JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s terminal missile defense over the Hajj corridor has fallen to between 80 and 150 PAC-3 MSE interceptors —
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ROME — The fifth round of US-Iran nuclear negotiations concluded at the Omani Embassy in Rome’s Camilluccia neighbourhood on May 23, 2026,
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia’s OPEC+ production quota for June 2026 is 10.291 million barrels per day. In April, the kingdom produced 6.879
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NEOM — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has formally halted all construction on The Line, the 170-kilometre mirrored linear city that served
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DOHA — A Qatari negotiating team arrived in Tehran on Friday to help close the remaining gaps in the Hormuz memorandum of
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TEHRAN — Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority on May 22 published a jurisdiction map anchoring its claimed maritime management zone to two
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RIYADH — Al-Arabiya, the Saudi state-aligned broadcaster majority-owned by the Public Investment Fund, on May 22 published what it described as the
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RIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan praised President Donald Trump on May 20 for giving “negotiations with Iran additional
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JEDDAH — The most consequential foreign-policy document issued against Saudi Arabia in 2026 is not a sanctions package, a UN resolution, or
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on May 20 for his second visit in seven days, carrying the
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Changed: True -> False LONDON — Britain concluded a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council on 20 May 2026 —
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Changed: True -> False {“content”: “ RIYADH u2014 Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on May 20 publicly endorsed President Donald
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Changed: True -> False {“content”: “ ISLAMABAD u2014 The United States transmitted a new draft peace agreement to Iran on May 21
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WASHINGTON — The US-Saudi 123 Agreement framework, formalized during President Trump’s May 13 visit to Riyadh, contains no prohibition on Saudi uranium
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RIYADH — US President Donald Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews on May 20 that he was “in no hurry” to
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JEDDAH — Iran has placed 30,000 nationals inside Saudi Arabia for Hajj 2026, entering through the Jadidat Arar border crossing from Iraq
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RIYADH — Iran stated on May 19 that it is not negotiating its nuclear program at this stage. The declaration, reported by
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RIYADH — 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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WASHINGTON — Fifty-two days before Mohammed bin Salman spent the largest single unit of Saudi political capital since the founding of the
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RIYADH — Saudi state television channel Al-Hadath reported on May 19 that “agreements have reportedly been reached regarding easing the blockade in
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{“content”: “ RIYADH u2014 “I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and the President
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RIYADH — Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, which has documented editorial links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported on May 18
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BAGHDAD — Three drones crossed from Iraqi airspace into Saudi Arabia on May 17. The same week, the Popular Mobilization Forces deployed
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Saudi Arabia Spent Its Annual Deficit in Ninety Days RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s first-quarter 2026 budget deficit of SAR 125.7 billion ($33.5
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WASHINGTON — The National Security Council convenes Tuesday in the Situation Room with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
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