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ROME, March 29 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Italy formally protested to Israel on Sunday after Jerusalem police prevented top Catholic officials from reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani instructed Italy’s ambassador to Israel to convey the protest and reaffirm Italy’s commitment to protecting religious freedom “at all times and under all circumstances.” Tajani also summoned Israel’s ambassador to Italy for

JERUSALEM, March 29 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Jerusalem police prevented senior Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Palm Sunday Mass, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said on Sunday. The Patriarchate said the measure blocked the Cardinal and the Custos, whom it described as bearing the highest ecclesiastical responsibility for the Catholic Church and the Holy Places. It said it was the first time in centuries that Church leaders had bee

SPA ISLAMABAD, March 29 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah took part on Sunday in a four-way ministerial meeting in the Pakistani capital Islamabad to discuss developments in the region, SPA reported. The meeting was also attended by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty, and Turkish Foreign Minist

RIYADH, March 28, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Foulath Holding has declared force majeure on certain group operations because of ongoing regional developments in the Middle East and the resulting security and logistical challenges. Rapid developments in the region, including airspace restrictions, disruption to some maritime routes and heightened security risks, have created circumstances beyond the group’s control. Those factors have affected operations and supply cha

A Pakistan Navy ship escorts a Pakistani merchant vessel, as regional tensions threaten key sea routes, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in March 2026. ISPR/Handout/Reuters RIYADH, March 28, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Iran has agreed to allow 20 additional Pakistani-flagged ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan’s foreign minister said late on Saturday. Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on X that two Pakistani ships would cross the strategic waterw

RIYADH, March 28, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Emirates Global Aluminum said its smelter site in Abu Dhabi suffered significant damage in Iranian missile and drone attacks, with a number of employees injured. The company said the attack hit its Al Taweelah site. Chief Executive Abdulnasser Bin Kalban said the safety and security of employees remained the company’s top priority and that EGA was assessing the damage to its facilities. EGA is the Middle East’s largest alu

REUTERS RIYADH, March 28, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Saturday that the situation at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant was continuing to deteriorate and that attacks near the facility posed a direct threat to nuclear safety. The statement came after another strike was reported in the vicinity of Bushehr. The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday that Iran had informed it of another strike near the plant,

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif looks on as he attends a business and investment conference with Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on October 6, 2025. Hasnoor Hussain/Pool/AFP/Getty Images RIYADH, March 28, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a one-hour call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers from several regional powers in Islamabad, CNN reported, citing a

BEIRUT, March 28, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Two journalists were killed in an airstrike in southern Lebanon on Saturday, while Israel’s military said one of them, Al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Shoeib, had been targeted over alleged links to Hezbollah. Israel did not provide evidence for the claim. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV said Shoeib was killed in the strike, while Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV said its reporter Fatima Ftouni was also killed in the same attack. The Isr

ABU DHABI, March 28, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – UAE air defence systems on Saturday engaged 20 ballistic missiles and 37 unmanned aerial vehicles launched from Iran. Since the start of the Iranian attacks, UAE air defences have engaged 398 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,872 unmanned aerial vehicles. The attacks resulted in the deaths of two members of the armed forces while performing their duty, a Moroccan civilian contracted by the armed forces, and e

WAM ABU DHABI, March 28, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed regional security developments on Saturday amid ongoing military escalation and its implications for regional and international peace and security, as well as international navigation and the global economy. The talks took place during a meeting in Abu Dhabi, where Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed received Zel

ANKARA, March 27, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that he would meet with his Saudi, Egyptian and Pakistani counterparts in Pakistan over the weekend to discuss the war in Iran. Speaking in an interview with private broadcaster A Haber, Fidan said telephone diplomacy was continuing and described the current period as difficult and painful. He also said Turkey was working to prevent mistrust from deepening between Iran an

UNITED NATIONS, March 27, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been in contact with Iran’s foreign minister and the U.S. ambassador over a new task force aimed at ensuring food, fertilizer and humanitarian aid can move through the Strait of Hormuz without disruption, the United Nations said on Friday. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Guterres had also spoken with the foreign ministers of Egypt and Pakistan, as well as Bahrain’s

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein WASHINGTON, March 27, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal aimed at ending the war in the Middle East is expected on Friday, according to a source briefed on the matter. U.S. President Donald Trump and senior White House officials have been told through interlocutors to expect an Iranian counter-prop

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press before his departure at the Bourget airport in Le Bourget, outside Paris, on Friday. Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP/Getty Images WASHINGTON, March 27, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Washington could achieve its objectives in the Iran war without deploying ground troops, even as more than 1,000 additional service members were ordered to the region. “We’re going to de

SABN JEDDAH, March 27, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned workers at industrial companies in the region with U.S. shareholders or links to Israel to leave their workplaces immediately on Friday, saying retaliatory operations were under way, according to Iranian state media. The warning came after U.S. and Israeli attacks on industrial and nuclear-related sites in Iran, including the Shahid Khondab heavy water complex in Arak an

UNITED NATIONS, March 27, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Iran sent a letter to the United Nations on Thursday over reports that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf had been considered targets for assassination. The letter, signed by Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, referred to media reports indicating that the two officials had been spared for the time being as negotiations to reach a ceasefire in the war continue. “The reports in

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz until April 6, pulling back from an earlier threat to strike the country’s energy plants as talks to end the conflict were going “very well.” Trump had previously warned Iran that it faced attacks on its energy infrastructure if Tehran did not reopen the vital waterway. Iran had threatened to retaliate against c

MANAMA, March 26, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Bahrain’s Attorney General has ordered 14 defendants in four separate cases to be referred to the Criminal Court over alleged links to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Bahrain News Agency reported on Thursday. The group includes several fugitives currently in Iran and a female defendant in the fourth case, according to BNA. Prosecutors accuse the defendants of seeking and communicating with the Revolutionary G

A satellite image shows the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, on May 26, 2025. 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout/Reuters VIENNA, March 26, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi voiced deep concern on Thursday over reported military strikes near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant and warned that any damage to the operating facility could trigger a major radiological accident. Grossi said the latest strikes took place on