Jon Gambrell

This frame grab from video broadcast by Saudi state television on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, shows what the kingdom describes as a shipment of weapons and armored vehicles coming from the United Arab Emirates, at Mukalla, Yemen. (Saudi state television via AP)

Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen port over weapons shipment from UAE, issues warning to Abu Dhabi

December 30, 2025 at 6:05 a.m.

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla after a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates arrived for separatist forces in the war-torn country.

FILE – A sub-surface atomic test is shown March 23, 1955 at the Nevada Test Site near Yucca Flats, Nev. (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission via AP, File)

President Donald Trump’s comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here’s what to know.

October 30, 2025 at 11:21 a.m.

What does President Donald Trump’s announcement mean and how would it affect what’s happening now with nuclear tensions? Here’s what to know.

Damage is seen after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas’ political leadership in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Qatar denounces Israel before major summit on Israel’s attack in Doha targeting Hamas leaders

September 14, 2025 at 4:29 p.m.

Qatar’s prime minister denounced Israel on Sunday as foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim nations met to discuss a possible unified response to Israel’s attack on Doha targeting the leadership...

FILE – President Donald Trump, far right, walks to the Abraham Accords signing ceremony, from left, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Israel’s strike on Qatar has infuriated Arab leaders. That doesn’t bode well for President Trump’s Mideast priorities.

September 13, 2025 at 10:37 a.m.

The strike has triggered the worst fears of leaders in the oil-rich Gulf: that the U.S. might abandon its decades-old commitment to protect them from regional aggressors.

ALTERNATIVE CROP OF XEM104.- Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

Qatar digs through the rubble of Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha

September 10, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

Qatari security forces and emergency fire personnel deployed Wednesday around the site of an Israeli attack the previous day on Hamas’ political leaders who had gathered in the capital of...

This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)

Israeli strike targets Hamas leaders in Qatar as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal

September 9, 2025 at 1:47 p.m.

Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas' political leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as the group's top figures gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The...

Smoke from an Israeli bombardment rises over the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

UAE warns against Israeli annexation of West Bank as strikes in Gaza kill 31

September 3, 2025 at 8:47 a.m.

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday warned that any Israeli move to annex the occupied West Bank would be a “red line,” without specifying its possible impact on the landmark...

Ahmed Al-Hajj carries the body of his daughter, Dana Al-Hajj, 13, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Qatar urges a Gaza ceasefire after ‘positive response’ from Hamas

August 19, 2025 at 8:02 a.m.

A key mediator on Tuesday stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a proposal, but Israel has yet to weigh in...

Iranian protesters attend an anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli rally at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

President Donald Trump says US and Iranian officials will talk next week as ceasefire holds

June 26, 2025 at 6:18 a.m.

Israel and Iran seemed to honor the ceasefire between them for a second day and Trump said American and Iranian officials will talk next week.

In this photo released on Monday, 23, 2025, by Iranian army press service, Iran’s army commander-in-chief Gen. Amir Hatami, center, accompanied by high ranked army commanders, speaks in a video call with top commanders of the army, in Zolfaghar central headquarters, Iran, as portraits of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hang on the wall. (Iranian Army Press Service via AP)

Fragile ceasefire appears to hold between Israel and Iran. Trump vents frustration with both sides

June 24, 2025 at 7:49 p.m.

A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to hold Tuesday after initially faltering, and U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration with both sides.

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