The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $24.3 billion Foreign Military Sale of F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft and related equipment to Saudi Arabia, advancing Riyadh's effort to acquire the advanced U.S. stealth fighter.
Brent crude surged above $108 a barrel on Sept. 14 as an attack on a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s key East-West Pipeline intensified concerns that critical Middle East energy routes are becoming increasingly vulnerable.
BRICS leaders called for “maximum restraint” in the Middle East and warned of growing nuclear dangers as the bloc adopted its New Delhi Declaration amid intensifying conflict involving Iran and the United States.
Turkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have taken the first formal steps to institutionalize their new mutual defense arrangement, agreeing to establish a permanent secretariat in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca on Aug. 7 that commits the three countries to regard an armed attack against any one of them as an attack against all three, establishing a new framework for collective deterrence.
U.S. President Donald Trump has tied a newly signed US-Saudi Arabia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement to a separate diplomatic objective, saying the deal will only move forward if Riyadh joins the Abraham Accords and establishes relations with Israel.
More than 1.7 million Muslims from around the world gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, undertaking one of Islam’s most sacred obligations amid regional tensions and soaring temperatures.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called for several Muslim-majority countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, and Turkey, to join the Abraham Accords as part of any future agreement with Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the GCC summit in Riyadh after announcing the lifting of US sanctions
U.S President Donald Trump unveiled what the White House described as a historic $600 billion package of agreements between the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Denmark and Greenland said Saturday that a proposed security agreement with the United States will not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty, seeking to clarify President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington would gain “permanent control” over the Arctic territory’s security.
