Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Germany has returned to Berlin, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Tuesday, almost a year he left over comments by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel about the political crisis in Lebanon.

Turkey said on Tuesday that it would search Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi vanished last week, and close ally Britain called on Riyadh to provide “urgent answers” over his disappearance.

Saudi Aramco and Bahrain’s BAPCO have announced the commissioning of the AB-4 pipeline, a new phase of Saudi-Bahrain crude oil pipeline, the Saudi company said on Tuesday.

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court accepted the objection of a Gulf national accused of using gun in a quarrel in one of Manama’s hotels while he was drunk. The court sentenced him to one year in jail instead of 5.

Bahrain's national oil company Bapco announced the completion of new pipeline project connecting Bahrain to Saudi Arabia, with the arrival of first quantity of oil to Bahrain's refinery on October 3. This followed successful and safe execution of mechanical completion and pre-commissioning activities over the past few weeks.

The United States on Monday asked judges at the International Court of Justice to throw out a claim by Iran to recover $1.75 billion (1.5 billion euros) in national bank assets seized by U.S. courts.

Iran's crude exports fell further in the first week of October, according to tanker data and an industry source, taking a major hit from U.S. sanctions and throwing a challenge to other OPEC oil producers as they seek to cover the shortfall.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was concerned about reports of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing since last week and Turkish sources have said that authorities believe he was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

The Saudi consulate-general in Istanbul Mohammed Al-Otaibi said the consulate cameras didn’t record any footage for the entering of Saudi author Jamal Khashoggi who disappeared 5 days ago.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud expressed support for what he described as "serious reforms" made by Bahrain to tackle the financial crisis.

Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel Al-Jubeir, said that Qatar had incubated terrorist groups and allowed suicide bombings to be justified, noting that it had contributed to destabilizing the region.

Bahrain’s Gulf Arab allies are weighing plans for a five-year aid package to steady its finances and protect a currency peg seen as vital to regional economic stability, Bloomberg reported according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in the war in Yemen have caused heavy civilian casualties and some may amount to war crimes, U.N. human rights experts said on Tuesday.

Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition had killed 26 civilians.

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that his government is engaging diplomatically with Saudi Arabia, but did not back down on his concerns about human rights, two weeks into a spat over Ottawa’s calls for the release of Saudi activists from detention.

Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor has sought the death penalty against five human rights activists, including a prominent female rights defender, campaigners said Wednesday.

Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of barring its citizens from this year’s haj, something Riyadh denies, saying a diplomatic dispute is not stopping Qataris from making the pilgrimage to Mecca.

The United States on Thursday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s contribution of $100 million to help stabilize parts of Syria no longer held by Islamic State, which comes as the Trump administration looks to cut back on foreign aid.

Canadian Muslims traveling to the Hajj pilgrimage face delays coming back due to a diplomatic dispute with Saudi Arabia that is also prompting thousands of students from the kingdom to scramble to sell their assets and return home to meet a month-end deadline.

Saudi security forces neutralized a man who was wearing what looked like an explosive vest in the city of Al-Bukayriyah and wounded him in an exchange of gunfire, an Interior Ministry spokesman said in a statement early on Thursday.