DHAHRAN — The Trump-Xi crude oil agreement is political theater with structural consequences. There is no volume commitment, no pricing mechanism, and no Chinese confirmation — but 600,000 barrels per day of
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority is not a negotiating position. It is a functioning customs bureaucracy — with a domain
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DOHA — Donald Trump landed in Qatar on May 14 carrying $243.5 billion in signed economic deals and a $38 billion commitment
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia conducted covert airstrikes on Iranian territory in late March 2026 as a confirmed participant in Operation Epic Fury,
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared a 500-kilometer operational crescent on May 12, stretching from Jask in the Gulf of
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KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait summoned Iran’s ambassador on May 13 to deliver a formal protest over the armed infiltration of Bubiyan Island
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RIYADH — On May 13, 2026, as Donald Trump landed in Riyadh to formalize a $142 billion arms package alongside the political
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RIYADH — The last time an American president sat across from a Syrian head of state was March 26, 2000, when Bill
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TEHRAN — Iran is actively preparing for a resumption of hostilities with the United States and Israel while simultaneously seeking to dictate
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RIYADH — Iran cannot tell the world where it put its own mines, and that single fact has made every ceasefire framework,
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WASHINGTON — The central problem in the Iran nuclear negotiations is no longer enrichment thresholds, moratorium durations, or third-country custodianship. It is
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WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 12 that America’s munitions shortages have been “foolishly and unhelpfully
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia launched covert air strikes against targets on Iranian soil in late March 2026, according to a Reuters exclusive
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KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait arrested four Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers who infiltrated Bubiyan Island by sea on May 1, opening fire on
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NEW DELHI — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will not attend the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on May 14–15,
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CHANGED: True {“content”: “ ISLAMABAD u2014 Saudi Arabia committed more than eight billion dollars in deposits, facility extensions, and joint financial packages
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WASHINGTON — The United States fired more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles during Operation Epic Fury, burned through roughly 80 percent of
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RIYADH — On April 7, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies co-sponsored a UN Security Council resolution on the Strait of Hormuz
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LONDON — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in the UK on May 11 for a bilateral with Foreign Secretary
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BEIJING — On Sunday evening, Donald Trump told CBS News the April 8 ceasefire had “approximately a 1% chance of living” —
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RIYADH — For seventy-two hours between May 5 and May 8, Saudi Arabia did something it has not done since the Iraq
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NEW DELHI — Iran’s foreign minister reversed his decision to skip the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in New Delhi, confirming on May
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BEIJING — President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing on May 13 for a three-day state visit, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirming
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Muscat’s Muttrah Corniche, the Omani capital that has hosted all four rounds of indirect US-Iran talks in 2026 — Oman’s role as
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