{“content”: “ JEDDAH u2014 Mohammed bin Salman chaired the GCC’s first wartime summit on April 28, secured a collective-defense declaration that formally
MoreDUBAI — On April 28, 2026, the Panama-flagged VLCC Idemitsu Maru — loaded with roughly two million barrels of Saudi crude from
MoreTable of Contents The Vote That Closed the Door Why Did Russia and China Veto a Resolution They Had Already Weakened? Kostyukov
MoreTEHRAN — Iran’s regular army told the world on Tuesday that the war is still on. Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia, spokesperson for
MoreMOSCOW — Vladimir Putin sat across from Abbas Araghchi in St. Petersburg on April 27 and listened to the Iranian foreign minister
MoreABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates announced on Monday that it will withdraw from OPEC and OPEC+ effective May 1, 2026,
MoreDHAHRAN — Physical crude oil hit $148.87 a barrel on April 13 while Brent futures traded at $97. That $47 gap is
MoreISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia transferred $3 billion to Pakistan in five days last week, preventing Islamabad from defaulting on $3.45 billion in
MoreWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday rejected Iran’s Hormuz-for-blockade offer in language no diplomatic interlocutor recovers from quickly, telling
MoreDHAHRAN — OPEC+ voted on April 5 to raise its May production quota by 206,000 barrels per day — a figure that
MoreRIYADH — Three American aircraft carriers are now operating inside Central Command’s area of responsibility for the first time since the 2003
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia announced this month that government-wide local procurement has crossed 51 per cent, up from 28 per cent when
MoreWASHINGTON — Iranian strikes across eleven US military installations in seven countries have caused up to $5 billion in infrastructure damage —
MoreST. PETERSBURG — Abbas Araghchi did not fly to Russia to brief Vladimir Putin. He flew to St. Petersburg on April 27
MoreJEDDAH — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosted Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Jeddah on April 21, three weeks after
MoreThe Six-Country Sky Over Saudi Arabia: Ukraine’s Sky Map Lands at PSAB Six Weeks After Trump Said No
JEDDAH — Six weeks before a Ukrainian military team arrived at a Saudi air base to train American soldiers on how to
MoreLONDON — Donald Trump and Keir Starmer spoke by phone on April 26 and agreed on what Downing Street called “the urgent
MoreWASHINGTON — The Pentagon told the House Armed Services Committee on April 22 that clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz
MoreBANDAR ABBAS — An explosion ripped through the Sina Port container yard at Shahid Rajaei port at 12:20 local time on April
MoreNICOSIA — The GCC Secretary-General flew to Cyprus last week and, over an informal working lunch with Ursula von der Leyen and
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia is absorbing 83% of Iran’s missile and drone strikes, bleeding 3.15 million barrels per day in lost oil
MoreDHAHRAN — Goldman Sachs has given Saudi Arabia’s nightmare a name, and it sounds almost reassuring. Jared Cohen, co-head of the bank’s
MoreSaudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan signs a bilateral agreement with Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in Warsaw, January 2026 — his
MoreBEIJING — Xi Jinping’s April 20 phone call with Mohammed bin Salman — in which the Chinese president called for “normal passage
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia published its Vision 2030 Annual Report on April 25, 2026 — the plan’s tenth anniversary — claiming 93%
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