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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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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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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TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader praised his navy on Telegram on April 18 while IRGC gunboats fired on two Indian-flagged tankers in
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The IRGC Just Declared the Entire Persian Gulf a Kill Zone — and Markets Shrugged DHAHRAN — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir is heading to Washington carrying Iran’s in-principle agreement to a four-country nuclear monitoring framework —
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Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran — the civilian diplomatic institution whose negotiating team was recalled from Islamabad by Zolghadr’s “deviation
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DHAHRAN — South Korea announced it had secured 273 million barrels of crude oil outside the Strait of Hormuz, and every headline
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JEDDAH — Iran fired on Indian oil tankers and lost its largest remaining customer on the same day the American licence that
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ANTALYA — Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh killed the April 20 Islamabad round on Friday morning, telling journalists at the Antalya
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ANTALYA — At the precise hour that Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan sat in a quadrilateral meeting at the Antalya
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Table of Contents Killed on Day One What Happened on the Road to Ghandouriyeh? Who Fired? The Israeli Violations No One Is
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ISLAMABAD — Donald Trump told reporters on April 16 that he would fly to Pakistan to sign an Iran deal — the
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Two Dozen Ships Turn Back at Hormuz as Insurance Market — Not Navies — Enforces the Strait’s Closure
DUBAI — Approximately two dozen bulk carriers and oil tankers began advancing toward the Strait of Hormuz on April 18 then reversed
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Table of Contents What Did Ghalibaf Actually Deny? The Twelve-Hour Hormuz Reversal Who Actually Controls the Strait? Oil Markets and the Counter-Signal
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s 25th Mechanised Division — 10,000 troops equipped with T-80UD main battle tanks, M109A2 self-propelled howitzers, and Talha armoured personnel
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ISLAMABAD — On April 22, Indonesia’s 221,000 Hajj pilgrims — the single largest national contingent — board their first charter flights to
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JEDDAH — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman privately told President Trump in an April 16 phone call that a Lebanon ceasefire
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WASHINGTON — On the morning of April 18, Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged European governments to reimpose sanctions on Iran, warning
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WASHINGTON — Three senior Iranian officials confirmed to the New York Times on April 17 that Iran and the United States are
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Aramco Said Days. The Finance Minister Said Months. DHAHRAN — On April 17, 2026, Saudi Aramco told the market it could restore
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ANTALYA — Iran’s foreign minister called Saudi Arabia’s Prince Faisal bin Farhan three times in nine days — on April 9, April
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PARIS — France and Britain convened roughly 40 nations at the Elysee Palace on April 17 to launch the Strait of Hormuz
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