economy even after lower oil prices caused some regional petrochemical and energy projects to stall.

• MERS
  Saudi MOH: 1 New MERS Case, Reiterates Warnings On Camel Contact

  While 90% of adult camels have antibodies to the MERS coronavirus, the actual percentage of camels that are actively infected, and capable of transmitting the virus, is fairly small and their period of infectivity is relatively short.

• Saudi Cross Country Racing
  Record entry set to tackle Saudi Arabia’s Ha’il rally

  The event will run for a further three days over a trio of gruelling desert selective sections through the north-central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and finishes at the Maghwat Conference Centre, near Ha’il, on Sunday. “This is the biggest entry we have had in the 10 years of the Ha’il Rally,” enthused Nayef al-Hejelan, general secretary of the SAMF. “We have six bikes, two quads and almost 50 cars and everything is on track for a superb few days of motor sport.”

• Pakistan
  Riots in Pakistan follow suicide attacks on two Christian churches

  The protests followed twin suicide attacks at two churches during Sunday services that killed 15 people and wounded more than 70 others. The Pakistani Taliban militant organization, which is at war with the Pakistani state, claimed responsibility in the latest in a series of deadly assaults against religious minorities.

• Libya
  ISIS kidnaps 20 medical workers in Libya

  Most of the abductees are from the Philippines. Others are from Ukraine, India and Serbia, said the hospital official. The official believes the ISIS gunmen didn't want the staff to leave the city because they are the only medical team there if they needed them for the group's wounded and injured.

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