RIYADH — Saudi Arabia spent decades building the most stringent alcohol prohibition in the Gulf. It spent three years quietly dismantling it.
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WASHINGTON — An American A-10 Thunderbolt II was struck by Iranian fire on April 3 while flying a combat search-and-rescue escort mission
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RIYADH — When OPEC+ ministers convene on April 5, Saudi Arabia will sit at the table as three countries at once —
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TEHRAN/RIYADH — Iran rejected a US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire on Day 36 of the war, communicating its refusal not through
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is in advanced talks to take an anchor stake of roughly $5 billion in SpaceX’s
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JEDDAH — Giorgia Meloni became the first EU leader to visit Saudi Arabia since the Iran war began on February 28, flying
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DHAHRAN — Saudi Arabia arrives at Saturday’s OPEC+ meeting holding a weapon it cannot fire: 3 million barrels per day of spare
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JEDDAH — Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Friday to formally brief him on a
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DUBAI — On April 3, 2026, France co-vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have authorised military force to reopen
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Al-Jubail industrial city on Saudi Arabia’s Gulf coast, photographed at night from the International Space Station by NASA Expedition 31 crew. The
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JEDDAH — Iran’s parliament is converting the Strait of Hormuz from a contested chokepoint into a toll road. The National Security and
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DHAHRAN — Iran struck the UAE’s largest gas processing facility and a Kuwaiti oil refinery within hours of each other on April
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RIYADH — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his threat to destroy Iran’s power plants, oil infrastructure, and desalination facilities if
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WASHINGTON — On January 13, 2026, President Donald Trump signed Presidential Determination No. 2026-03 designating the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a Major
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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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