MUSCAT — Oman’s Maritime Security Centre issued an alert on May 30 after a floating object suspected to be a naval mine was sighted in Omani territorial waters at the Strait of
MoreDHAHRAN — Brent crude closed at $91.37 per barrel on May 29, 2026 — its lowest settlement in six weeks, capping a
MoreLONDON — Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority charges Chinese-linked vessels up to $2 million per transit to move Saudi crude through the
MoreRIYADH — Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, the exiled former president of Yemen whose March 2015 letter to the Arab League and United
MoreJEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence confirmed that its servicemen have died in the 2026 Iran war — not through a
MoreMINA — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman used the annual Eid al-Adha reception at Mina Palace on May 29 to publicly thank
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a single statement on the US-Iran negotiations — a May 20 endorsement of
MoreLONDON — Chevron Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth told Bloomberg Surveillance on May 29 that ships were attacked in the Strait of
MoreKUWAIT CITY — Kuwait invoked its right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter on May 28, the first formal
MoreRIYADH — Brent crude fell to $91 a barrel on May 29 — its third consecutive daily decline, down nearly $24 from
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MoreTEHRAN — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired warning shots at four vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz at approximately
MoreLONDON — The Strait of Hormuz is functionally closed to commercial shipping as of May 29, 2026 — not because any government
MoreLIMASSOL — Prince Faisal bin Farhan walked into the EU Gymnich foreign ministers’ meeting in Cyprus on May 27, ending more than
MoreWASHINGTON — Scott Bessent did not sanction Iran on May 28. He sanctioned the one diplomatic instrument Iran could not field alone
MoreKUWAIT CITY — Kuwait’s Ministry of Defence confirmed on May 28 that its air defense systems intercepted nine missiles — seven ballistic
MoreKUWAIT CITY — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired a ballistic missile toward Kuwait at 04:50 a.m. local time on May 28,
MoreDHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia’s crude exports to its four largest Asian buyers are collapsing at a pace that pricing adjustments alone cannot
MoreMUSCAT — Oman’s refusal to co-sign IMO Circular Letter 5028, the five-state GCC condemnation of Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, is not
MoreKUWAIT CITY — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck Camp Buehring in northern Kuwait early on May 28, targeting what it called
MoreRIYADH — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines extended its suspension of flights to Riyadh and Dammam through July 12, 2026, the airline confirmed
MoreAli Akbar Velayati served as Iran’s Foreign Minister for sixteen consecutive years (1981–1997) before moving into the Supreme Leader’s advisory apparatus —
MoreRIYADH — Donald Trump told his Cabinet on May 27 that he might kill the Iran deal unless Saudi Arabia joins the
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s 106-day strategy of diplomatic silence on US-Iran negotiations ended on Eid al-Adha — not with a Saudi statement,
MoreLONDON — Forty nations have signed onto a UK-France coalition that will determine who governs the Strait of Hormuz after the war
MoreWASHINGTON — 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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