VIENNA — Austria’s Directorate for State Protection and Intelligence published an annual threat assessment concluding that Iran’s nuclear weapons programme is “well
MoreRIYADH — Donald Trump told his negotiators on May 24 not to rush into a deal with Iran because “time is on
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MoreWASHINGTON — Senator Tom Cotton sent a formal letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday demanding immediate sanctions on Iran’s Persian
MoreWASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said from New Delhi on May 23 that Iran could accept a deal to
MoreJEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s terminal missile defense over the Hajj corridor has fallen to between 80 and 150 PAC-3 MSE interceptors —
MoreROME — The fifth round of US-Iran nuclear negotiations concluded at the Omani Embassy in Rome’s Camilluccia neighbourhood on May 23, 2026,
MoreDHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia’s OPEC+ production quota for June 2026 is 10.291 million barrels per day. In April, the kingdom produced 6.879
MoreNEOM — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has formally halted all construction on The Line, the 170-kilometre mirrored linear city that served
MoreDOHA — A Qatari negotiating team arrived in Tehran on Friday to help close the remaining gaps in the Hormuz memorandum of
MoreTEHRAN — Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority on May 22 published a jurisdiction map anchoring its claimed maritime management zone to two
MoreRIYADH — Al-Arabiya, the Saudi state-aligned broadcaster majority-owned by the Public Investment Fund, on May 22 published what it described as the
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan praised President Donald Trump on May 20 for giving “negotiations with Iran additional
MoreJEDDAH — The most consequential foreign-policy document issued against Saudi Arabia in 2026 is not a sanctions package, a UN resolution, or
MoreISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on May 20 for his second visit in seven days, carrying the
MoreChanged: True -> False LONDON — Britain concluded a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council on 20 May 2026 —
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on May 20 publicly endorsed President Donald Trump’s cancellation of a planned military
MoreChanged: True -> False {“content”: “ ISLAMABAD u2014 The United States transmitted a new draft peace agreement to Iran on May 21
MoreWASHINGTON — The US-Saudi 123 Agreement framework, formalized during President Trump’s May 13 visit to Riyadh, contains no prohibition on Saudi uranium
MoreRIYADH — US President Donald Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews on May 20 that he was “in no hurry” to
MoreJEDDAH — Iran has placed 30,000 nationals inside Saudi Arabia for Hajj 2026, entering through the Jadidat Arar border crossing from Iraq
MoreRIYADH — Iran stated on May 19 that it is not negotiating its nuclear program at this stage. The declaration, reported by
MoreRIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet issued a formal security warning on May 19, declaring the Kingdom “will never hesitate to take all
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