RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a single statement on the US-Iran negotiations — a May 20 endorsement of President Donald Trump’s “decision to give diplomacy a chance” —
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MUSCAT — Oman’s refusal to co-sign IMO Circular Letter 5028, the five-state GCC condemnation of Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, is not
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KUWAIT CITY — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck Camp Buehring in northern Kuwait early on May 28, targeting what it called
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RIYADH — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines extended its suspension of flights to Riyadh and Dammam through July 12, 2026, the airline confirmed
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Ali Akbar Velayati served as Iran’s Foreign Minister for sixteen consecutive years (1981–1997) before moving into the Supreme Leader’s advisory apparatus —
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RIYADH — Donald Trump told his Cabinet on May 27 that he might kill the Iran deal unless Saudi Arabia joins the
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s 106-day strategy of diplomatic silence on US-Iran negotiations ended on Eid al-Adha — not with a Saudi statement,
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LONDON — Forty nations have signed onto a UK-France coalition that will determine who governs the Strait of Hormuz after the war
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump told his Cabinet on Wednesday that Iran’s strategy of running down the clock has failed, declaring “I don’t
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NEOM has cancelled its EUR 1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) high-speed rail contract with Italian construction firm Webuild, effective May 27, eliminating the
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TEHRAN — The 2026 Iran nuclear talks have not stalled because of wording gaps or sequencing disputes. They have stalled because the
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WASHINGTON — The United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper fleet has fallen to 135 aircraft — 54 units below the 189-aircraft operational
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RIYADH — Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader since March 9, released a 14-page written statement on the Day of Arafah declaring that
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UNITED NATIONS — Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar addressed the United Nations Security Council on May 26, 2026,
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RIYADH — Mohammed bin Salman called Masoud Pezeshkian on Eid al-Adha to discuss expanding bilateral ties. It was the only diplomatic channel
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WASHINGTON — On the holiest day of the Islamic calendar, with 1.8 million pilgrims standing at Arafat, the Foundation for Defense of
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ABU DHABI — Anwar Gargash called the GCC’s response to the Iran war “the weakest historically” on April 27, and when nineteen
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DOHA — Iran’s three most senior negotiators — Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser
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TEHRAN — Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, spokesman for Iran’s armed forces, warned in an Al Jazeera interview on May 26 that any
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RIYADH — HUMAIN, the PIF-owned artificial intelligence company that Mohammed bin Salman chairs personally, has appointed Goldman Sachs to raise SAR 20
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RIYADH — Mohammed bin Salman told American evangelical leader Mike Evans that he could recognize Israel “today” and that his father, King
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s defence minister went on live television Monday night and told the country that joining the Abraham Accords “clashes with
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DUBAI — US Central Command struck missile launch sites and destroyed two IRGC fast boats near Bandar Abbas on May 25–26 —
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TEHRAN — On the day two million Muslims stood on the plain of Arafat — the single holiest moment in the Islamic
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RIYADH — Iran did not reject the American deal this week. It let the Islamic calendar do the rejecting. From Tarwiyah Day
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DOHA — Iran’s parliament speaker landed in Qatar on May 25 carrying a $12 billion demand for frozen assets, the same day
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