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Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, March 9, 2026. Mustafa Kamaci/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS Riyadh, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Turkey is relaying messages between Iran and the United States as part of efforts to encourage de-escalation and direct negotiations, Harun Armagan, vice chair of foreign affairs for President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party, told Reuters on Wednesday. Armagan said th

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference after attending a special summit of European Union leaders to discuss transatlantic relations following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on goods from a list of EU countries over his demand to acquire Greenland, in Brussels, Belgium January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman Riyadh, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday it

Riyadh, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Saudi Arabia welcomed the U.N. Human Rights Council’s adoption by consensus of a resolution on the human rights implications of what it described as unjustified Iranian attacks on Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said the adoption of the resolution during the council’s 61st session reflected unified international reje

Riyadh, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Kuwait’s Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday that air defence systems detected 20 ballistic missiles and nine hostile drones in the country’s airspace over the past 24 hours, as authorities also dealt with a drone strike on a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport. The ministry said 13 missiles were intercepted and destroyed, while seven fell outside the threat zone without posing any danger. It added that six hostile

Riyadh, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Jordan renewed their condemnation on Wednesday of what they described as blatant Iranian attacks against their territories, saying the actions violated international law, international humanitarian law and the United Nations Charter. In a joint statement, the countries said the attacks had been carried out either directly or through Iran-backed proxies and

SPA Riyadh, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from Hungarian Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky. During the call, the two sides discussed regional developments amid ongoing Iranian attacks and their impact on regional and international security and stability.

SPA RIYADH, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held separate phone calls with his Syrian and Egyptian counterparts on Wednesday to discuss regional developments. In his call with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani, Prince Faisal discussed the latest developments in the region and efforts under way in response to them. In his call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Prince Faisal discussed deve

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gestures during a press conference, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 14, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Riyadh, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday named veteran French diplomat Jean Arnault as his personal envoy on the conflict in the Middle East, warning that the war was “out of

Riyadh, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – The head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said more workers were being evacuated from Iran’s Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant after another reported strike on the plant’s territory. Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev said the company would reduce staffing at the site to a minimum until the situation stabilises, after announcing that another group of workers had left on Wednesday and that further evacuatio

RIYADH, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it was allowing visa extensions and direct departures for holders of expired visas who had been unable to leave because of current regional conditions. Visas that expired from February 25, 2026 may be extended until April 18, 2026 through the Absher platform, upon request by the host and subject to applicable fees. Holders of expired visit, umrah, transit and final-exit visas may also leave d

RIYADH, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Drones struck a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport in the early hours of Wednesday, causing a fire, Kuwaiti civil aviation authorities said. The attack caused material damage, but no casualties had been reported so far, according to Abdullah Al-Rajhi, spokesperson for Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Emergency teams were deployed to the site and firefighters were working to contain the blaze, Al-Rajhi

Pope Leo at the Vatican, March 15, 2026. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS Riyadh, March 24, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Pope Leo renewed his call for a ceasefire as the war involving Iran expanded, warning that hatred and violence were worsening and urging authorities to pursue dialogue instead of weapons. Speaking to journalists as he left his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Leo said he was concerned by what he described as the rising level of animosity in the

SPA RIYADH, March 25, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reiterated support for Saudi Arabia in a call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday as the two discussed the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The two discussed the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according to a Downing Street spokesperson. Starmer also updated the Crown Prince on the deployment of further British defensive military equipment, the spokesperson said

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and urged Tehran to halt attacks on countries in the region and enter negotiations aimed at de-escalation. Macron described it as an “absolute necessity” to stop what he called unacceptable attacks on regional countries. He also called for the protection of energy and civilian infrastructure and for the restoration of freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The appeal included a call for goo

WAM RIYADH, March 24, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – The United Arab Emirates condemned Iran’s attack on Bahrain on Tuesday and warned that it risked widening tensions in the Gulf, after the strike killed a Moroccan civilian contractor working with the UAE Armed Forces and wounded Emirati and Bahraini personnel. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, described the attack as a violation of Bahrain’s sovereignty and a threat to the kingdom’s security and stab

MANAMA, March 24 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Bahrain said on Tuesday that an Emirati serviceman was killed while responding alongside Bahraini forces to an Iranian attack, in an incident that also left Bahraini and Emirati personnel wounded. Bahrain’s defense ministry said the serviceman was killed while responding to the attack with Bahraini forces. It added that a number of Bahraini and Emirati personnel were wounded, without giving further details. Emirati authorities s

A technician works at an Amazon Web Services AI data center in New Carlisle, Indiana, U.S., October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Noah Berger for AWS DUBAI, March 24 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Amazon said its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain had been disrupted following drone activity in the area, marking the second time in a month that the war has affected the company’s operations in the region. The company said it was helping customers move workloads to other AWS regions while

A view of logos on the last day of the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse RIYADH, March 24 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – The World Economic Forum has rescheduled its international meeting on cooperation and growth, which had been due to take place in Jeddah on April 22 and 23, following coordination with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Economy and Planning, SPA reported on Tuesday. The ministry indicated

SPA JEDDAH, March 24 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Belgium’s King Philippe, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten held separate phone calls with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, expressing support for the kingdom as regional tensions escalated. The calls focused on developments in the region and their impact on regional and international security, according to the Saudi Press Agency. In his call with the crown prince,

Sharif and Pezeshkian in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025. Iran's Presidential website/WANA/Handout ISLAMABAD, March 23 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Pakistan could host direct talks aimed at helping end the war in Iran as soon as this week, a Pakistani official and a second source said, as regional states stepped up efforts to contain the conflict. The diplomatic push came as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed the impa