World Sep 30 UAE’s president-designate for COP28 defends his nation hosting climate talks The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference offered a full-throated defense Saturday of his nation hosting the talks, dismissing those who “just go on the attack without knowing anything, without knowing who we are.”…
Nation Sep 19 5 Americans freed from Iran land in U.S., reunite with families The successful negotiations for the Americans' freedom brought Biden profuse thanks from their families but heat from Republican presidential rivals and other opponents for the monetary arrangement with one of America's top adversaries.
World Sep 18 5 prisoners have flown out of Tehran, U.S. officials say The exchange took place after nearly $6 billion in once-frozen Iranian assets reached Qatar, a key element of the planned swap.
World Sep 18 Five Americans detained in Iran released as part of deal for $6 billion in frozen assets Americans held for years in Iranian custody walked arm-in-arm off a plane into freedom.
World Sep 15 Delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks A delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels has flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world's poorest nation.
World Sep 05 Oil prices spike as Saudi Arabia, Russia extend 1.3 million barrel a day oil cut through December The dual announcements from Riyadh and Moscow on Tuesday said the two countries would trim 1.3 million barrels of crude out of the global market.
World Aug 18 Iranian and Saudi dignitaries meet, a sign of easing tensions between longtime rivals Saudi state television aired images of Prince Mohammed sitting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.
World Aug 17 Iran’s foreign minister visits Saudi Arabia for first time in 8 years Iran's foreign minister has traveled to Saudi Arabia, the first by Tehran's top diplomat in years after the two nations reached a détente earlier this year.
World Aug 12 The tentative U.S.-Iran deal involving prisoners and frozen funds, explained The U.S. and Iran reached a tentative agreement this week that will eventually see five detained Americans in Iran and an unknown number of Iranians imprisoned in the U.S. released from custody after billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets are transferred…
World Aug 12 Shippers warned to avoid Iranian waters amid elevated U.S.-Iran tensions Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized.