DUBAI — A sanctioned Chinese tanker carrying 250,000 barrels of methanol sailed through the Strait of Hormuz overnight on the first day of America’s blockade, and the US Navy did nothing. The
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US Names Iran’s Maham-3 and Maham-7 Mines in Hormuz as Clearance Operation Begins WASHINGTON — US intelligence and CENTCOM have publicly identified
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DHAHRAN — The US Navy began enforcing a full blockade of Iranian ports on April 13, eliminating from the Asian crude market
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WASHINGTON — On April 12, 2026, Donald Trump posted a single word on Truth Social that sixty-four years of American maritime lawyers
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RIYADH — The Gulf Cooperation Council is splitting along a fault line its own charter has no mechanism to address. On one
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WASHINGTON — US Central Command imposed a naval blockade on all Iranian ports at 10:00 AM Eastern Time on April 13, 2026,
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia summoned Iraqi Ambassador Safia Taleb al-Suhail on Sunday to formally protest drone and missile attacks launched from Iraqi
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TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader is alive, mentally sharp, and governing by speakerphone — and that is constitutionally worse, for the purposes
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DHAHRAN — Brent crude above $100 per barrel was supposed to be Saudi Arabia’s windfall. Instead it is the price tag on
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RIYADH — SABIC, the petrochemical giant 70%-owned by Saudi Aramco, filed a formal Tadawul regulatory disclosure on April 8 stating it “cannot
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DHAHRAN — US Central Command began enforcing a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz at 10:00 AM Eastern Time on April
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FOUND Length: 28823 -> 29122 “ DHAHRAN u2014 Brent crude crossed $100 a barrel on April 12 for the first time since
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RIYADH — The United States launched a naval blockade of Iranian ports on April 13 without a coalition, without a United Nations
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RIYADH — South Korea’s presidential chief of staff landed in Riyadh on Sunday carrying a handwritten message from President Lee Jae-myung to
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LONDON — A Russian-flagged supertanker formerly sanctioned by the US Treasury for shipping Iranian crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz toward
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MUSCAT — The United States declared a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on April 12, 2026. Within hours, Oman’s foreign
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RIYADH — The Pentagon just told Saudi Arabia, on paper and in public, that the missiles keeping its cities alive are not
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BEIRUT — Israeli airstrikes killed 11 people in southern Lebanon overnight on April 12, hitting homes in the villages of Maaroub and
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ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has formally committed naval forces to the US-led multinational coalition tasked with reopening the Strait
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RIYADH — The United States declared a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on April 12, 2026. Saudi Arabia said nothing.
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday that its East-West Pipeline has been restored to full 7-million-barrel-per-day capacity — four days after
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WASHINGTON — The US Treasury’s General License U — a 30-day authorization permitting Indian refineries to purchase Iranian crude oil — expires
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TEHRAN — The IRGC Navy warned on April 12 that any military vessel attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz “will
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia summoned Iraq’s ambassador on Saturday and handed her a formal note of protest over drone attacks launched from
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia summoned Iraq’s ambassador on April 12, 2026 — the first time Riyadh has formally held Baghdad accountable for
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has deployed approximately 13,000 ground troops and up to 18 fighter jets to King Abdulaziz Air Base in Dhahran,
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