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A man stands at an exchange office screen showing the currency exchange rates of U.S. Dollar and Euro to Russian Rubles in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Oil prices are plunging after Saudi Arabia started a price war against Russia. The Saudis tried to get the Russians to cut oil production to keep prices from falling even more due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Saudi Arabia-Russia oil price war pushes industry to tipping point

By James Varney - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Armco and stock market officials celebrate during the official ceremony marking the debut of Aramco's initial public offering (IPO) on the Riyadh's stock market, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On April 2, 2020, President Trump said the Saudi government had assured him it was cutting back on oil production. News of the agreement gave a boost to oil prices and the stock market. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) **FILE**

Saudi Aramco to boost capacity; Abu Dhabi to increase supply

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Trader Ronald Madarasz, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Stocks, Treasury yields and oil are clawing back some of the plunge they took a day before, when the S&amp;P 500 had its worst drop in more than a decade. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks come roaring back as Washington debates stimulus plans

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. A federal judge has ordered an independent medical review for a Saudi held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center suspected of trying to take part in the Sept. 11 attacks. Lawyers for Mohammed al-Qahtani say he is mentally ill and should be returned to his homeland. Judge Rosemary Collyer's order requires two doctors from a neutral country to examine him along with a U.S. military doctor. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Judge orders medical panel for ‘20th hijacker’ at Guantanamo

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, file photo, a flame burns at the Shell Deer Park oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Oil prices are plunging Sunday, March 8, 2020, amid worries that an OPEC dispute will lead a virus-weakened economy to be awash in an oversupply of crude. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

AP Explains: The oil market meltdown and its global impact

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. A federal judge has ordered an independent medical review for a Saudi held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center suspected of trying to take part in the Sept. 11 attacks. Lawyers for Mohammed al-Qahtani say he is mentally ill and should be returned to his homeland. Judge Rosemary Collyer's order requires two doctors from a neutral country to examine him along with a U.S. military doctor. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Mohammed al-Qahtani, ‘20th hijacker,’ mental health review ordered by judge

By Ben Fox - Associated Press

Militant Hamas criticizes Saudi trials of members, backers

Associated Press

Specialist Erica Fredrickson works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 9, 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 7.8%, its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008, as a free-fall in oil prices and worsening fears of fallout from the spreading coronavirus outbreak seize markets. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

AP Analysis: Investors ‘guessing’ on virus, assuming worst

By PAUL WISEMAN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 7, 2020. Few worshippers were allowed to enter after dawn prayers to circumambulate the Kaaba over fears of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia, Israel tighten restrictions to counter virus

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Few people sit at tables outside a bar in the center of Turin, Northern Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy announced a sweeping quarantine early Sunday for its northern regions, igniting travel chaos as it restricted the movements of a quarter of its population in a bid to halt the new coronavirus' relentless march across Europe. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

Coronavirus spread forces Italy, Saudi Arabia to lock down entire areas

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People walk past a banner showing Saudi King Salman, right, and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudis’ arrest of 2 princes called a warning to royal family

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

People walk past a banner showing Saudi King Salman, right, and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudis’ arrest of 2 princes called a warning to royal family

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2020, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, walks with Saudi ambassador to the United States Princess Reema Bint Bandar at Princess Reema's Palace in Riyadh. With Joe Biden re-emerging as the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States dismisses Biden's description of the kingdom as a &quot;pariah.&quot; Ambassador Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud said in an interview with The Associated Press recent presidents have always carried on a good relationship between the two countries after taking office. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Saudi ambassador to US shrugs off Biden, Sanders criticism

By MEAD GRUVER - Associated Press

Army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus at the Dongdaegu train station in Daegu, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (Kim Hyun-tai/Yonhap via AP)

Empty streets, economic turmoil as virus alters daily life

By DAVID KLEPPER and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, photo, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, halted forei to the holiest sites in Islam over fears about a new viral epidemic just months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Q&A: Saudis halt Muslim pilgrimage over virus fears

By ISABEL DEBRE and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo taken with a slow shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears of the global outbreak of the new coronavirus just months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a move coming as the Mideast has over 220 confirmed cases of the illness. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over virus; Iran cases spike

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2013 file photo, then Saudi Aramco President and CEO Khalid Al-Falih speaks at the IHS CERAWEEK energy conference in Houston, Texas. Saudi Arabia's monarch Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, appointed Al-Falih as the country's new minister of investment a prominent figure in the kingdom who previously served as energy minister and board chairman of Saudi oil company Aramco before before being relieved of both posts in the run-up to the company's partial public offering late last year. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Saudi king names ousted oil minister to lead investment draw

Associated Press

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Saudi King Salman, right, at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday Feb. 20, 2020. Pompeo has said that during his time in Saudi Arabia, he will speak with the kingdom's leadership about security issues, threats posed by Iran, the economic relationship between the two countries, and issues of human rights. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Pompeo in Saudi Arabia for visit focused on Iranian threats

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a press conference at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday Feb. 19, 2020. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Pompeo to raise case of US doctor on trial in Saudi Arabia

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Dec. 16, 2019 - Al Khor, Qatar - Mouatz Al Khayyat, Chairman of Power Holding International, which founded the Baladna dairy with the inception of the blockade. The facility now produces 80 percent of the country's requirements for milk.

Qatar prospers under blockade by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times