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-Global stocks, dollar rise with U.S. economic data 

* Oil falls 1% on sluggish coronavirus recovery, supply concerns 

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most major Gulf markets dip as financial shares weigh 

* PRECIOUS-Gold hits 1-week low as positive U.S. data buoys dollar 

* Pompeo to visit Israel and UAE with peace, Iran and China on agenda, sources 

* EXCLUSIVE-OPEC+ needs to offset large May-July oversupply -document 

* Saudi-led coalition in Yemen intercepted explosive-laden drone launched by Houthis -SPA 

* Libya's Tripoli-based government and rival parliament take steps to end hostilities

* Protesters set fire to parliament office in Iraq's Basra 

* Gaza-Israel violence prompts stepped-up mediation efforts 

* Thirteen of 15-member U.N. Security Council oppose U.S. push for Iran sanctions

* Erdogan announces biggest Turkish gas find in Black Sea

EGYPT

* Scientists peer inside ancient Egyptian cat, snake and bird mummies 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi public sector employees to return to on-site work Aug. 30 -state TV 

* MEDIA-Saudi Aramco suspends $10 bln China oil refinery venture 

* Saudi sacks officials at tourism projects on suspicion of corruption 

* Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Says Wins $409 Mln Order To Build 10 Petrochemical Product Carriers For Saudi Arabia's Bahri 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE could reintroduce curfew in some areas as COVID-19 cases rise, official says 

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