DUBAI — The CMA CGM Kribi, a Malta-flagged container ship operated by France’s CMA CGM, passed through the Strait of Hormuz on April 3, 2026 — the first vessel linked to Western
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TEHRAN — Iran’s five counter-conditions to the US 15-point ceasefire plan, presented on March 25 through Pakistani intermediaries, include a demand that
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LONDON — Forty-one nations convened on April 2 to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and the country that has policed it
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Table of Contents Fewer Missiles, More Hits What Changed After March 10? The Ras Tanura Problem Can the East-West Pipeline Take the
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{“content”: “ RIYADH — Britain’s deployment of a Sky Sabre air defense battery to Saudi Arabia, confirmed by Defence Secretary John Healey
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told America’s allies to “build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT”
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JEDDAH — Iran announced on Wednesday that it is finalizing a joint protocol with Oman to “monitor and coordinate” all tanker traffic
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RIYADH — Saudi air defenses intercepted one ballistic missile and ten drones over Al-Kharj on April 2, 2026, but the debris from
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RIYADH — Pakistan’s mediation framework between Iran and the United States collapsed on two fronts within 72 hours — Iran formally rejected
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TEHRAN — On the night of April 1, an airstrike hit the home of Kamal Kharazi, the 81-year-old former Iranian foreign minister
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TEHRAN — An IRGC “military council” of senior officers has seized de facto control of Iran’s government, cutting President Masoud Pezeshkian off
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ABU DHABI — Iran is not trying to overwhelm Saudi Arabia, the UAE, or Kuwait individually — it is trying to drain
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WASHINGTON — The war in Iran is costing the United States $1.5 billion a day. On Sunday, the White House said President
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RIYADH — As of April 2, 2026, the conflict involving the United States, Israel, and the Islamic Republic of Iran has entered
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Table of Contents Thirty-Five Flags, No Warships What Does Starmer Actually Want from April 3? Trump Responds: “Go Get Your Own Oil”
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s thirty-year investment in GCC cohesion — the scaffolding behind the Islamabad Quadrilateral, the F-35 deal, and the kingdom’s
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ISLAMABAD — Iran’s foreign minister went on Al Jazeera on April 1 and told the world his country is ready to fight
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RIYADH — Gulf Cooperation Council stocks of PAC-3 MSE interceptors — the only missile capable of reliably engaging Iranian ballistic threats —
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DOHA — An Iranian cruise missile struck the fuel oil tanker Aqua 1, chartered to QatarEnergy, approximately 17 nautical miles north of
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VIENNA — The world’s strategic petroleum reserves — the last emergency buffer between a managed oil crisis and an unmanaged one —
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump told Europe this morning to “build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.”
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WASHINGTON — The most hawkish think tank in Washington is telling Trump not to invade Kharg Island. That alone should make everyone
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JUBAIL — Sadara Chemical Company, the $20 billion joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Inc. that operates the world’s largest integrated
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RIYADH — Forty-eight hours after Saudi Arabia committed roughly $1 trillion in investments and accepted a $142 billion arms package at the
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WASHINGTON — The 82nd Airborne Division is loading onto C-17s with orders to seize Iran’s oil infrastructure by force. Thirteen thousand paratroopers
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JEDDAH — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosted Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Jordan’s King Abdullah II
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