U.S. Orders Diplomats' Families Out of Saudi Arabia as Houthi Attacks Mount and Troops Quietly Leave Mideast Bases

Tehran's first joint meeting with the Mecca pact states produced only a pledge to keep talking, as Pezeshkian heads to Moscow and oil dips.

Araghchi says Tehran and Qatari mediators cut the reopening timetable to two days, but only if Washington lifts sanctions, trims forces and frees Iranian funds.

The first successful limpet mine strike of the war sets a tanker's engine room ablaze off Oman as Brent tops $117 and Washington weighs strikes after the midterms.

The first joint meeting between Iran and the Mecca defense pact states comes as Houthi missiles keep targeting Riyadh and Trump says he must choose between a deal and "finish them off."

CENTCOM says Washington and its partners hold the strait, while Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim two more supertankers hit mines, and independent data backs neither side fully.

Araghchi says Tehran and Qatari mediators cut the reopening timetable to two days, but only if Washington lifts sanctions, trims forces and frees Iranian funds.

The first successful limpet mine strike of the war sets a tanker's engine room ablaze off Oman as Brent tops $117 and Washington weighs strikes after the midterms.

A jet-powered drone hit a platform beside a Zaporizhzhia-bound train in one of the deadliest days for Ukrainian civilians in weeks.

Five days before the midterms, Tehran disputes a Qatari draft deal, CENTCOM tallies $47.1 billion in costs and Washington readies Gulf allies for a possible short, intense campaign.

Cairo's parliament gave el-Sisi a defensive mandate for the kingdom as the Saudi-Houthi war threatens Gulf oil exports and the Suez Canal.