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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TEHRAN — Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, spokesman for Iran’s armed forces, warned in an Al Jazeera interview on May 26 that any
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RIYADH — HUMAIN, the PIF-owned artificial intelligence company that Mohammed bin Salman chairs personally, has appointed Goldman Sachs to raise SAR 20
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RIYADH — Mohammed bin Salman told American evangelical leader Mike Evans that he could recognize Israel “today” and that his father, King
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DUBAI — US Central Command struck missile launch sites and destroyed two IRGC fast boats near Bandar Abbas on May 25–26 —
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DHAHRAN — Brent crude fell as much as 6.2 per cent on Monday, touching $97.10 a barrel — its first break below
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RIYADH — Bloomberg reported on May 25 that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has scored “unexpected wins” from the Iran war —
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VIENNA — Austria’s Directorate for State Protection and Intelligence published an annual threat assessment concluding that Iran’s nuclear weapons programme is “well
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RIYADH — Donald Trump told his negotiators on May 24 not to rush into a deal with Iran because “time is on
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