DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Wall St flat; Italy budget woes hit Europe, boost dollar

* MIDEAST STOCK-Emirates NBD lifts Dubai, rest of Gulf modestly firmer

* Brent hits 4-year high as U.S. sanctions on Iran tighten supply

* PRECIOUS-Gold up but on path for longest monthly losing streak in two decades

* Cologne on lockdown as Erdogan wraps up ill-tempered visit to Germany

* U.S. pulls diplomats from Iraqi city, citing threats from Iran

* Iran allows central bank to defend rial by intervening in forex market

* Higher energy exports help cut Algeria's Jan-Aug trade deficit

* Syria says to reopen important Nassib crossing with Jordan on October 10

* Iraq begins producing gas from Nasiriya oilfield

* World Court: Palestine files complaint over U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

* IMF disburses $245 mln loan tranche to Tunisia - official source

* Syria could face tough sanctions if it blocks political process -U.S. diplomat

* Turkey's Erdogan, in Berlin, pledges EU visa push

EGYPT

* Egypt halts gas imports after final shipments arrived - minister

* Egypt receives final $500 mln tranche of African Development Bank loan

* Egypt's central bank keeps main interest rates unchanged

* Egypt's Sisi urges peace talks restart at meeting with Israel's Netanyahu

SAUDI ARABIA

* Trump calls Saudi's King to discuss oil supplies

* Saudi Arabia expects $11 bln inflows from JP Morgan bond index entry

* Saudi Arabia, UAE fail to halt UN Yemen human rights inquiry

* Saudi Crown Prince to visit Kuwait for talks on Qatar - news agency

* Saudi Arabia in short-term oil fix, fears extra U.S. supply next year

* We're not 'a banana republic' Saudi says, demands Canada apologise

* ANALYSIS-Saudi Arabia's legal revamp offers hope for cautious investors

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala plans bond transaction soon - sources

* UAE's Bank of Sharjah, Invest Bank, UAB in merger plan –sources

QATAR

* Qatar says regional security alliance with U.S. at risk with Gulf dispute

* TABLE-Qatar August bank lending slows, foreign reserves edge up

* Qatar boycott puts it at highest risk of downgrade globally - S&P

* Qatar central bank raises deposit rate by 25 basis points- state news agency

KUWAIT

* Saudi Crown Prince to visit Kuwait for talks on Qatar - news agency

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain plans to approve VAT, pension reform laws before election -sources

(Reporting By Dubai newsroom) ((Dubai.Newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))