RIYADH — When OPEC+ ministers convene on April 5, Saudi Arabia will sit at the table as three countries at once — the cartel’s swing producer, a war participant burning through fiscal
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DUBAI — The CMA CGM Kribi, a Malta-flagged container ship operated by France’s CMA CGM, passed through the Strait of Hormuz on
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US F-15E Strike Eagle Shot Down Over Iran — First American Jet Lost to Enemy Fire in 35 Days of Operation Epic
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LONDON — Two NATO member states are now operating sovereign air defense batteries inside Saudi Arabia under live Iranian missile fire, without
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KUWAIT CITY — Iranian drones struck Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery and a separate power generation and water desalination plant in coordinated
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JEDDAH — A Ukrainian interceptor drone costs between $1,000 and $2,500. A Patriot PAC-3 MSE missile costs $13.5 million. On March 27,
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KUWAIT CITY — Iranian drone and missile strikes hit Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery and a power-and-water desalination plant on April 3,
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DHAHRAN — Brent futures fell $44 a barrel on April 3 alone, collapsing from a prior-session close near $109 to a settlement
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RIYADH — Day 35 of the war opened with the image the Trump administration wanted the world to see: a 10-second video
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DOHA — On Tuesday, the IRGC designated 18 American companies as “legitimate military targets,” gave employees until 8pm Tehran time on Wednesday
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WASHINGTON — A classified US intelligence assessment obtained by CNN reveals that roughly half of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers remain intact after
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia and Ukraine signed a 10-year defense cooperation pact on March 27 before President Zelensky had even sat down
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NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council on Thursday postponed its vote on a Bahrain-drafted resolution authorizing naval force to reopen
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TEHRAN — Iran’s five counter-conditions to the US 15-point ceasefire plan, presented on March 25 through Pakistani intermediaries, include a demand that
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LONDON — Forty-one nations convened on April 2 to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and the country that has policed it
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Table of Contents Fewer Missiles, More Hits What Changed After March 10? The Ras Tanura Problem Can the East-West Pipeline Take the
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{“content”: “ RIYADH — Britain’s deployment of a Sky Sabre air defense battery to Saudi Arabia, confirmed by Defence Secretary John Healey
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told America’s allies to “build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT”
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JEDDAH — Iran announced on Wednesday that it is finalizing a joint protocol with Oman to “monitor and coordinate” all tanker traffic
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RIYADH — Saudi air defenses intercepted one ballistic missile and ten drones over Al-Kharj on April 2, 2026, but the debris from
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RIYADH — Pakistan’s mediation framework between Iran and the United States collapsed on two fronts within 72 hours — Iran formally rejected
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TEHRAN — On the night of April 1, an airstrike hit the home of Kamal Kharazi, the 81-year-old former Iranian foreign minister
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TEHRAN — An IRGC “military council” of senior officers has seized de facto control of Iran’s government, cutting President Masoud Pezeshkian off
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ABU DHABI — Iran is not trying to overwhelm Saudi Arabia, the UAE, or Kuwait individually — it is trying to drain
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WASHINGTON — The war in Iran is costing the United States $1.5 billion a day. On Sunday, the White House said President
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RIYADH — As of April 2, 2026, the conflict involving the United States, Israel, and the Islamic Republic of Iran has entered
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