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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Table of Contents What Does the Axios MOU Actually Promise? Why Is the PGSA Suspended, Not Dissolved? The Nasser Deadline Is Already
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RIYADH — A clause in the draft US-Iran memorandum of understanding requiring an end to the war in Lebanon has emerged as
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Table of Contents Did the Houthis Really Strike Three Oceans at Once? What Would a Houthi Mediterranean Strike Mean? Can an Iran
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WASHINGTON — Senator Tom Cotton sent a formal letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday demanding immediate sanctions on Iran’s Persian
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WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said from New Delhi on May 23 that Iran could accept a deal to
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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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