DUBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - 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-Earnings lift Wall St to record highs; dollar fall continues * MIDEAST STOCKS-Oil buoys Gulf markets, Qatar and Saudi lead * Oil settles higher, posts weekly gain as weak dollar underpins * PRECIOUS-Gold inches back toward 17-month peak as dollar moves lower * House leader Ryan says US wants Europe to join Iran sanctions push * Tillerson says Washington, Europe start work on Iran nuclear deal * Oil production at Iran's West Karoun nearly doubled in the past year- Zanganeh * Revolutionary Guards, Islamic State fighters clash in west Iran * Turkey says U.S. has promised to stop arming YPG, warns Washington on Manbij * U.N. Syria mediator to attend peace conference in Russia * Bombardment continues in Syria's Ghouta after ceasefire talk * U.S. holding Russia responsible for chemical weapons in Syria * Islamic finance body IFSB appoints new secretary general * Friendly fire kills 11 in Iraq air strike - Iraqi security sources * Yemen Houthis free detained U.S. citizen, sends him to Oman - local sources * Yemen government bans protests in Aden ahead of separatist deadline * Jordan ends bread subsidy, doubling some prices, to help state finances * Jordan's Arab Bank group says 2017 net profit unchanged at $533 mln * Algerian army kills eight armed men in Khenchela province EGYPT
* Prominent member of halted Egyptian opposition campaign attacked and injured * U.N. experts call for Egypt to halt executions * Egypt's trade deficit narrows by 25 pct in 2017 * Egypt to halt imports of LNG by end of FY 2017/18 - minister of petroleum SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed released as corruption probe winds down * TEXT-Transcript of Reuters interview with Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal * NEWSMAKER-Prince Alwaleed's release to reassure investors in global portfolio * Prominent businessmen reach settlements in Saudi corruption probe -source * Saudi energy minister discusses oil market with Iraqi PM -Twitter * Saudi Arabia sentences human rights activists to prison - Amnesty * Saudi Arabia says graft crackdown helps stock market * Saudi bank merger outlook to be clear by end-Q1 -central bank chief * Saudi's SABIC buys quarter of Clariant as activists cash in * Saudi Telecom Reports Q4 Profit of 2.65 BLN Riyals * TABLE-Saudi Arabia Q4 earnings estimates (2) * TABLE-Saudi Arabia Q4 earnings estimates (1) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Air Berlin administrator says continues to assess possible claims against Etihad * Emirates restores some capacity on U.S. routes as demand returns * Abu Dhabi's TAQA extends late life of North Sea Eider platform * TABLE-Abu Dhabi Q4 earnings estimates * TABLE-Dubai Q4 earnings estimates QATAR
* Qatar says it seeks no escalation with UAE over military overflights * Qatar in talks to buy Russia's S-400 systems - Tass * HSBC side-steps high-profile Qatar deals in Gulf gauntlet * INTERVIEW-Qatar says World Cup on track despite boycott as supply lines fixed * Qatar Airways' first Airbus A350-1000 to be delivered Feb 15-20 - CEO * TABLE-Qatar trade surplus jumps by over a third in December * TABLE-Qatar Q4 earnings estimates KUWAIT
* Kuwait protests at "insult" by Saudi official-agency * TABLE-Kuwait Q4 earnings estimates BAHRAIN
* Bahrain human rights deteriorate as world looks away -activists * TABLE-Bahrain Q4 earnings estimates OMAN
* Omani government working to create 25,000 jobs in six months * TABLE-Oman Q4 earnings estimates (Compiled by Dubai newsroom)Keywords: MIDEAST FACTORS/
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