WASHINGTON — On April 27, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Iran’s version of an open Strait of Hormuz in nineteen
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NEW YORK — The 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons opens today at United Nations headquarters
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump convened his senior national security principals in the White House Situation Room on Sunday to deliberate on
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia has lost its status as the world’s swing producer of crude oil — the single most consequential asset
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ANTALYA — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan from the air on April 27, briefing
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Iran’s Hormuz-First Proposal Is Not a Concession. It Is a Sovereignty Claim Dressed as a Peace Plan.
JEDDAH — Iran transmitted a three-phase written proposal to the United States via Pakistan on April 25–27, sequencing a full ceasefire first,
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MUSCAT — Iran’s foreign minister is not negotiating a ceasefire. He is building the institutional architecture that would make Iran a permanent
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LONDON — IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez briefed the United Nations Security Council on Sunday on what he called an unprecedented maritime humanitarian
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MOKHA, Yemen — Two Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles struck the Panama-flagged crude tanker MV Andromeda Star approximately 15 nautical miles southwest of
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin received Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Kremlin on April 27 for the highest-level Russia-Iran
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JEDDAH — Iranian-backed Houthi forces fired three anti-ship ballistic missiles at two commercial vessels southwest of Mokha on April 26, striking the
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Table of Contents From Paris Communiqué to Northwood War Room How Did Western Allies Go from Refusal to Planning? The Two French
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MANAMA — Bahrain submitted a draft Security Council resolution on April 6 demanding Iran cease all interference with transit passage through the
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MUSCAT — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in Muscat on April 26, 2026, securing a head-of-state audience
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{“content”: “ DUBAI u2014 Only five ships transited the Strait of Hormuz in the 24 hours ending April 24, according to vessel-tracking
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s $13.1 billion reconstruction commitment to Syria is not charity — it is infrastructure positioning for a world in
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NEW DELHI — India’s claim to strategic neutrality in the Iran-Saudi war expired at 12:01 AM on April 19, 2026 — the
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia blocked a $1.5 billion Pakistani arms deal with Sudan and withdrew its financing commitment in March 2026, forcing
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JEDDAH — The US Overseas Security Advisory Council issued a formal advisory on April 7, 2026, telling American citizens to “reconsider participating
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco cut the Official Selling Price for Arab Light crude to Asia by $0.40 per barrel for July loading,
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TEHRAN — Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi cannot open the Strait of Hormuz. Not because he lacks the will — his April
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco is forecast to report a 57% quarter-on-quarter profit surge for Q1 2026 — $29.01 billion in net income,
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WASHINGTON — The US Treasury on Friday designated Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co., Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 company and China’s second-largest
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JEDDAH — More than 48,000 foreign pilgrims had arrived in Saudi Arabia by April 24 for Hajj 2026, according to aggregated figures
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NICOSIA — Saudi Arabia was not in the room when the European Union convened Arab leaders at Cyprus’s Filoxenia Conference Centre on
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