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JEDDAH — The ceasefire expired at midnight, the first Indonesian pilgrims boarded their Hajj flights from Jakarta, and the IRGC seized two

JEDDAH — Pakistan’s 119,000 Hajj pilgrims are now inside Saudi Arabia’s wartime Makkah cordon, and their physical presence has done what no

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber departs Diego Garcia — the Indian Ocean staging base used for the June 2025 strikes on Fordow,

Changed: True WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia’s Fund for Development signed a $3 billion deposit rollover with the State Bank of Pakistan on

TEHRAN — Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has done what no sitting Iranian president has done during wartime: he named the generals wrecking

DUBAI — A sanctioned Chinese tanker carrying 250,000 barrels of methanol sailed through the Strait of Hormuz overnight on the first day

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia summoned Iraqi Ambassador Safia Taleb al-Suhail on Sunday to formally protest drone and missile attacks launched from Iraqi

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia summoned Iraq’s ambassador on Saturday and handed her a formal note of protest over drone attacks launched from

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia summoned Iraq’s ambassador on April 12, 2026 — the first time Riyadh has formally held Baghdad accountable for

ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia and Qatar jointly pledged $5 billion to Pakistan on April 12, the morning after the first direct US-Iran

ISLAMABAD — Vice President JD Vance stood at a lectern inside the Serena Hotel on Saturday, spoke for four minutes, declared the

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Tehran’s Azadi Tower at night — the Islamic Republic’s most recognisable monument, in the capital where Mojtaba Khamenei has directed Iran’s ceasefire

WASHINGTON — The War Powers Resolution gives the president 60 days to wage war without Congressional authorization. President Trump filed his notification