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Saudi Arabia identifies bomber in IS-claimed mosque blast

As it tries to contain the Islamic State, Saudi Arabia is also leading a coalition of countries fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen who have taken over the capital and other parts of the country.

"Either the King will leave Saudi Arabia, like King Saud, and he will be very respected inside and outside the country", the prince told the daily.

Ambassador Abdulaziz makes no mention of these atrocities beyond a delicate reference to "a number of domestic events in the Kingdom".

Commercially, Saudi Arabia is a key trading partner for the UK, with UK companies playing a leading role in the construction, defence and financial sectors, and the expertise and equipment provided has helped the kingdom develop and prosper. "It should be worrying to all those who do not want to see potentially serious repercussions that could damage the mutually beneficial strategic partnership that our countries have so long enjoyed", he wrote. He is accused of delivering anti-regime speeches and defending political prisoners.

Overall oil imports by India slipped 7.4% last month from August as Essar Oil, which rarely buys Saudi oil, shut its 400,000 bpd refinery for a month from mid-September for maintenance.

And the Times said Michael Gove, the lord chancellor and justice secretary, also wanted to pull out of the agreement, arguing the government should not assist a regime which uses beheadings, stoning, crucifixions and lashing under a strict interpretation of Islamic law.

The case of Ali al-Nimr, in particular, has led to strong reactions around the world, with many asking the Saudi authorities to grant the young Shia a stay from the execution.

The Saudi supreme court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence passed on pro-democracy Shiite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, Reuters reported Monday.

The ambassador said the Saudis were "an invaluable source of intelligence" in helping the UK combat terrorism, and that Saudi Arabia "provides over 50,000 British families in the UK and the Kingdom with livelihoods, thanks to commercial contracts worth tens of billions of pounds".

Saudi Arabia is the largest producer of crude oil within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which has traditionally acted as a factor to stabilize the worldwide market by adjusting its crude output.

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