RIYADH — Iran launched a fresh wave of missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel
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MANAMA — The Wall Street Journal reported on March 24 that videos show missiles used in attacks on Iran were launched from
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MANILA — The Philippines on Tuesday became the first country to formally declare a national energy emergency in response to the Iran
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RIYADH — For half a century, Saudi Arabia depended on Washington for security guarantees, on European capitals for diplomatic legitimacy, and on
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BEIRUT — Lebanon declared Iran’s ambassador Mohammad Reza Sheibani persona non grata on Tuesday and ordered him to leave the country within
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RIYADH — Twenty-four days into the Iran war, the conflict’s most reliable winner is not sitting in the Pentagon’s situation room or
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RIYADH — The Iran war’s most devastating consequences are unfolding not in the Gulf but in cities most Western policymakers could not
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RIYADH — The conventional reading of the Iran war places Saudi Arabia among its victims. Houthi-launched ballistic missiles struck Riyadh and Jeddah.
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DUBAI — An oil tanker that was sent to a ship-breaking yard in Bangladesh five years ago has reappeared in the Strait
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RIYADH — The most consequential weapon deployed in the Iran war is not a ballistic missile, a Shahed drone, or a Patriot
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LONDON — Britain announced on Monday that it is deploying short-range air defense systems to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain, and distributing
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RIYADH — Eight years ago, Saudi Arabia had zero cinemas, zero public concerts, and a religious police force that shut down restaurants
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have taken concrete steps toward becoming active participants in the war against Iran,
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RIYADH — Donald Trump has given himself sixteen days to end the largest military conflict in the Middle East since the 2003
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TEHRAN — Mojtaba Khamenei became Iran’s third supreme leader on 9 March 2026, installed by a coerced Assembly of Experts less than
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WASHINGTON — Three weeks into Operation Epic Fury, the gap between what artificial intelligence promised and what the battlefield delivered has become
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WASHINGTON — Ten anonymous cryptocurrency wallets appeared on the prediction market platform Polymarket on Sunday, wagering a combined $160,000 that the United
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul stock exchange reopens on Tuesday after an eight-day Eid al-Fitr holiday during which the Iran war escalated
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RIYADH — The Iran war has closed both of the world’s critical maritime data chokepoints simultaneously for the first time in history,
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DUBAI — Iran’s threat to completely seal the Strait of Hormuz if the United States strikes its power grid represents the most
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BAGHDAD — Iran-backed Iraqi militias launched 21 separate attacks against United States military installations across Iraq and the wider Gulf region in
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DHAHRAN — Twenty-two days of war between Iran and the United States have produced the most severe disruption to global energy markets
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia can produce 12 million barrels of oil per day. It has the wells, the processing plants, and the
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MIAMI — Saudi Arabia will open the fourth edition of its Future Investment Initiative Priority Summit in Miami on March 25, gathering
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RIYADH — The Iran war has produced over 300 documented environmental incidents across twelve countries in just three weeks, contaminated the Persian
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