MANAMA — Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of the US 5th Fleet, said in a video published by CENTCOM on the evening of October 30 that IRGC naval forces had effectively vanished from
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TEHRAN — Iran’s military commanders told Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on October 31 that the country’s weapons production has risen seven-fold, and
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RIYADH — The State Department ordered non-emergency US government employees and their families out of Saudi Arabia effective October 23, leaving the
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MANAMA — Syria’s foreign minister confirmed on Saturday that Damascus is negotiating to join the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani mutual-defence
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RIYADH — Seven OPEC+ producers met online Sunday and agreed in principle to hold their December oil output targets unchanged at a
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RIYADH — Approximately 94 percent of scheduled departures at King Khalid International Airport were cancelled between October 10 and October 27, according
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DOHA — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed on November 1 that Qatar-mediated talks had produced a proposal to reopen the Strait
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TEHRAN — Iran’s top security official Mohsen Rezaei told state media on Saturday that he had read Vice President JD Vance’s letter
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version described Kosmos 2446, shown in an illustration, as a Cosmos 2600-series reconnaissance satellite identified by
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version said at least 20 people were killed and more than 370 injured in Houthi attacks
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Correction, November 1, 2026: Mohsen Rezaei is the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, not its head; the council is chaired
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WASHINGTON — The US Embassy in Riyadh issued a fresh security alert on Friday warning that Houthi hostilities against Saudi Arabia “have
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version of this article dated Trump's White House remarks and the Rubio-Faisal meeting in Atlanta to
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ATLANTA — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday at the G20 Foreign
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran “wants to talk” and that the United States has time to reach
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version described ACWA Power, which signed a solar deal during President Erdogan's February visit, as a
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia faces four distinct outcomes when President Trump’s self-imposed moratorium on striking Iran expires after the 3 November midterm
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IRGC Claims 3 Tankers Hit Mines on IMO-Approved Hormuz Route as Limpet Attack Pushes Brent Past $117
DUBAI — Three oil tankers struck naval mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on October 30 while transiting the
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Correction, November 1, 2026: The article said the October 26 Tehran communiqué was issued by Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Qatar
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia is planning a coordinated military assault on Houthi positions in Yemen to break the militia’s chokehold on the
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s coalition intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone heading toward the Makkah region on Thursday, the second time in
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version said Aramco's whole 58-square-kilometre Dhahran compound, home to about 11,000 residents, was emptied by a
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Correction, November 1, 2026: The headline and summary said Saudi output was 4.5 million barrels a day below its quota. Saudi Arabia
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DUBAI — Iran said four oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz on October 29 — the
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DOHA — Iran rejected a Qatari-mediated peace draft as “unacceptable” on October 28, 2026, while the Pentagon fired its top strategic planner,
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version of this article said the October 10 attack on King Khalid International Airport killed 13
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