{“content”: “ RIYADH u2014 Saudi Arabia is routing its Hormuz position through French diplomatic infrastructure because every direct negotiating track is structurally
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VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency reported on May 31, 2026, that Iran has accumulated a “record” stockpile of military-grade enriched
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MUSCAT — Oman’s Maritime Security Centre issued an alert on May 30 after a floating object suspected to be a naval mine
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump privately assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a final Iran deal will require full dismantlement of
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KUWAIT — A Kuwaiti PAC-3 battery intercepted an Iranian Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile over Ali Al Salem Air Base on Friday, but
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WASHINGTON — On May 2, Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed an emergency determination under Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control
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RIYADH — Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, the exiled former president of Yemen whose March 2015 letter to the Arab League and United
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MINA — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman used the annual Eid al-Adha reception at Mina Palace on May 29 to publicly thank
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a single statement on the US-Iran negotiations — a May 20 endorsement of
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LONDON — Chevron Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth told Bloomberg Surveillance on May 29 that ships were attacked in the Strait of
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired warning shots at four vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz at approximately
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LONDON — The Strait of Hormuz is functionally closed to commercial shipping as of May 29, 2026 — not because any government
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WASHINGTON — Scott Bessent did not sanction Iran on May 28. He sanctioned the one diplomatic instrument Iran could not field alone
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KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait’s Ministry of Defence confirmed on May 28 that its air defense systems intercepted nine missiles — seven ballistic
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KUWAIT CITY — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired a ballistic missile toward Kuwait at 04:50 a.m. local time on May 28,
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia’s crude exports to its four largest Asian buyers are collapsing at a pace that pricing adjustments alone cannot
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MUSCAT — Oman’s refusal to co-sign IMO Circular Letter 5028, the five-state GCC condemnation of Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, is not
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RIYADH — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines extended its suspension of flights to Riyadh and Dammam through July 12, 2026, the airline confirmed
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s 106-day strategy of diplomatic silence on US-Iran negotiations ended on Eid al-Adha — not with a Saudi statement,
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TEHRAN — The 2026 Iran nuclear talks have not stalled because of wording gaps or sequencing disputes. They have stalled because the
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WASHINGTON — The United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper fleet has fallen to 135 aircraft — 54 units below the 189-aircraft operational
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RIYADH — Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader since March 9, released a 14-page written statement on the Day of Arafah declaring that
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UNITED NATIONS — Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar addressed the United Nations Security Council on May 26, 2026,
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RIYADH — Mohammed bin Salman called Masoud Pezeshkian on Eid al-Adha to discuss expanding bilateral ties. It was the only diplomatic channel
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