JEDDAH — On April 16, Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir sat across from Iranian officials in Tehran carrying a US nuclear message, while 800 kilometres to the south, Pakistan’s 25th Mechanised Division
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TEHRAN — Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir landed in Tehran on April 15, 2026, carrying what Al Jazeera described as “a new
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RIYADH — The IRGC told the world on April 9 that it had “absolutely not launched any projectiles towards any country” since
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia’s crude shipments to China will fall to approximately 20 million barrels in May 2026, down from 40 million
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DHAHRAN — The US Energy Information Administration’s April Short-Term Energy Outlook gives Saudi Arabia a $96 annual Brent average for 2026 —
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JEDDAH — Iran’s threat to Saudi Arabia’s export routes is no longer implicit, conditional, or confined to the Strait of Hormuz. On
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RIYADH — China’s Defense Minister told the world on April 13 that the Strait of Hormuz is “open to us,” and in
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RIYADH — On April 15, regional officials told the Associated Press that the United States and Iran had reached “in-principle agreement” to
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LONDON — When roughly forty nations convene by video on April 17 for the Macron-Starmer Hormuz summit, Saudi Arabia — the country
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RIYADH — The International Monetary Fund cut Saudi Arabia’s 2026 growth forecast from 4.5% to 3.1% on April 14, and every headline
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme Leader has not been seen, photographed, or confirmed alive in any verifiable visual or audio format for 46
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Table of Contents The Leak and the Landing What Does the SMDA Actually Obligate Pakistan to Do? How Did the SMDA Bypass
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s refusal to endorse any of three competing frameworks for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is the clearest evidence
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LONDON — On April 17, more than 40 nations will join a videoconference co-chaired by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer to plan
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ANTALYA — The quadrilateral meeting among Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt at the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 17-19 is
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NEW YORK — Iran’s demand that five Arab states pay reparations for enabling US-Israeli strikes is not a legal claim with any
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DHAHRAN — OPEC’s April monthly report confirms what commodity desks already suspected: the Iran war produced the largest crude supply shock in
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ISLAMABAD — The fifteen-year gap between Washington’s demand for a twenty-year Iranian enrichment moratorium and Tehran’s offer of five years is not
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Iran Says Its Arsenal Is Full Again. Saudi Arabia Has 400 Interceptors Left. RIYADH — The ceasefire that began on April 8
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia set its May Official Selling Price for Arab Light crude to Asia at a record +$19.50 per barrel
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China Sent Two Signals on Day One of the Hormuz Blockade — Neither Was an Accident DUBAI — Within hours of the
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s formal request that Washington lift the Iran blockade is not a diplomatic gesture toward Tehran. It is a
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DUBAI — A sanctioned Chinese tanker carrying 250,000 barrels of methanol sailed through the Strait of Hormuz overnight on the first day
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RIYADH — Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Jadaan landed in Islamabad on April 11 — the same day JD Vance sat
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s decision to route its post-collapse diplomacy through Riyadh — not back to Islamabad, not to a neutral capital —
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Saudi Arabia’s Four Special Economic Zones Activate Wednesday — Into a War RIYADH — On April 16, the regulatory frameworks governing Saudi
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