Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and other officials from the militant Palestinian group visited the holy city of Makkah last week.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and other officials from the militant Palestinian group visited the holy city of Makkah last week.
This year's figure is still below the record 192 which human rights group Amnesty International said were carried out in 1995.
"I think Saudi Arabia would seriously try to get the bomb if Iran did. It's just like India and Pakistan."
Saudi-backed militiamen, meanwhile, exchanged heavy artillery fire with their Houthi foes in the northern approaches to Aden on Wednesday.
Carter arrives in Riyadh to allay fears on nuclear agreement.
The company secured an $825 million loan from banks in February to pay debt and fund acquisitions.
The accident took place in the southwestern region of Jazan, killing father, mother and two daughters while three sons suffered serious injuries.
Interior Ministry says the cluster cells were involved in several attacks and plots, including deadly suicide bombings of Shia mosques in the kingdom's Eastern Province.
State news agency SPA named the bomber as Abdullah Fahd Abdullah Al Rashed. It said he was born in 1997 and had never travelled outside of the kingdom.
The meeting brought together top members of Hamas political wing with the Saudi king, crown prince and defence minister in a possible rapprochement between the two sides.