TEHRAN — Iran’s most visible response to President Trump’s May 16, 2026 nuclear ultimatum is a year-old television interview with a man
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Table of Contents The 90 Percent That Wasn’t Swept How Many Mines Are Actually in the Strait? One Ship, Zero Helicopters, and
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s non-oil purchasing managers’ index fell to 48.8 in March 2026, breaching the contraction threshold for the first time
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DHAHRAN — The Trump-Xi crude oil agreement is political theater with structural consequences. There is no volume commitment, no pricing mechanism, and
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HORMUZ STRAIT — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deployed more than 340 fast-attack boats across five monitored zones of the Strait of
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TEHRAN — On May 14, 2026, Vice President JD Vance told reporters at the White House that the United States is “making
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BEIJING — A COSCO supertanker crossed the Larak Island threshold in the Strait of Hormuz on May 13, toll-free and fully loaded,
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DOHA — Donald Trump landed in Qatar on May 14 carrying $243.5 billion in signed economic deals and a $38 billion commitment
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared a 500-kilometer operational crescent on May 12, stretching from Jask in the Gulf of
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TEHRAN — Iran is actively preparing for a resumption of hostilities with the United States and Israel while simultaneously seeking to dictate
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WASHINGTON — The central problem in the Iran nuclear negotiations is no longer enrichment thresholds, moratorium durations, or third-country custodianship. It is
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia launched covert air strikes against targets on Iranian soil in late March 2026, according to a Reuters exclusive
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NEW DELHI — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will not attend the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on May 14–15,
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BEIJING — President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing on May 13 for a three-day state visit, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirming
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Table of Contents The Broadcast Before the Delivery What Did Iran Actually Demand? The $270 Billion Reparations Trap Hormuz Sovereignty and the
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco reported net profit of $32.5 billion for the first quarter of 2026 on Saturday, beating analyst expectations by
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TEHRAN — Brigadier General Seyyed Majid Mousavi, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, declared on Saturday evening that “the missiles and aerospace
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s economy grew 2.8% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, according to flash estimates published by the General
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MOSCOW — On May 8, Sergey Lavrov called Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and proposed restoring Hormuz navigation to its pre-late-February
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Table of Contents The Caspian Corridor: Factory to Port in 2,400 Kilometres What Is Russia Sending Through the Caspian? Why Can’t the
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{“content”: “ TEHRAN u2014 On the morning of May 9, 2026, Iran spoke with two voices that pointed in opposite directions, and
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DUBAI — On May 8, 2026 — the day Iran’s formal response to the 14-point ceasefire memorandum of understanding was due to
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Brent Crude Swings $12 as Trump Calls CENTCOM Strikes a ‘Love Tap’ DHAHRAN — Brent crude whipped through a $12 intraday range
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ABU DHABI — Iran fired two ballistic missiles and three drones at the United Arab Emirates on May 8, the same day
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and Kuwait formally lifted restrictions on US military use of their bases and airspace on May 7-8, 2026,
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