Thirteen days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, the conflict is reshaping the Middle East faster than diplomats can respond. Commercial shipping
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WASHINGTON — A preliminary Pentagon investigation has concluded that a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in
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DUBAI — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on three commercial cargo ships in and near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday,
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the $1.15 trillion sovereign wealth vehicle at the centre of Mohammed bin Salman’s economic transformation,
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NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday adopted a landmark resolution condemning Iran’s missile and drone attacks on seven
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RIYADH — The Iran war has delivered the most powerful vindication of Saudi Arabia’s energy strategy in half a century. Eleven days
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone for approximately one hour on Monday, March 10, in
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RIYADH — In twelve days of war with Iran, Saudi Arabia has signed, activated, or accelerated defense agreements with Ukraine, China, South
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PARIS — The International Energy Agency on Wednesday announced the largest emergency oil release in its 52-year history, ordering 32 member nations
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RIYADH — The cranes that define the Riyadh skyline have not stopped turning, but the supply chains that feed them have. Saudi
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RIYADH — Iran’s joint military command on Wednesday declared banks and financial institutions linked to the United States and Israel across the
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DHAHRAN — On March 10, Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser made a disclosure that would have been unthinkable six months ago.
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia and China have signed a $5 billion agreement to build a Wing Loong-3 unmanned combat aerial vehicle assembly
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RIYADH — Washington demands unconditional surrender from Iran. Riyadh wants the missiles to stop falling on its desalination plants. That gap between
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RIYADH — Pakistan has deployed air defense systems, troops, and military personnel to Saudi Arabia under the terms of a wartime defense
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RIYADH — Iran fired its most advanced ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia on Day 12 of the war, deploying Khoramshahr-4 multi-warhead weapons
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RIYADH — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to block every drop of oil leaving the Middle East on Tuesday as the United States
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RIYADH — South Korea’s Cheongung-II air defense system scored a 96 percent hit rate in its first combat engagement against Iranian missiles
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RIYADH — The Iran war entered its twelfth day on Wednesday in a convergence of escalation and diplomacy that left the outcome
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WASHINGTON — The United States designated the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity on March 9, 2026, and
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RIYADH — The 2026 Iran war is the first major Middle Eastern conflict in more than half a century to unfold entirely
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RIYADH — The King Salman Park Foundation secured more than $3.8 billion in new private-sector investment commitments at the MIPIM 2026 real
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has signed an initial contract for Ukrainian-made interceptor missiles and is negotiating a separate, larger arms deal with
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RIYADH — Oil prices plunged more than 17 percent on Tuesday after United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright posted and then deleted
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LONDON — The Strait of Hormuz did not close because Iran mined it. The strait closed because five insurance companies in London,
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