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RIYADH, May 6 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held a phone call on Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss the latest regional developments and efforts to maintain regional security and stability. The call comes amid heightened tensions in the region and ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing further escalation. No further details were immediately released by the Saudi Ministry of Fo

Riyadh, May 5 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Iran struck the United Arab Emirates on Monday, nearly a month after a ceasefire between Iran and the United States, in an attack that targeted the Fujairah pipeline – the UAE’s primary crude export route bypassing the blocked Strait of Hormuz – and a UAE-linked tanker near the strait. No other state was targeted. The Iran – U.S. truce is largely holding. ENERGY DIMENSION Unlike neighbors dependent on the now – shut Strait of Hormu

Riyadh, May 5 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy issued a map showing what it described as an expanded area of control near the Strait of Hormuz, including waters off key UAE ports, Iranian news agencies reported. The claimed zone extends beyond the strait toward the Gulf of Oman and includes the UAE ports of Fujairah and Khorfakkan, both used for shipping outside the Hormuz chokepoint. Fujairah is a major oil and shipping hub and sits as the end

Araqchi in St Petersburg, Russia, on April 27, 2026. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS. Riyadh, May 5 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi is travelling to Beijing on Tuesday for talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Iran’s foreign ministry said, citing its official Telegram account. The Ministry said the discussions would focus on bilateral ties as well as regional and international developments. The Beijing trip follows Araqchi’s visit

RIYADH/PARIS, May 5 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday condemned Iran’s strikes on the United Arab Emirates, describing them as “unjustified and unacceptable” and pledging continued French support for the UAE and regional allies. “As it has done since the start of the conflict, France will continue to support its allies in the Emirates and in the region for the defence of their territory”. – President Emmanuel Macron, post on X. Macron c

RIYADH, May 5 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed on Monday the kingdom’s concern over the ongoing military escalation in region, calling for de – escalation and restraint and urging support for Pakistani mediation and diplomatic efforts to reach a political solution that preserve further tensions and instability. In a statement, the ministry said such tensions do not serve the interests of the region or the world. The ministry

RIYADH, May 5 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman spoke by phone on Monday with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during which he expressed the kingdom’s strong condemnation and denunciation of what he described as unjustified Iranian attacks targeting the United Arab Emirates. Crown Prince Mohammed reaffirmed Saudi Arabia’s full support for the UAE in defending its security and stability, according

Photography | Courtesy of SPA RIYADH, May 4, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expressed the Kingdom’s condemnation and denunciation, in the strongest terms, of the Iranian targeting — through missiles and drones — of civilian and economic facilities in the United Arab Emirates, as well as a tanker belonging to an Emirati company. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency this evening, the Ministry sa

RIYADH, May 4 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - A fire broke out in the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone after a drone attack launched from Iran, authorities in Fujairah said. Fujairah Civil Defence teams began responding immediately and were continuing efforts to bring the fire under control, the authorities said. They urged the public not to spread rumours and to rely only on official sources for information.

SABN RIYADH, May 4 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - The UAE Defence Ministry said it detected four cruise missiles launched from Iran towards the country, adding that three were intercepted over the UAE’s territorial waters while a fourth fell into the sea. The ministry said sounds heard in various areas across the country were the result of the successful interception of the aerial threats.

RIYADH, May 4 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - An explosion and fire struck a South Korean-linked vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, South Korea’s foreign ministry said. The Panama-flagged ship was carrying 24 crew members, including six South Koreans, and was docked near the United Arab Emirates when the blast occurred, the ministry said. No casualties were reported. The cause of the explosion and fire was not immediately known, and the government was checking details o

RIYADH, May 3 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - The first tanker carrying Russian crude oil since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is expected to arrive in Japan as early as Monday, according to Japanese industry ministry and other sources cited by Japan News. The cargo is set to be delivered by Taiyo Oil to its refinery in Ehime Prefecture. The oil comes from the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia’s far east, which is exempt from Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi attends a meeting with in Cairo, Egypt, on September 9, 2025.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters RIYADH, May 1 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a series of phone calls on Friday with several regional counterparts, including the foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan, Tasnim reported. Araghchi briefed them on the latest developments in efforts to end the war involvi

A US sailor observes the pre-launch inspection of an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location on March 15.US Navy/Reuters RIYADH, April 28 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - The U.S. military has spent about $25 billion on the war with Iran since it began in late February, the Pentagon’s top financial officer told lawmakers on Wednesday. Most of the spendi

The 465-foot superyacht "Nord", linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov is seen in Hong Kong, China, October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Donny Kwok RIYADH, April 28 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - A superyacht owned by Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov was able to transit the Strait of Hormuz after maintenance in Dubai because neither Iran nor the United States objected, a source close to Mordashov said on Tuesday. The yacht, Nord, crossed the strait on Saturday on an

RIYADH, April 29(Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran had told Washington it wanted the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible while it dealt with a leadership crisis. Trump said in a social media post that Iran had informed the United States it was in a “state of collapse” and wanted the waterway reopened. It was not clear how Iran had conveyed the message. There was no immediate Iranian comment. A U.S. official also s

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives Bahrain's King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa ahead of an exceptional meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the first in-person meeting of Gulf leaders since their states became a front in the Iran war two months ago, In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 28, 2026. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS RIYADH, April 29 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chaired a

The 465-foot superyacht "Nord", linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov is seen in Hong Kong, China, October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Donny Kwok RIYADH, April 27 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - A superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, according to shipping data, becoming one of the few vessels to transit the waterway amid restrictions tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict. Nord, a 142-metre yacht valued a

RIYADH, April 27 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday criticized the U.S. for going into the Iran war without any strategy, saying this also makes it harder to end the conflict. “The problem with conflicts like these is always the same: it’s not just about getting in; you also have to get out. We saw that all too painfully in Afghanistan, for 20 years. We saw it in Iraq,” the chancellor said while speaking Monday to students in Marsberg in