Saudi Arabia says Iran attacked vessel in Hormuz, killing two sailors

September 2, 2026 7:40 PM

Saudi Arabia says Iran attacked vessel in Hormuz, killing two sailors

Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, said on Wednesday that an Iranian attack on an oil tanker owned by its national shipping company had killed two Filipino seafarers. Sidr, owned by Bahri, was one of two supertankers carrying Saudi oil reported to have been hit late on Monday while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran has threatened tankers attempting to sail through the narrow waterway without authorisation, impeding energy exports from neighbouring oil-rich Gulf countries...

Trump sends Saudi nuclear deal to US Congress but says Riyadh must recognize Israel

August 26, 2026 10:43 AM

Trump sends Saudi nuclear deal to US Congress but says Riyadh must recognize Israel

President Donald Trump has sent Congress a proposed agreement with Saudi Arabia on civil nuclear energy while insisting the pact will only go into effect if the kingdom normalizes relations with Israel, a U.S. administration official told Reuters on Tuesday. The agreement, which was reached in July and would allow U.S. companies to export civilian nuclear technology to the kingdom, was sent to Congress on Monday, according to the U.S. official, who declined to be identified. The Saudi embassy ...

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sign trilateral defence pact

August 9, 2026 2:05 PM

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sign trilateral defence pact

For the first time, Turkiye's defence-industrial base, Pakistan's nuclear-deterrence and Saudi Arabia's financial muscle fuse into a single military bloc The geopolitical shift fundamentally rewrites security-architecture from the Mediterranean to South Asia On Friday, 7th August, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan, signed a trilateral, defence-pact in the holy city of Mecca. The closely-watched summit brought together Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkiye's President Recep...

Major Gulf fighting resumes as US and Saudi strike Iran’s allies in Iraq

July 29, 2026 9:21 PM

Major Gulf fighting resumes as US and Saudi strike Iran’s allies in Iraq

The United States and Saudi Arabia jointly struck Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, the first U.S. airstrikes in the Middle East since President Donald Trump suspended the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran last week. Iran, for its part, rejected an Omani proposal to jointly manage the Strait of Hormuz and said it had fired on ships in the strait and at U.S. bases in Jordan. The renewed combat and diplomatic setbacks pushed oil prices up for the first time since last week, signall...

US, Saudis attack Iran-backed groups in Iraq, threatening to intensify conflict

July 29, 2026 12:42 PM

US, Saudis attack Iran-backed groups in Iraq, threatening to intensify conflict

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia launched strikes on Iran-backed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, saying they were responsible for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, prompting Iran to warn that blaming it for such attacks was a "major miscalculation". The strikes on targets inside Iraq come as Oman proposed a new regional deal aimed at resolving the conflict over the critical Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flowed before the war. The U.S. and Saud...

Trump says he won’t proceed with nuclear deal unless Saudis join Abraham Accords

July 25, 2026 10:49 AM

Trump says he won’t proceed with nuclear deal unless Saudis join Abraham Accords

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would not go forward with a civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia unless the Saudis agreed to a normalization in relations with Israel under the Abraham Accords. The U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday that Energy Secretary Chris Wright and his Saudi counterpart Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman had signed an agreement on developing the first commercial nuclear reactors in oil-rich Saudi Arabia and that it would next go to Congress for review. Trump ha...

Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia, breaking years of calm

July 14, 2026 9:10 AM

Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia, breaking years of calm

 Yemen's Houthi movement fired missiles at Saudi Arabia after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, breaking a four-year truce in the conflict between the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group. Saudi Arabia intercepted missiles "launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the southern region," the spokesperson for a Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said on X. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said they had targeted the internationa...

International Day of Yoga draws strong participation across Saudi Arabia

June 21, 2026 12:22 PM

International Day of Yoga draws strong participation across Saudi Arabia

More than 500 participants gathered in Riyadh on Saturday to celebrate the International Day of Yoga, highlighting the growing popularity of Yoga in Saudi Arabia and its role in promoting health and well-being. The event, organised by the Embassy of India in Riyadh in collaboration with the Saudi Yoga Committee and local partners, was held at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex. Diplomats, yoga practitioners and members of the local community took part in the programme. The United Nation...

OPEC+ agrees third oil output quota hike since Hormuz closure

May 4, 2026 10:33 AM

OPEC+ agrees third oil output quota hike since Hormuz closure

OPEC+ agreed on Sunday a modest oil output hike for June, an increase that will remain largely on paper as long as the Iran war continues to disrupt Gulf oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. Seven OPEC+ countries will raise oil output targets by 188,000 barrels per day in June, the third consecutive monthly increase, OPEC+ said in a statement after an online meeting. The increase is the same as that agreed for May minus the share of the United Arab Emirates, which left the group on May 1....