JEDDAH — China’s state-owned shipping giant COSCO resumed commercial deliveries to the Persian Gulf on March 25, making it the first major
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RIYADH — Twenty-eight days into the Iran war, global attention remains locked on oil prices, missile trajectories, and the geopolitics of the
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering whether to redirect approximately $750 million in military aid earmarked for Ukraine to the Middle East,
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RIYADH — Twenty-eight days ago, on the night of February 28, American and Israeli warplanes struck targets across Iran in what Washington
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RIYADH — NEOM has terminated three major construction contracts at its Trojena mountain resort worth a combined $6 billion in the space
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has become the single most consequential neutral actor in the Iran war, serving as the sole diplomatic channel between
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BAGHDAD — Iraq authorized its Popular Mobilization Forces to retaliate against the United States after two days of American airstrikes killed at
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RIYADH — Twenty-seven days into the Iran war, the most dangerous military force in the Middle East has not fired a single
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KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait’s Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday the arrest of six individuals linked to Hezbollah who had confessed to planning
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TEHRAN — Iran’s war against the United States and its Gulf allies was supposed to demonstrate the Islamic Republic’s strategic depth. Instead,
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump extended a pause on strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure by ten days on Thursday, pushing the deadline
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DHAHRAN — Brent crude oil settled below $100 per barrel on Tuesday for the first time since the Iran war began on
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ISLAMABAD — The White House is working to arrange Vice President JD Vance’s travel to Pakistan this weekend for what would be
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RIYADH — Twenty-six days into the most destructive conflict the Persian Gulf has witnessed since 1991, Saudi Arabia faces a paradox that
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WASHINGTON — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has privately urged President Donald Trump to deploy American ground troops inside Iran and
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RIYADH — Twenty-six days of war between the United States, Israel, and Iran have triggered the sharpest surge in global defense spending
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RIYADH — Iran on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s 15-point ceasefire proposal and issued a five-point counterproposal that demands international recognition of
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has spent more than $300 billion on defense over the past five years, ranking seventh globally and first
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RIYADH — Human Rights Watch accused Iran of committing war crimes in the Strait of Hormuz after documenting deliberate attacks on at
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NEW YORK — Bahrain has circulated a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council that would authorize member states to use
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ANKARA — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan completed a three-day shuttle through Riyadh, Doha, and Abu Dhabi this week with a single
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RIYADH — Twenty-six days into the most destructive conflict the Middle East has witnessed since the Iran-Iraq War, the economic toll has
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KUWAIT CITY — An Iranian drone struck a fuel storage tank at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, igniting a fire that sent
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NEW DELHI — India has 9.5 days of strategic oil reserves. Its currency just hit a record low. Ninety per cent of
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RIYADH — Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman received French Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Catherine Vautrin in Riyadh
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