WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran “wants to talk” and that the United States has time to reach a deal, even as limpet mines struck oil tankers in
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RIYADH — Yemen’s Houthi forces claimed six simultaneous attacks targeting Saudi oil refineries, both of the kingdom’s primary commercial airports, and a
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RIYADH — Israel’s October 27 election produced no majority for either Benjamin Netanyahu or challenger Gadi Eisenkot, splitting the 120-seat Knesset 53
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RIYADH — Saudi coalition air defences intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles fired at Riyadh on Thursday evening, October 29, 2026.
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DUBAI — Emirates plans to resume flights to Jeddah on October 30, with Riyadh and Dammam following on November 8, making it
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on October 28 that Tehran can implement its seven-day Hormuz reopening plan in “even
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RIYADH — The Saudi-led coalition carried out 101 airstrikes and missile attacks across nine Yemeni provinces in a single 24-hour period ending
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DUBAI — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on October 29 that three oil tankers exploded and caught fire after striking sea
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DUBAI — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on October 29 that its aerospace force destroyed a 14th US MQ-1 drone over
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DHAHRAN — The Saudi-led coalition intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province early on Thursday, October 29, coalition
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RIYADH — Saudi Civil Defence confirmed on Tuesday that debris from two intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles damaged a building, a construction project,
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco is offering European buyers spot crude cargoes from Yanbu and the Mediterranean terminal at Sidi Kerir for October
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RIYADH — The United States has privately warned several Gulf Arab states to prepare for a “short, intense” military campaign against Iran
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TEHRAN — Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan issued a joint communiqué on Monday pledging to continue dialogue on regional peace and
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DHAHRAN — Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed on Tuesday that Yemeni armed forces fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia’s Ras
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump chose economics over explosives, and since late August the United States Treasury has been dismantling Iran’s financial infrastructure
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RIYADH — Iran has added a $24 billion reserves precondition to its demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, raising the threshold
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RIYADH — Iran on Tuesday reiterated the conditions under which it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, telling mediators the waterway could
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RIYADH — Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir carried a proposal to Tehran on October 26 that a senior Pakistani security official said
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RIYADH — The United States ordered the departure of all non-emergency government employees and their family members from Saudi Arabia, effective October
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WASHINGTON — American forces in the Middle East can launch a major military campaign against Iran within 96 hours of receiving a
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RIYADH — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chaired a Council of Ministers session on October 27, 2026, to review what Defence Minister
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LONDON — The head of the International Maritime Organization said this month that the only internationally recognized shipping route through the Strait
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DHAHRAN — A fire broke out early on Tuesday near Saudi Aramco facilities at Ras Tanura, the kingdom’s largest crude oil export
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia reportedly offered the Houthis $1 billion, routed through Iran, to halt attacks on the kingdom, Israel Hayom reported
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RIYADH — Saudi-led coalition air defences intercepted 3 Houthi ballistic missiles fired at Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Region and 4 Houthi drones heading
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