Bloomberg — A suicide bomber blew himself up near the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia's main commercial hub and Kuwait bolstered security at oil installations, amid a wave of terrorist attackes that killed dozens in the Middle East and beyond over the past two weeks.
In Kuwait, authorities said they arrested six people after foiling an Islamic State plot.
The Saudi blast follows a string of attacks in Iraq, Bangladesh and Turkey as Islamic State's losses mount in Syria, Iraq and Libya. Last month, Iraqi forces retook the city of Fallujah, setting the stage for an offensive on Mosul, Islamic State's main stronghold in OPEC's second-biggest producer.
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