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Saudi Leadership Receives Emir of Qatar’s Invitations to Second Social Development World Summit

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. (SPA)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. (SPA)
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Saudi Leadership Receives Emir of Qatar’s Invitations to Second Social Development World Summit

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. (SPA)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. (SPA)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received two invitations from Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to attend the Second World Summit for Social Development, scheduled to take place in Doha from November 4 to 6.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received the invitations on Monday during a meeting at the ministry in Riyadh with Qatari Ambassador to the Kingdom Bandar bin Mohammed Al Attiyah.

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UAE and Qatar Say Intercepted Drone, Missile Barrages

Vehicles drive along a highway, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 4, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana
Vehicles drive along a highway, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 4, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana
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UAE and Qatar Say Intercepted Drone, Missile Barrages

Vehicles drive along a highway, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 4, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana
Vehicles drive along a highway, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 4, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana

The United Arab Emirates and Qatar separately said Wednesday they had intercepted drone and missile barrages.

The UAE's Ministry of Defense said its air defenses "successfully engaged today (March 4, 2025) with 3 ballistic missiles and detected 129 drones, of which 121 drones were intercepted while 8 fell on state territory.”

Qatar's military said it was targeted "at dawn today, by 10 drones and 2 cruise missiles” coming from Iran, with all of the projectiles intercepted by its forces.

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Saudi Arabia: Attempted Drone Attack on Ras Tanura, No Damage

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Saudi Arabia: Attempted Drone Attack on Ras Tanura, No Damage

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There are initial indications that an attempted attack on Ras Tanura refinery was carried out by a drone and resulted in no damage, Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, according ⁠to the state news ⁠agency (SPA).

“An attempted attack targeted the Ras Tanura refinery, and preliminary assessments indicate the attack was carried out by a drone, resulting in no damage,” Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Major General Turki Al-Maliki stated.

SPA also cited an Energy Ministry source as saying that there was no disruption to supplies.

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UK Advises Against All but Essential Travel to Kuwait

Vehicles drive along the highway leading to and from Kuwait City on March 2, 2026. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Vehicles drive along the highway leading to and from Kuwait City on March 2, 2026. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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UK Advises Against All but Essential Travel to Kuwait

Vehicles drive along the highway leading to and from Kuwait City on March 2, 2026. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Vehicles drive along the highway leading to and from Kuwait City on March 2, 2026. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)

Britain advised against all but essential travel to Kuwait on Wednesday and told ⁠its citizens who were there ⁠to stay away from ⁠security or military facilities.

"Regional escalation poses significant security risks and has led to travel disruption," it said ⁠in ⁠the updated notice on the Foreign Office website.