RIYADH — Seven OPEC+ producers met online Sunday and agreed in principle to hold their December oil output targets unchanged at a combined 30.9 million barrels per day, three people with knowledge
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia faces four distinct outcomes when President Trump’s self-imposed moratorium on striking Iran expires after the 3 November midterm
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IRGC Claims 3 Tankers Hit Mines on IMO-Approved Hormuz Route as Limpet Attack Pushes Brent Past $117
DUBAI — Three oil tankers struck naval mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on October 30 while transiting the
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Correction, November 1, 2026: The article said the October 26 Tehran communiqué was issued by Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Qatar
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia is planning a coordinated military assault on Houthi positions in Yemen to break the militia’s chokehold on the
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s coalition intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone heading toward the Makkah region on Thursday, the second time in
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version said Aramco's whole 58-square-kilometre Dhahran compound, home to about 11,000 residents, was emptied by a
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Correction, November 1, 2026: The headline and summary said Saudi output was 4.5 million barrels a day below its quota. Saudi Arabia
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DUBAI — Iran said four oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz on October 29 — the
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DOHA — Iran rejected a Qatari-mediated peace draft as “unacceptable” on October 28, 2026, while the Pentagon fired its top strategic planner,
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version of this article said the October 10 attack on King Khalid International Airport killed 13
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RIYADH — Israel’s October 27 election produced no majority for either Benjamin Netanyahu or challenger Gadi Eisenkot, splitting the 120-seat Knesset 53
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RIYADH — Saudi coalition air defences intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles fired at Riyadh on Thursday evening, October 29, 2026.
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DUBAI — Emirates plans to resume flights to Jeddah on October 30, with Riyadh and Dammam following on November 8, making it
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on October 28 that Tehran can implement its seven-day Hormuz reopening plan in “even
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RIYADH — The Saudi-led coalition carried out 101 airstrikes and missile attacks across nine Yemeni provinces in a single 24-hour period ending
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DUBAI — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on October 29 that three oil tankers exploded and caught fire after striking sea
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Correction, November 1, 2026: This article said at least 24 MQ-9 Reapers had been confirmed lost under a Congressional Budget Office estimate,
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DHAHRAN — The Saudi-led coalition intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province early on Thursday, October 29, coalition
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RIYADH — Saudi Civil Defence confirmed on Tuesday that debris from two intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles damaged a building, a construction project,
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco is offering European buyers spot crude cargoes from Yanbu and the Mediterranean terminal at Sidi Kerir for October
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RIYADH — The United States has privately warned several Gulf Arab states to prepare for a “short, intense” military campaign against Iran
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version described Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan and Turkey as "all four signatories" of the Tehran communiqué;
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DHAHRAN — Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed on Tuesday that Yemeni armed forces fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia’s Ras
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump chose economics over explosives, and since late August the United States Treasury has been dismantling Iran’s financial infrastructure
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Correction, November 1, 2026: An earlier version said Saudi crude loadings had fallen more than 70 percent and that Riyadh could not
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