LONDON — Sixteen ships transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, April 20, 2026 — nine entering, seven exiting — according to MarineTraffic.com vessel data cited by CNN and The National. Two
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n DUBAI — Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats opened fire on two Indian-flagged commercial vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz on
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ISLAMABAD — The seizure of the M/V Touska in the Gulf of Oman on April 19 did not collapse the Islamabad Round
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Turkey and Pakistan Are Already Past the April 22 Deadline ISLAMABAD — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan declared on April 19 that
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ISLAMABAD — The Vice President of the United States arrived in Islamabad on April 20 with no Iranian counterpart booked to meet
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MUSCAT — Iran launched drone strikes against a US military support vessel and the Port of Salalah in Oman on April 20,
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ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia signed a $3 billion deposit rollover with Pakistan’s central bank on April 17, the same day Field Marshal
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DHAHRAN — The last tanker to exit the Strait of Hormuz before the war departed on February 28, and JPMorgan calculates that
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ISLAMABAD — Within the same 24-hour window on April 19-20, 2026, the United States confirmed it was exploring an “in principle” two-week
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ISLAMABAD — The United States announced on April 19 that Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and senior adviser Jared
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Table of Contents What Did the IRGC Navy Broadcast on Channel 16? The Sequence: Tweet, Market Crash, Override Why Does VHF Channel
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LONDON — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on the French-flagged container ship CMA CGM Everglade in the Strait of Hormuz on
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has no seat at the Iran ceasefire table, and that may be exactly how Mohammed bin Salman wants
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MUSCAT — The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fired on and boarded the Iranian-flagged container ship TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman on
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JEDDAH — Mohammed bin Salman called Donald Trump the day before the April 16 ceasefire announcement and told him a Lebanon truce
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Table of Contents Saudi Arabia Told Washington to End the Blockade The Yanbu Bottleneck Can the Houthis Actually Close Bab el-Mandeb? Iran’s
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TEHRAN — Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf did not make a threat on Saturday night. He published a precondition. In a one-hour address on
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ISLAMABAD — President Donald Trump told Fox News on April 19 that Iran will get “blown up” if it refuses to sign
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TEHRAN — On April 18, the captain of the Indian-flagged tanker Sanmar Herald did something no maritime officer had done in the
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JEDDAH — The first international pilgrims for Hajj 2026 landed in Makkah and Madinah on April 18-19 under the Makkah Route Initiative,
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ANTALYA — Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan spent April 18 in two conversations that, taken together, amount to a diplomatic architecture:
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CENTCOM Deploys A-10 Warthogs and Apaches Over Hormuz, Turns Back 23 Vessels Before Ceasefire Expiry
Table of Contents Why Is CENTCOM Flying A-10 Warthogs Over the Strait of Hormuz? What Does the A-10 Deployment Signal to IRGC
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JEDDAH — Iran’s response to the ceasefire framework arrived in Saudi Arabia on April 16 — hand-delivered by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz
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JEDDAH — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on April 15-16 for a two-hour
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DHAHRAN — The physical crude oil market has detached from its financial derivative by $35–49 per barrel, and every major fiscal assessment
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WASHINGTON — The White House declared negotiations with Iran “productive and ongoing” this week even as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reversed
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