TEHRAN — Iran has designated Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf as its signatory to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding scheduled for signing in Geneva on Sunday, June 14, bypassing Foreign Minister Abbas
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RIYADH — On the same day Iran hit eighteen targets across two GCC capitals, Saudi Arabia’s only confirmed diplomatic act was a
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RIYADH — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman declined Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to the G7 Evian summit on June 16, citing “prior commitments”
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DHAHRAN — Brent crude fell 4.2 percent to $89.15 per barrel in extended trading on June 11 after President Trump declared from
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RIYADH — Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on June 11 that an Iran deal had been “approved by all parties involved,
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WASHINGTON — The Arms Control Association published its formal assessment of the US-Saudi 123 Agreement on June 12, 2026 — the same
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RIYADH — Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on June 11 that he had made “a great settlement of the
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RIYADH — Trump told Fox News on June 11 that the United States would strike Iran again “on Thursday” unless Tehran accepts
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Table of Contents What Did Trump Say About Kharg Island? What Does Kharg Island Control? How Did Iran Respond to the Threat?
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KUWAIT CITY — The IRGC’s Aerospace Force and Navy struck 18 US military targets across three bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in
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MANAMA — The GCC told Kuwait and Bahrain on June 11 that “any attack against one of them is an attack against
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LONDON — Saudi Arabia’s oil export economics do not recover when a Hormuz ceasefire is signed — they recover 12 to 36
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RIYADH — The IRGC’s universal shoot-on-sight order closing the Strait of Hormuz to all vessels was issued before Donald Trump told Fox
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MANAMA — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan sat across from Canada’s Anita Anand on Thursday and signed a joint communique
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RIYADH — Donald Trump told Fox News on June 11 that top Iranian officials had called him directly to request a halt
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{“content”: “ Every GCC Base Has an Evacuation Treaty. Saudi Arabia Has a Memo. n RIYADH u2014 When the State Department ordered
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{“content”: “ DOHA u2014 A high-level Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on June 10, 2026, carrying a mandate Al Arabiya’s sources described
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{“content”: “ DHAHRAN u2014 India formally condemned the United States on June 10 for striking the M/T Settebello in the Gulf of
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Wright Says Hormuz Traffic Is Rising. IMF Data Shows Two Ships. WASHINGTON — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC on Monday
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TEHRAN — The IAEA Board of Governors voted 19-3 on June 10 to censure Iran for its failure to cooperate with international
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VIENNA — The IAEA Board of Governors voted 19–3 on June 10 to censure Iran for failing to account for 440.9 kilograms
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{“content”: “ RIYADH u2014 Iran launched coordinated strikes against US military installations in three countries early on June 10, retaliating for CENTCOM’s
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VIENNA — IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told the Board of Governors on June 8 that his agency has not verified Iran’s
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RIYADH — The IRGC launched Operation Nasr on June 8, targeting Israel’s Nevatim and Tel Nof air bases with Emad, Qadr F,
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JEDDAH — Houthi forces struck two commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden on June 8-9, 2026, in the first kinetic enforcement
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia housed 30,000 Iranian nationals inside the holiest territory on earth for six weeks of active war, and as
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