DHAHRAN — When UAE Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei told CNBC on April 28 that “our exit at this time is the right time for it, because it will have a minimum
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{“content”: “ WASHINGTON u2014 On May 27, the White House called Iran’s version of the memorandum of understanding “a complete fabrication.” Iran’s
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Central Command struck Iranian radar installations and drone command-and-control sites at Goruk and on Qeshm Island over the weekend,
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NEOM — PIF’s Board of Directors, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, approved the fund’s 2026-2030 strategy on April 15, 2026,
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{“content”: “ RIYADH u2014 Saudi Arabia is routing its Hormuz position through French diplomatic infrastructure because every direct negotiating track is structurally
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WASHINGTON — The amended MOU text that Donald Trump sent back to Iran on May 31 cannot be read by the one
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VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency reported on May 31, 2026, that Iran has accumulated a “record” stockpile of military-grade enriched
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RIYADH — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told American evangelical leader Mike Evans in a private meeting — attended by Saudi Foreign
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MUSCAT — Oman’s Maritime Security Centre issued an alert on May 30 after a floating object suspected to be a naval mine
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VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency has not verified Iran’s near-weapons-grade uranium stockpile in ninety-three days, and President Trump is demanding
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WASHINGTON — Trump on Saturday demanded edits to the Iran MOU specifying “how the U.S. gets the material and the timing” for
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump privately assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a final Iran deal will require full dismantlement of
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RIYADH — Pete Hegseth told the Shangri-La Dialogue on Friday that America wants “partners, not protectorates” and praised the Gulf States as
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NEOM — DataVolt committed $5 billion to Oxagon in February 2025, when the Strait of Hormuz was carrying ninety-five tanker transits a
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco earned $18.6 billion in free cash flow last quarter and owes $21.89 billion in dividends on June 9
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KUWAIT — A Kuwaiti PAC-3 battery intercepted an Iranian Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile over Ali Al Salem Air Base on Friday, but
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SINGAPORE — US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a room of 54 defence ministers and 42 chiefs of defence staff on Friday
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WASHINGTON — On May 2, Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed an emergency determination under Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control
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MUSCAT — Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told Tasnim News Agency that “the Strait had nothing to do with the US”
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{“content”: “ RIYADH u2014 Saudi Arabia has built direct channels to every Iranian official involved in the Iran-US MOU negotiations u2014 the
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DHAHRAN — Brent crude closed at $91.37 per barrel on May 29, 2026 — its lowest settlement in six weeks, capping a
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LONDON — Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority charges Chinese-linked vessels up to $2 million per transit to move Saudi crude through the
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RIYADH — Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, the exiled former president of Yemen whose March 2015 letter to the Arab League and United
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence confirmed that its servicemen have died in the 2026 Iran war — not through a
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MINA — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman used the annual Eid al-Adha reception at Mina Palace on May 29 to publicly thank
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a single statement on the US-Iran negotiations — a May 20 endorsement of
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