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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))