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

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Rising U.S. yields takes edge off stocks rally  

* Oil retreats on rising U.S. dollar, though Texas supply choked  

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Dubai bucks Gulf trend with blue-chip sell-off  

* PRECIOUS-Gold under pressure as U.S. Treasury yields rise, dollar firms  

* Biden plans to 'recalibrate' Saudi relations in shot at MbS - White House  

* U.S.'s Blinken: 'The path to diplomacy is open right now' with Iran  

* ANALYSIS-Saudi Arabia eyes Dubai's crown with HQ ultimatum  

* FACTBOX-Saudi Arabia's main economic and social reforms, investor concerns  

* Oil price rally points to more OPEC+ easing from April -sources  

* Iran tells IAEA it plans to scale back cooperation in a week  

* Israel moves to buy F-35 jets, KC-46 refueling planes, munitions - official  

* Lebanon Hezbollah chief warns Israel after 'combat days' drill  

* U.S. urges Yemen's Houthis to stop military operations  

* U.S. forces in Iraq hit by rockets, contractor killed  

* NATO to agree larger Iraq training force as violence rises 

* Iran's meddling must be tackled before Iraq elections, U.S. tells U.N. 

* Houthi offensive on Yemen's Marib threatens mass displacement, U.N. warns 

* Iran, Russia navies start exercises in Indian Ocean 

* Thousands protest in Algeria, hoping to rekindle mass demos 

* Israeli economy dips 2.4% in 2020, but COVID hit less than in OECD 

* Jordan tenders to buy 120,000 tonnes feed barley - trade 

 

EGYPT

* Egypt plans reopening of Libya embassy shut since 2014 

* U.S. looking into reports Egypt has detained rights activist's relatives 

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi sovereign wealth fund boosts U.S. equities exposure to nearly $12.8 bln 

* Auto supplier Bosch to evaluate Saudi business potential 

* Saudi January inflation rises to 5.7%, continuing to reflect VAT hike 

* Saudi-led coalition: Houthi drone interception leaves shrapnel near Abha airport 

* Saudi cabinet approves establishing bank of SMEs - SPA 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Dubai's Sheikha Latifa issues video from 'villa jail'- BBC Panorama 

* Abu Dhabi's ADQ lines up banks for $1 bln Louis Dreyfus acquisition loan - sources 

* Bulgaria nabs heroin haul on container ship from Dubai 

KUWAIT

* National Bank of Kuwait hires banks for dollar AT1 bonds, document shows 

BAHRAIN

* Ten years after uprising, some Bahrainis still counting the cost

* TIMELINE-The 2011 uprising in Bahrain and what's happened since 

(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))