RIYADH — Saudi Arabia is absorbing 83% of Iran’s missile and drone strikes, bleeding 3.15 million barrels per day in lost oil

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin received Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Kremlin on April 27 for the highest-level Russia-Iran

Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan signs a bilateral agreement with Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in Warsaw, January 2026 — his

WASHINGTON — The War Powers Resolution clock expires on May 1 — five days from now — and the man with the

BEIJING — Xi Jinping’s April 20 phone call with Mohammed bin Salman — in which the Chinese president called for “normal passage

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MANAMA — Bahrain submitted a draft Security Council resolution on April 6 demanding Iran cease all interference with transit passage through the

RIYADH — Three ministerial meetings in thirty-eight days, Pakistani fighter jets landing at King Abdulaziz Air Base, and a collective security clause

MUSCAT — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in Muscat on April 26, 2026, securing a head-of-state audience

JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s $13.1 billion reconstruction commitment to Syria is not charity — it is infrastructure positioning for a world in

ABU DHABI — While Saudi Arabia was building a ceasefire, the UAE was bombing Iranian oil infrastructure — and Tehran’s formal UN

NEW DELHI — India’s claim to strategic neutrality in the Iran-Saudi war expired at 12:01 AM on April 19, 2026 — the

JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia blocked a $1.5 billion Pakistani arms deal with Sudan and withdrew its financing commitment in March 2026, forcing

RIYADH — The Gulf Cooperation Council was built to coordinate prosperity. It was never designed to fight a war — and 57