Ukraine's double women's reigning world chess champion says she will not attend the $2 million world speed-chess championship after the game's governing body awarded the tournament next month to Saudi Arabia, according to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
In the course of the official visit of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a series of documents on bilateral cooperation have been signed, including a memorandum between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on investment cooperation in agriculture, the presidential administration's press service reports.
Saudia Arabia has agreed a deal to purchase S400 missile defense systems from Russia on Thursday during the state visit of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz to Moscow, according to Al Arabiya.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism, opening up the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world, according to Reuters.
OPEC and other oil producers are on course to agree an extension of supply cuts at a meeting on Thursday, with Saudi Arabia saying most participants are on board with the plan to rein in a global supply glut, according to Reuters.