Middle East

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense agreement in Makkah, treating an attack on one nation as an attack on all three

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Makkah, as the two sides deepen strategic ties amid Gulf tensions

Houthi missile attacks killed at least 58 Saudi-backed Yemeni troops on Thursday, as Yemen is pulled deeper into the wider US-Israeli war with Iran

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are set to sign a joint defense pact in Jeddah on Friday, as regional tensions rise over the US-Iran war, sources say

Houthi missile and drone attacks killed dozens of Saudi-backed Yemeni government troops, marking the deadliest clashes between the sides since 2022.

Iran warned Gulf states it would "black out" the region if the US hit its power plants, targeting desalination facilities, before Trump called off planned strikes

Pakistan's foreign ministry says the visit holds 'significance beyond the immediate Gulf crisis' amid its US-Iran mediation role

Israel confirms two soldiers killed in Lebanon strikes, the first such deaths in over a month, as Rome talks continue to end the Hezbollah conflict

Iran's president says communication with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, wounded in the strike that killed his father, remains very difficult

A proposed Hormuz deal would hand Iran control of inbound Gulf shipping, per Reuters sources, as Oman-brokered talks near a deal to end the Iran-US war

Tehran says it has agreed a Hormuz shipping route with Oman, as the two sides finalize a joint statement on managing the strategic waterway.

An Israeli military probe says friendly fire may have killed an Israeli settler during a deadly West Bank clash with Palestinians last month.

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel did not agree to the US-backed Gaza plan, despite assurances that any Israeli withdrawal would follow Hamas disarmament.

Houthis say they struck the Saudi oil tanker Wafa off Yanbu with ballistic missiles, the eighth such Red Sea attack since their blockade began July 22

Two Pakistan-flagged oil tankers carrying Saudi crude sailed through the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb Strait undetected, defying Houthi threats, Windward says

All 14 crew were rescued after an Indian-flagged vessel was hit by a projectile and sank in the Red Sea off Yemen, New Delhi calls it unprovoked.

President Trump said talks with Iran are progressing but warned Tehran of severe military strikes unless it reopens the Strait of Hormuz to shipping

Operations at Najran Airport in Saudi Arabia were suspended after Houthi rebels claimed a drone strike on the site's main radar.

Qatar says efforts for a diplomatic solution between the US and Iran are ongoing, with no direct talks planned yet as mediators push for a resumption.

US-Iran talks remain uncertain after a ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, as Trump and Tehran offer conflicting accounts