NEOM has cancelled its EUR 1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) high-speed rail contract with Italian construction firm Webuild, effective May 27, eliminating the
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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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WASHINGTON — On the holiest day of the Islamic calendar, with 1.8 million pilgrims standing at Arafat, the Foundation for Defense of
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ABU DHABI — Anwar Gargash called the GCC’s response to the Iran war “the weakest historically” on April 27, and when nineteen
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DOHA — Iran’s three most senior negotiators — Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser
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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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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s defence minister went on live television Monday night and told the country that joining the Abraham Accords “clashes with
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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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TEHRAN — On the day two million Muslims stood on the plain of Arafat — the single holiest moment in the Islamic
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RIYADH — Iran did not reject the American deal this week. It let the Islamic calendar do the rejecting. From Tarwiyah Day
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DOHA — Iran’s parliament speaker landed in Qatar on May 25 carrying a $12 billion demand for frozen assets, the same day
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RIYADH — The 60-day US-Iran ceasefire that began April 8 is functioning as Iran’s rearmament window. On May 21, a US official
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump told the leaders of eight countries on Saturday that signing the Abraham Accords is “mandatory” for any nation
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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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TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is hidden at an undisclosed location, reachable only through “a labyrinth of couriers,” and even
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TEHRAN — On May 24, a senior White House official told CBS News that Iran had provided “assurances — verbal and in
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RIYADH — The Phase 1 framework between Washington and Tehran, confirmed in detail by Axios on May 24, contains a clause that
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