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# Near East and South Asia

> Week of May 11, 2026

## Regional Summary

**The Double Game Breaks Cover**

The week's most revealing disclosures were not battlefield reports but receipts. Saudi Arabia struck Iranian territory in late March; the United Arab Emirates (UAE) destroyed Iran's Lavan Island refinery in April; both were simultaneously signing partnership agreements in European capitals and calling Tehran to discuss mediation. Across the Near East and South Asia, the defining pattern of this war has been the double game — covert action wrapped in public restraint. This week, the wrapping came off.

The UAE is the most exposed. For six weeks, analysts had placed it in a passive defence posture; those assessments were wrong. French Mirage jets and Chinese drones from the UAE's own inventory hit Lavan in early April, destroying most of its refining capacity. Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, disclosed this week a secret visit to Abu Dhabi on March 26, saying he met Mohammed bin Zayed, the UAE's president, at Al-Ain and called it "a historic breakthrough." The UAE Foreign Ministry declared the claim "entirely unfounded." Flight-tracking data corroborated two business jets travelling Tel Aviv–Al-Ain and back the same day; multiple sources confirmed the meeting happened. The denial collapsed within days. Iran's answer arrived on May 17: a drone breached the perimeter of the Barakah nuclear plant, struck a generator, and started a fire — the first strike on a nuclear facility in this conflict. Abdullah bin Zayed, the UAE's foreign minister, called Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to report it and invoked the UAE's "full right to respond." Mr Abdullah then called Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, and other Gulf leaders, arguing for coordinated offensive action. Both Saudi Arabia and Qatar refused. The UAE is the most hawkish state in the Gulf and, on offensive action, the most isolated.

Saudi Arabia ran the same dual strategy with more discipline. Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, toured European capitals signing partnership agreements — councils with Spain and Greece, a joint statement with Britain rejecting Hormuz as a pressure tool — while covert strikes hit Iranian soil and militia positions in Iraq. Riyadh's preferred image, responsible actor rather than hidden combatant, is not false; it is partial. The domestic reorganisation made the wartime footing visible. On May 15, King Salman appointed Prince Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Muqrin as acting deputy minister of the National Guard and simultaneously as special adviser to the monarch — a dual title that creates a direct line to the king bypassing the ministry layer, unusual enough to signal wartime purpose. Saudi Aramco, meanwhile, reported first-quarter net income of roughly \$33.6 billion, a 26% rise driven by the Hormuz closure, while carrying out \$35 billion in sale-leaseback deals on real estate, including the Dhahran headquarters campus. The kingdom is selling the institutional heart of the oil state to fund both the war and what comes after it.

The would-be brokers have not kept cleaner hands. The American president, speaking from Air Force One, credited Field Marshal Asim Munir and Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, by name for the Iran ceasefire, calling it done "as a favour to Pakistan." But American officials were simultaneously briefing CBS News that Iran had parked military aircraft, including a reconnaissance variant of the RC-130, at Pakistan's Nur Khan air base during the conflict — potentially shielding them from American strikes. The administration's public praise and its private briefings pull in opposite directions. India's position is no cleaner. S. Jaishankar, India's foreign minister, hosted BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) foreign ministers in New Delhi on May 14 and 15, with both Iran and the UAE in the room; no joint statement emerged. The following day, Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, flew to Abu Dhabi, signed a defence partnership with the UAE covering maritime security and cyberdefence, and condemned attacks on UAE territory. The approach that produced the Abu Dhabi pact is the same one that made BRICS consensus impossible.

Turkey has been the most adept practitioner of the double game and the least exposed. Hakan Fidan, Turkey's foreign minister, flew to Doha, called Tehran, and inserted Ankara into both sides of the American-Iran talks in a single week — gathering real intelligence on negotiating positions, not relaying pleasantries. But the week's most striking document came not from the foreign ministry. The Central Bank of Turkey published a working paper finding that the March 2025 political operation against Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul's mayor — described in the paper only as "the March 2025 operation," never by name — generated a foreign-exchange shock comparable to the Iran war. A state institution formally tallied what no official would say aloud: jailing the opposition's presidential candidate cost the economy roughly as much as a regional conflict. The indirect framing — institutional honesty constrained by political caution — captures the logic of the double game applied inward. Across the region, the same logic holds: the costs are being recorded somewhere, even when they cannot be named, and the gap between the record and the public account will not hold indefinitely.

## Country Summaries

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### <img src="https://flagcdn.com/tr.svg" alt="Turkey flag" style={{ width: "24px", height: "18px", display: "inline", verticalAlign: "middle", marginRight: "8px" }} /> Turkey

Turkey's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, had his busiest diplomatic week in the period, flying to Doha, calling Tehran, and inserting Turkey into the US-Iran negotiations from both sides at once.

In Doha, Mr Fidan met Qatar's emir and prime minister, warned at a joint press conference that "the alternative to the ceasefire is renewed war," and offered Turkish participation in Hormuz maritime security — but only if a diplomatic deal was in place first. In an Al Jazeera interview he called Israel "the elephant in the room," pushed for US-Iran talks, and described Turkey's approach as rejecting "hegemony" in favour of regional cooperation. Turkey-Qatar coordination, he said, is "result-oriented" and works mostly out of public view. On May 17, he called Iran's foreign minister to discuss where the US-Iran talks stand — the second documented contact with Tehran in less than a week. His statement that he saw "sufficient will and intention on both sides to stop the war" suggests Turkey is gathering real intelligence on negotiating positions, not merely relaying diplomatic pleasantries.

The most unexpected development of the week came not from the foreign ministry but from the central bank. The Central Bank of Turkey published its Q2 2026 Inflation Report, revising its interim 2026 target upward by 50% — from 16% to 24% — and its year-end forecast by 44%, from 18% to 26%. For the first time, it dropped its forecast range entirely, citing uncertainty it compared to major crisis periods. The oil price assumption jumped from \$60.9 to \$89.4 per barrel; food inflation from 19% to 26.3%. Fatih Karahan, the central bank governor, delivered the news with an explicit hawkish commitment: "If there is a significant and permanent deterioration in the inflation outlook, monetary policy will be tightened." Deutsche Bank called the report "more realistic."

But the report was not the most striking product the central bank circulated this week. A technical working paper — without naming Ekrem İmamoğlu — found that the foreign-exchange demand shock from the March 2025 political operation against Mr İmamoğlu was statistically comparable to the shock generated by the Iran war. The paper used the same analytical framework for both events, making no explicit political attribution, but its implication is unmistakable: a state institution has formally documented that jailing the opposition's presidential candidate cost the Turkish economy roughly as much as a regional war. The indirect framing — "the March 2025 operation" rather than the man's name — is itself telling: institutional honesty constrained by political caution.

The prosecution of Mr İmamoğlu ground on, but cracks appeared in its machinery. Istanbul prosecutors arrested 12 more people in a new wave targeting the Istanbul municipality's road maintenance and IT units. At the espionage trial's May 11–12 hearing, Mr İmamoğlu described the charges as "absurd," "shameful," and "inexplicable by law, reason, or conscience," demanding the intelligence services produce a single document showing actual espionage. All four defendants — Mr İmamoğlu, his campaign director Necati Özkan, journalist Merdan Yanardağ, and businessman Hüseyin Gün — rejected all charges; the court extended detention for all of them. Yet government-proximate reporting acknowledged that Mr Gün failed to implicate Mr İmamoğlu as expected, and Özgür Özel, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), speaking at the party's 109th consecutive rally in Balıkesir, said cooperation witnesses are retracting statements one by one — citing one named witness who alleged he was handed pre-written statements implicating Mr İmamoğlu in exchange for his freedom.

Mr Özel used the Balıkesir rally — described as the city's largest-ever political gathering — to signal that CHP is no longer betting everything on Mr İmamoğlu's release. "Ekrem İmamoğlu is in prison," he said. "They may not release him. In that case, we have other candidates." He called for simultaneous general and local elections. The sharpest moment came from Ahmet Akın, the Balıkesir mayor whom the Justice and Development Party (AKP) had reportedly been targeting for defection. At CHP's own rally, Mr Akın reaffirmed his party membership: "From Atatürk's CHP I will not separate. I'm saying this plainly and openly to everyone." AKP had signalled that further mayoral defections were coming; it got a public repudiation at the opposition's event instead.

Within the ruling coalition, a youth festival at Kocaeli stadium generated its own trouble. Islamist conservative figures — including a writer at the pro-government Yeni Şafak — criticized the dancing content; one voice from the religious right asked how a party that "set out to raise an Islamic generation ended up raising a secular one." Cabinet ministers simultaneously launched a coordinated "İyi ki Erdoğan" (Thank goodness for Erdoğan) social media campaign. Such campaigns signal anxiety more than confidence. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's speech at the event focused on the Kurdish peace process — framed as "Terror-Free Turkey" — but the Iran war has brought that process to a near-standstill, Reuters confirmed this week; it broke out two weeks after parliament issued Kurdish peace recommendations. A pro-government outlet claimed Turkey's intelligence service is in active contact with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leadership in Kandil, seeking a disarmament plan within ten days; AKP sources confirmed talks continue but declined to confirm the Kandil contact. The claim originated in a single AKP-proximate source and cannot be verified.

<Accordion title="Other Stories">
  * **Erdoğan attends Organization of Turkic States informal summit in Kazakhstan, calls for Turkic world tech cooperation amid Hormuz crisis** — Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traveled to Türkistan, Kazakhstan for the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States (May 13-15), where he called for deeper cooperation in technology, AI, defence industry, and the 'Common Corridor' transport route, citing the Hormuz Strait crisis as evidence of the strategic value of alternative Eurasian corridors. He met bilaterally with Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan's president, on the sidelines and addressed the presence of Turkish Cypriots at the summit.
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  <ResponseField name="İmamoğlu prosecution deepens: new IBB arrests, espionage trial proceeds, TCMB paper quantifies economic shock" type="May 10–17, 2026">
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      * [Ekrem İmamoğlu: 'Casusluk' davasında neler yaşandı? — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/turkce/articles/c2l2ky8011eo)
      * ['Casusluk' davasında ilk duruşma sona erdi... Ekrem İmamoğlu, Erdoğan ve Bahçeli'ye seslendi — cumhuriyet.com.tr](https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/casusluk-davasinda-ilk-durusma-sona-erdi-ekrem-imamoglu-erdogan-ve-bahceli-ye-seslendi-cok-buyuk-bir-uyarida-bulunuyorum-2502705)
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      * [CHP'li Tanrıkulu, Silivri'de İmamoğlu'nu ziyaret etti — cumhuriyet.com.tr](https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/chp-li-tanrikulu-silivri-de-imamoglu-nu-ziyaret-etti-bu-zulmu-yasatanlardan-hesap-soracagiz-2504044)
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      * [TCMB'nin çalışması ortaya koydu: İmamoğlu operasyonunun ekonomiye etkisi, ABD-İran savaşıyla çok yakın — t24.com.tr](https://t24.com.tr/ekonomi/tcmbnin-calismasi-ortaya-koydu-imamoglu-operasyonunun-ekonomiye-etkisi-abd-iran-savasiyla-cok-yakin,1322414)
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      * [İBB'ye yeni operasyon dalgası! İşte Gözaltına alınanların isimleri — tele2haber.com](https://www.tele2haber.com/ibbye-yeni-operasyon-dalgasi-iste-gozaltina-alinanlarin-isimleri)
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      * [CHP Sözcüsü Emre: CHP yağma düzenine 'dur' dediği için hedefte — evrensel.net](https://www.evrensel.net/haber/5984504/chp-sozcusu-emre-chp-yagma-duzenine-dur-dedigi-icin-hedefte-halki-soyanlar-korksun)
      * [Savcı Sayan'dan ses getirecek iddia: CHP Genel Merkezi'ndeki bir yönetici kumar batağına saplanmış durumda — tgrthaber.com](https://www.tgrthaber.com/politika/savci-sayandan-ses-getirecek-iddia-chp-genel-merkezindeki-bir-yonetici-kumar-batagina-3335791)
      * [İmamoğlu'ndan CHP'nin Balıkesir mitingine mektup — t24.com.tr](https://t24.com.tr/gundem/imamoglundan-chpnin-balikesir-mitingine-mektup-yuzlerine-dogrulari-vurdukca-onlar-zalimlesiyor-tertipledikleri-iddianame-gun-gun-cokuyor,1322529)
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      * [TCMB açıkladı: Piyasanın enflasyon, faiz, dolar ve büyüme beklentileri belli oldu — borsaningundemi.com](https://www.borsaningundemi.com/haber/tcmb-acikladi-piyasanin-enflasyon-faiz-dolar-ve-buyume-beklentileri-belli-oldu-1894797)
      * [TCMB 'Piyasa Katılımcıları Anketi'ni yayımladı — bigpara.hurriyet.com.tr](https://bigpara.hurriyet.com.tr/haberler/genel-haberler/tcmb-piyasa-katilimcilari-anketini-yayimladi_ID100701598/)
      * [TCMB açıkladı: Piyasa Katılımcıları anketinde enflasyon beklentisi yükseldi — ekonomim.com](https://www.ekonomim.com/ekonomi/tcmb-acikladi-piyasa-katilimcilari-anketinde-enflasyon-beklentisi-yukseldi-haberi-894241)
      * [TCMB anketi sonrası temmuz zammı hesabı değişti — dunya.com](https://www.dunya.com/ekonomi/tcmb-anketi-sonrasi-temmuz-zammi-hesabi-degisti-emekli-ve-memur-icin-yeni-oranlar-ortaya-cikti-haberi-825276)
      * [TCMB yayımladı: Memur ve emekli için maaş tablosu belli oluyor! — finans.mynet.com](https://finans.mynet.com/haber/detay/ekonomi/tcmb-yayimladi-memur-ve-emekli-icin-maas-tablosu-belli-oluyor/553703/)
      * [TCMB açıkladı! Rezervlerde 6 milyar dolarlık artış — dunya.com](https://www.dunya.com/ekonomi/tcmb-acikladi-rezervlerde-6-milyar-dolarlik-artis-haberi-825142)
      * [TCMB rezervlerinde yeniden yükseliş — bloomberght.com](https://www.bloomberght.com/tcmb-rezervlerinde-yeniden-yukselis-3777671)
      * [TCMB rezervlerinde dikkat çeken artış — borsaningundemi.com](https://www.borsaningundemi.com/haber/tcmb-rezervlerinde-dikkat-ceken-artis-1894419)
      * [Son dakika: TCMB açıkladı! Rezervlerde 6 milyar dolarlık artış — dunya.com](https://dunya.com/ekonomi/son-dakika-tcmb-acikladi-rezervlerde-6-milyar-dolarlik-artis-haberi-825142)
      * [TCMB cari açık verilerini açıkladı — dha.com.tr](https://www.dha.com.tr/ekonomi/tcmb-cari-acik-verilerini-acikladi-2871931)
      * [TCMB tahminlerini inandırıcı bir seviyeye çekebilecek mi? — ekonomim.com](https://ekonomim.com/kose-yazisi/tcmb-tahminlerini-inandirici-bir-seviyeye-cekebilecek-mi/893954)
      * [TCMB Başkanı Karahan 3 yıllık enflasyon ara hedeflerini açıkladı — tarikhaber.com](https://tarikhaber.com/haber/tcmb-baskani-karahan-3-yillik-enflasyon-ara-hedeflerini-acikladi-89848)
      * [TCMB Başkanı Karahan, Enflasyon Raporu Bilgilendirme Toplantısı'nda konuştu — etikhaber.com](https://www.etikhaber.com/tcmb-baskani-karahan-enflasyon-raporu-bilgilendirme-toplantisinda-konustu-1)
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  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="MİT dismantles 9-person spy network working for two foreign intelligence services; 7 arrested in 4-city operation" type="May 15–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (17)">
      * [MİT 'ajan ağı'nı çökertti — hurriyet.com.tr](https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/mit-ajan-agini-cokertti-43175374)
      * [MİT, casusluk ağını çökertti — dha.com.tr](https://www.dha.com.tr/gundem/mit-casusluk-agini-cokertti-2874367)
      * [Casusluk ağı çökertildi! MİT'ten kritik operasyon: 7 kişi yakalandı — posta.com.tr](https://www.posta.com.tr/gundem/casusluk-agi-cokertildi-mitten-kritik-operasyon-7-kisi-yakalandi-2993204)
      * [MİT'ten ajan ağına operasyon: Yedi şüpheli tutuklandı — ntv.com.tr](https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/mitten-ajan-agina-operasyon-yedi-supheli-tutuklandi-1724596)
      * [MİT ve Emniyet'ten ortak operasyon! Kırmızı bültenli şüpheli Pendik'te yakalandı — milliyet.com.tr](https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/mit-ve-emniyetten-ortak-operasyon-kirmizi-bultenli-supheli-pendikte-yakalandi-7589222)
      * [MİT'ten dev operasyon: 7 tutuklama — timeturk.com](https://www.timeturk.com/mitten-dev-operasyonu-7-tutuklama)
      * [MİT'ten casusluk operasyonu! 7 kişi yakalandı — haber.mynet.com](https://haber.mynet.com/mit-ten-casusluk-operasyonu-7-kisi-yakalandi-110107293646)
      * [MİT'ten Çifte Ajan Ağına Ağır Darbe — medyafaresi.com](https://www.medyafaresi.com/haber/mitten-cifte-ajan-agina-agir-darbe-iki-farkli-yabanci-servise-calisan-sebeke-cokertildi/1042779)
      * [MİT, hassas bilgileri yabancı servislere aktaran 7 kişiyi yakaladı — bursahakimiyet.com.tr](https://www.bursahakimiyet.com.tr/gundem/mit-hassas-bilgileri-yabanci-servislere-aktaran-7-kisiyi-yakaladi-1629707)
      * [MİT'ten casusluk operasyonu: Yabancı servislere bilgi aktaran şebeke çökertildi — dunya.com](https://www.dunya.com/gundem/mitten-casusluk-operasyonu-yabanci-servislere-bilgi-aktaran-sebeke-cokertildi-haberi-825380)
      * [MİT, Türkiye'deki Casusluk Ağını Çökertti — gercekgundem.com](https://www.gercekgundem.com/guncel/mit-turkiyedeki-casusluk-agini-cokertti-iki-yabanci-servise-bilgi-sizdiran-7-kisiye-kelepce-571659)
      * [MİT'ten Uluslararası Ajan Ağına Operasyon: Yedi Gözaltı — haberaktuel.com](https://www.haberaktuel.com/mit-ten-uluslararasi-ajan-agina-operasyon-yedi-gozalti-3430366)
      * [MİT'ten uluslararası casusluk şebekesine dev operasyon: 7 ajan yakalandı — star.com.tr](https://www.star.com.tr/guncel/mitten-uluslararasi-casusluk-agina-agir-darbe-turkiye-aleyhine-calisan-7-ajan-tutuklandi-haber-2016572/)
      * [MİT'ten son dakika casus operasyonu! — dogruhaber.com.tr](https://dogruhaber.com.tr/mitten-son-dakika-casus-operasyonu)
      * [MİT operasyonuyla 2 farklı yabancı servise çalışan casusluk ağı çökertildi — haksozhaber.net](https://www.haksozhaber.net/mit-operasyonuyla-2-farkli-yabanci-servise-calisan-casusluk-agi-cokertildi-205151h.htm)
      * [Aa - MİT operasyonuyla 2 farklı yabancı servise çalışan casusluk ağı çökertildi — aa.com.tr](https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/mit-operasyonuyla-2-farkli-yabanci-servise-calisan-casusluk-agi-cokertildi/3939505)
      * [Ankara'da MİT'in Düzenlediği Operasyonda 7 Kişi Tutuklandı — mersinhaber.com](https://www.mersinhaber.com/haber-ankarada-mitin-duzenledigi-operasyonda-7-kisi-tutuklandi/639809)
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  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="Foreign Minister Fidan conducts intensive Iran-war diplomacy: Qatar visit, Hormuz calls, Al Jazeera interview" type="May 10–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (22)">
      * [Turkey's foreign minister to visit Qatar for talks on Iran war — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/turkeys-foreign-minister-visit-qatar-talks-iran-war-2026-05-11/)
      * [Dışişleri Bakanı Hakan Fidan, Katar Emiri Al Sani tarafından kabul edildi — milliyet.com.tr](https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/disisleri-bakani-hakan-fidan-katar-emiri-al-sani-tarafindan-kabul-edildi-7586791)
      * [Dışişleri Bakanı Hakan Fidan: Kimse savaş senaryosunu tekrar yaşamak istemiyor — milliyet.com.tr](https://milliyet.com.tr/gundem/disisleri-bakani-hakan-fidan-kimse-savas-senaryosunu-tekrar-yasamak-istemiyor-7586805)
      * [Hakan Fidan'dan ABD-İran mesajı: Tek yol müzakere — bursasaati.com.tr](https://www.bursasaati.com.tr/hakan-fidandan-abd-iran-mesaji-tek-yol-muzakere)
      * [Bakan Fidan: Hürmüz en kısa sürede açılmalı — yeniasir.com.tr](https://www.yeniasir.com.tr/politika/2026/05/13/bakan-fidan-hurmuz-en-kisa-surede-acilmali)
      * [Hakan Fidan: "Hegemonya kelimesini bu bölgenin sözlüğünden çıkarmaya çalışıyoruz" — haksozhaber.net](https://haksozhaber.net/hakan-fidan-hegemonya-kelimesini-bu-bolgenin-sozlugunden-cikarmaya-calisiyoruz-204967h.htm)
      * [Dışişleri Bakanı Fidan'dan İran-ABD açıklaması: Aksini düşünmek bile istemiyoruz — anlatilaninotesi.com.tr](https://anlatilaninotesi.com.tr/20260512/disisleri-bakani-fidandan-iran-abd-aciklamasi-aksini-dusunmek-bile-istemiyoruz-1105669005.html)
      * [Bakan Fidan: İsrail'in yayılmacılığı bölgesel güvenlik sorunu — referansturk.com.tr](https://www.referansturk.com.tr/haber/27971538/bakan-fidan-israilin-yayilmaciligi-bolgesel-guvenlik-sorunu)
      * [Hakan Fidan'dan bölge ülkelerine dayanışma çağrısı — aydinlik.com.tr](https://aydinlik.com.tr/haber/hakan-fidandan-bolge-ulkelerine-dayanisma-cagrisi-576759)
      * [Bakan Fidan: Kimse Savaşa Dönmek İstemiyor — memurlar.net](https://memurlar.net/haber/1167198/bakan-fidan-kimse-savasa-donmek-istemiyor.html)
      * [Bakan Fidan: Savaşın bitmesi için açıkçası elimizden geleni yapıyoruz — trthaber.com](https://trthaber.com/haber/gundem/bakan-fidan-savasin-bitmesi-icin-acikcasi-elimizden-geleni-yapiyoruz-944901.html)
      * [Hakan Fidan'dan Doha'da kritik mesaj: "Diplomasi için tüm çabaları destekliyoruz" — bursayadairhersey.com](https://bursayadairhersey.com/hakan-fidandan-dohada-kritik-mesaj-diplomasi-icin-tum-cabalari-destekliyoruz)
      * [Hakan Fidan'dan ateşkes ve savaş uyarısı açıklaması — mansethaber.com](https://mansethaber.com/dunya/hakan-fidan-ateskes-uyarisi-yapti-savas-riski-artiyor)
      * [Bakan Fidan, Katarlı mevkidaşı Al Thani ile görüştü — yenidonem.com.tr](https://www.yenidonem.com.tr/siyaset/bakan-fidan-katarli-mevkidasi-al-thani-ile-gorustu-402569)
      * [Dışişleri Bakanı Hakan Fidan, TDT Dışişleri Bakanları Konseyi Toplantısı'na katılacak — cnnturk.com](https://www.cnnturk.com/dunya/disisleri-bakani-hakan-fidan-tdt-disisleri-bakanlari-konseyi-toplantisina-katilacak-3422735)
      * [Hakan Fidan, Doha'da düzenlenen basın toplantısında Pakistanlı kardeşlerin çabasını anlattı — mersinhaber.com](https://mersinhaber.com/haber-hakan-fidan-dohada-duzenlenen-basin-toplantisinda-pakistanli-kardeslerin-cabasinin-takdire-sayan-oldugunu-belirtti/632831)
      * [Hakan Fidan: "Ateşkesin Alternatifi Yeniden Savaş" — barinajans.com](https://barinajans.com/haber/hakan-fidan-ateskesin-alternatifi-yeniden-savas-4722)
      * ["Savaşı sonlandırmak için yeterli istek ve niyet var" — haberturk.com](https://haberturk.com/savasi-sonlandirmak-icin-yeterli-istek-ve-niyet-var-3884179)
      * [Dışişleri Bakanı Fidan: "Herkes bir barışın olmasından yana iken İsrail'in daha başka planları var" — karsmanset.com](https://karsmanset.com/haber/disisleri-bakani-fidan-herkes-bir-barisin-olmasindan-yana-iken-1697316.htm)
      * [Bakan Fidan'dan Doha'da İsrail'e Sert Eleştiri — kamudanhaber.net](https://kamudanhaber.net/bakan-fidandan-dohada-israile-sert-elestiri)
      * [Bakan Fidan, Katarlı mevkidaşıyla Doha'da bir araya geldi — ehamedya.com.tr](https://www.ehamedya.com.tr/gundem/bakan-fidan-katarli-mevkidasiyla-dohada-bir-araya-geldi/3972)
      * [Aa - Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers discuss latest in negotiations with US — aa.com.tr](https://aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/turkish-iranian-foreign-ministers-discuss-latest-in-negotiations-with-us/3940443)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="CHP holds 109th 'Millet İradesine Sahip Çıkıyor' rally in Balıkesir; Özel calls for snap elections" type="May 14–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (11)">
      * [Balıkesir'de 'Millet İradesine Sahip Çıkıyor' mitingi... CHP lideri Özgür Özel: 'Yine hep birlikte başaracağız' — cumhuriyet.com.tr](https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/balikesir-de-millet-iradesine-sahip-cikiyor-mitingi-yurttaslar-meydani-doldurdu-2504543)
      * [Özgür Özel'den Balıkesir'de Erdoğan'a çağrı: İstersen hem genel hem de yerel seçimleri yapalım — birgun.net](https://www.birgun.net/haber/ozgur-ozel-den-balikesir-de-erdogan-a-cagri-istersen-hem-genel-hem-de-yerel-secimleri-yapalim-713109)
      * [CHP, Balıkesir'de 109. Mitingini Yapıyor — sondakika.com](https://www.sondakika.com/guncel/haber-chp-balikesir-de-109-mitingini-yapiyor-19853062/)
      * [Balıkesir'de Demokrasi Nöbeti: Kuvayi Milliye Meydanı'ndan İradeye Saygı Çağrısı — haberyazar.com](https://www.haberyazar.com/genel/balikesirde-demokrasi-nobeti-kuvayi-milliye-meydanindan-iradeye-saygi-cagrisi/21236)
      * [CHP lideri Özel: İmamoğlu'nu bırakmayabilirler, başka adaylarımız olur — mansethaber.com](https://mansethaber.com/siyaset/chp-lideri-ozel-imamoglunu-birakmayabilirler-baska-adaylarimiz-olur)
      * [CHP lideri Özgür Özel: Sandıktan kaçmak milletten kaçmaktır — bursahakimiyet.com.tr](https://www.bursahakimiyet.com.tr/gundem/chp-lideri-ozgur-ozel-sandiktan-kacmak-milletten-kacmaktir-1630250)
      * [Özgür Özel "Ekrem İmamoğlu'nu bırakmayabilirler" diyerek seslendi — t24.com.tr](https://t24.com.tr/politika/ozgur-ozel-balikesir-mitinginde,1322525)
      * [CHP Balıkesir mitingine hazırlanıyor — birgun.net](https://www.birgun.net/haber/chp-balikesir-mitingine-hazirlaniyor-yol-arkadaslarimizin-dimdik-arkasindayiz-712880)
      * [Ahmet Akın'dan "AKP'ye katılacak" iddialarına yanıt — birgun.net](https://www.birgun.net/haber/ahmet-akin-dan-akp-ye-katilacak-iddialarina-yanit-713112%20class=slide-link%20target=_blank)
      * [Ahmet Akın'dan "AKP'ye geçeceği" iddialarına yanıt — t24.com.tr](https://t24.com.tr/politika/ahmet-akindan-akpye-gececegi-iddialarina-yanit-dedikodu-siyaset-degildir-ben-chpliyim,1322530)
      * [Özgür Özel'den İzmir'de dikkat çeken mesajlar... Erdoğan'a 'erken seçim' çağrısı yaptı — cumhuriyet.com.tr](https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/ozgur-ozel-den-izmir-de-dikkat-ceken-mesajlar-erdogan-a-erken-secim-cagrisi-yapti-turkiye-carpik-bir-zihniyetin-isgali-altinda-2504030)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="PKK peace process stalls after Iran war outbreak; MİT contacts Kandil, security report expected within 10 days" type="May 13–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (6)">
      * [Iran war brings Turkey-PKK peace process to near standstill — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/iran-war-brings-turkey-pkk-peace-process-near-standstill-2026-05-13/)
      * [İddia: Süreçle ilgili beklenen 'güvenlik' raporu 10 gün içinde gelecek — evrensel.net](https://www.evrensel.net/haber/5984476/iddia-surecle-ilgili-beklenen-guvenlik-raporu-10-gun-icinde-gelecek)
      * [MİT, Kandil ile temasa geçti: 'PKK 10 gün içinde yol haritası çıkaracak, ilk adımlar atılacak' — haber.sol.org.tr](https://haber.sol.org.tr/haber/mit-kandil-ile-temasa-gecti-pkk-10-gun-icinde-yol-haritasi-cikaracak-ilk-adimlar-atilacak)
      * [MİT'ten Kandil Teması İddiası: 10 Gün İçinde Yol Haritası Bekleniyor — kamudanhaber.net](https://www.kamudanhaber.net/mitten-kandil-temasi-iddiasi-10-gun-icinde-yol-haritasi-bekleniyor)
      * [Terörsüz Türkiye sürecinde MİT'in Kandil'e yaptığı teklif ortaya çıktı: Bir adım siz, bir adım biz! — haber3.com](https://www.haber3.com/guncel/terorsuz-turkiye-surecinde-mitin-kandile-yaptigi-teklif-ortaya-cikti-bir-adim-siz-bir-adim-biz-haberi-6255294)
      * [Bahçeli'nin isteği olmadı: AKP yeni formül peşinde — halktv.com.tr](https://halktv.com.tr/turkiye/bahcelinin-istegi-olmadi-akp-yeni-formul-pesinde-1029756h)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="AKP holds Kocaeli youth festival with Erdoğan; 'İyi ki Erdoğan' cabinet hashtag campaign triggers internal and opposition controversy" type="May 15–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (29)">
      * [Erdoğan Gençlik Şöleni'ne Katılacak — sondakika.com](https://www.sondakika.com/guncel/haber-erdogan-kocaeli-de-genclik-soleni-ne-katilacak-19850854/)
      * [Son dakika... Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Milletin lokomotifi gençlerdir — hurriyet.com.tr](https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/son-dakika-cumhurbaskani-erdogandan-onemli-aciklamalar-43175249)
      * [Bir kitle partisinin gençlik şöleni (köşe yazısı Ahmet Hakan) — hurriyet.com.tr](https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/ahmet-hakan/bir-kitle-partisinin-genclik-soleni-43175964)
      * [Kabine üyelerinden peş peşe 'iyi ki Erdoğan' paylaşımları — turkiyegazetesi.com.tr](https://www.turkiyegazetesi.com.tr/gundem/kabine-uyelerinden-pes-pese-iyi-ki-erdogan-paylasimlari-1791234)
      * [Aa - Kabine üyelerinden 'iyi ki Erdoğan' paylaşımı — aa.com.tr](https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/kabine-uyelerinden-iyi-ki-erdogan-paylasimi/3940402)
      * [İletişim Başkanı Duran'dan 'İyi ki Erdoğan' paylaşımı — milliyet.com.tr](https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/iletisim-baskani-durandan-iyi-ki-erdogan-paylasimi-7589496)
      * [Duran'dan Erdoğan paylaşımı — hibya.com](https://hibya.com/durandan-erdogan-paylasimi-929999)
      * [Burhanettin Duran'dan İyi ki Erdoğan paylaşımı — ensonhaber.com](https://www.ensonhaber.com/burhanettin-durandan-iyi-ki-erdogan-paylasimi-h1535279)
      * [İletişim Başkanı Duran'dan "İyi ki Erdoğan" paylaşımı — kibrishaberci.com](https://www.kibrishaberci.com/iletisim-baskani-durandan-iyi-ki-erdogan-paylasimi/)
      * [Kabine üyelerinden 'İyi ki Erdoğan' paylaşımı — milliyet.com.tr](https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/kabine-uyelerinden-iyi-ki-erdogan-paylasimi-7589501)
      * [Duran: Erdoğan Türkiye'yi güçlü yarınlara taşıyor — haberler.com](https://www.haberler.com/guncel/iletisim-baskani-duran-dan-iyi-ki-erdogan-19856397-haberi/)
      * [Kabine üyelerinden "iyi ki Erdoğan" paylaşımı — konhaber.com](https://www.konhaber.com/guncel/kabine_uyelerinden_iyi_ki_erdogan_paylasimi-1999748h)
      * [Bakanlardan 'iyi ki Erdoğan' paylaşımları — haberler.com](https://www.haberler.com/guncel/kabine-uyelerinden-iyi-ki-erdogan-paylasimi-19856171-haberi/)
      * [Savunma sanayiinden eğitime liderlik vurgusu... 'İyi ki Erdoğan' — star.com.tr](https://www.star.com.tr/guncel/savunma-sanayiinden-egitime-liderlik-vurgusu-iyi-ki-erdogan-haber-2016843/)
      * [Bakanlar, AKP yöneticileri ve milletvekillerinden 'İyi ki Erdoğan' paylaşımları — t24.com.tr](https://t24.com.tr/politika/bakanlar-akp-yoneticileri-ve-milletvekillerinden-iyi-ki-erdogan-paylasimlari,1322583)
      * [Duran: Türkiye mazlumların sesi oldu — haberler.com](https://www.haberler.com/politika/iletisim-baskani-duran-turkiye-cumhurbaskanimizin-19856305-haberi/)
      * [AKP'nin gençlik şölenindeki görüntüler, 'dindar nesil' tartışmasını doğurdu — cumhuriyet.com.tr](https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/turkiye/akp-de-kocaeli-ndeki-genclik-soleni-goruntuleri-tartisiliyor-yandas-isimden-dikkat-ceken-aciklama-2504573)
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### <img src="https://flagcdn.com/sa.svg" alt="Saudi Arabia flag" style={{ width: "24px", height: "18px", display: "inline", verticalAlign: "middle", marginRight: "8px" }} /> Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia launched covert airstrikes on Iranian territory in late March — the first known direct Saudi military action on Iranian soil — settling months of uncertainty over whether the kingdom was managing the conflict as a broker or fighting it as a belligerent.

The strikes, disclosed this week by Reuters citing Western and Iranian officials, hit Iran directly and separately targeted Iranian-backed Shia militia positions in Iraq. The New York Times added that the UAE conducted parallel secret operations. Neither Saudi nor Iranian officials confirmed the reports. More striking is what Saudi Arabia was doing publicly at the same time: Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the foreign minister, was touring European capitals, signing partnership agreements, and telephoning his Iranian counterpart to discuss mediation. The covert strikes and the diplomatic handshakes are not contradictions — they are two tracks of the same strategy, military action taken quietly while public restraint is carefully maintained. A senior Saudi royal told Middle East Eye that Saudi conduct had prevented Israel from plunging the region into ruin — the image Riyadh wants projected is that of the responsible actor, not a hidden combatant.

The European tour delivered results. Saudi Arabia and Spain signed a Strategic Partnership Council agreement and a visa exemption deal in Madrid; Saudi Arabia and Greece co-chaired a strategic partnership council in Athens; a UK-Saudi joint statement rejected the use of Hormuz as a pressure tool. Prince Faisal also held calls with counterparts in Iran, Pakistan, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, the UAE, and Egypt, and met the US special envoy for Syria in Riyadh. His calls with Tehran now carry a different weight: they are the diplomatic track of a state that is simultaneously striking Iran, not the gestures of a passive broker.

The kingdom has also been reorganising at home. King Salman issued seven royal decrees on May 15, the most consequential being the appointment of Prince Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Muqrin as acting deputy minister of the National Guard and special adviser to the monarch. The dual title creates a direct line to the king that bypasses the ministry layer — atypical enough to signal wartime purpose. The decree came 14 days after an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps attempt to infiltrate Kuwait's Bubiyan Island on May 1, following an emergency Gulf Co-operation Council interior ministers' meeting. The Al-Muqrin family's 60-year relationship with the National Guard gives the appointment tribal legitimacy alongside its operational logic. Bloomberg separately reported that Pakistan has signalled Turkey and Qatar may join the Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence agreement signed last September — a development that, if confirmed, would mark the first multi-member Arab-Pakistani security architecture; the report is paywalled and uncorroborated.

Saudi Arabia is also building influence in Yemen through a different kind of proxy. Middle East Eye reports that Saudi-backed Salafi commanders, organised through the National Shield Forces established in 2023, have displaced UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council influence across Hadhramout, Shabwa, Abyan, and into Aden. Salafi military doctrine, which emphasises obedience to legitimate political authority, makes these commanders reliably loyal to Riyadh in ways UAE-aligned factions are not. The shift is a direct expression of the Saudi-UAE rivalry playing out in Yemen's military reorganisation.

Aramco reported Q1 net income of roughly \$33.6 billion, a 26% rise year-on-year, driven by the Hormuz closure. But the company is simultaneously carrying out the most ambitious asset sales in its 93-year history: \$35 billion in sale-leaseback deals covering real estate — including the Dhahran headquarters campus — plus minority stakes in midstream and downstream facilities, and a separate \$10 billion from its broader property portfolio. Aramco is selling and leasing back the institutional heart of the oil state to unlock capital. Amin Nasser, the chief executive, warned the oil market has already lost more than 1 billion barrels from the Hormuz disruption, that gasoline and jet fuel inventories are reaching critically low levels, and that the market may not normalise until 2027. He confirmed the East-West pipeline is already running at its 7 million barrel-per-day limit and that Aramco could reach 12 million barrels per day capacity within three weeks if required.

The Vision 2030 megaproject failures continued. The Mukaab — the \$50 billion cube structure that was to be the centrepiece of the New Murabba development in Riyadh — has been suspended after initial excavation work, with budget constraints from cost overruns and war-related financial pressure cited as the cause. Faisal al-Ibrahim, the economy minister, publicly acknowledged that multiple projects had been modified, delayed, or redefined — an unusual admission. The Mukaab joins The Line as a second flagship project halted indefinitely, confirming the pattern is systemic. The Public Investment Fund, adjusting its portfolio, stepped away from LIV Golf and signed as an official FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament supporter: a shift from a loss-leader investment toward partnerships with clearer returns.

A Paris investigating magistrate accepted complaints this week from three rights organisations against Mohammed bin Salman for torture and enforced disappearances related to the 2018 Khashoggi killing, after a French court of appeal overruled years of prosecutor opposition on admissibility. French jurisdiction rests on a 2022 visit. The investigation puts Mr bin Salman at legal risk in a Western European jurisdiction and may limit future French travel. It will have no domestic political impact.

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  * **Saudi foreign minister conducts intensive diplomatic tour across Europe and Gulf amid Iran war diplomacy** — Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the foreign minister, conducted a high-tempo diplomatic campaign this week, including bilateral meetings in London (with Yvette Cooper, the UK foreign minister), Madrid (where he signed a Saudi-Spanish Strategic Partnership Council memorandum of understanding and visa exemption agreement), and Athens (where he co-chaired a Saudi-Greek strategic partnership council). He held phone calls with counterparts in Iran, Pakistan, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, the UAE, and Egypt focused on the US-Iran conflict, Hormuz shipping, and de-escalation efforts. He also met Tom Barrack, the US special envoy for Syria, in Riyadh. *([english.aawsat.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2643937/saudi-arabia))*
  * **Aramco Q1 profits surge 25% as Hormuz closure triggers historic oil supply shock** — Saudi Aramco reported a 25-26% jump in Q1 2026 net income to approximately \$33.6 billion, as the Strait of Hormuz closure drove oil prices higher and expanded refining margins. Amin Nasser, the chief executive, warned the oil market has lost more than 1 billion barrels due to Hormuz disruptions, that gasoline and jet fuel inventories are reaching critically low levels, and that market normalisation may not occur until 2027 if disruptions persist. Aramco ramped its East-West pipeline to full capacity of 7 million barrels a day to reroute exports. *([cnbc.com](https://www.ft.com/content/92e2b3bd-40e5-4a9e-a6c4-c8fa9de83386?syn-25a6b1a6=1))*
  * **Cambridge University's Judge Business School seeks memorandum of understanding with Saudi Defence Ministry despite human rights objections** — Cambridge University's Judge Business School sought approval for a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defence to provide leadership development and innovation management training, introduced via the UK Ministry of Defence. Senior Cambridge academics described the proposal as 'horrifying.' A follow-up Guardian report revealed families of Saudi scholars facing the death penalty are urging Cambridge to cancel the plans, adding to institutional reputational pressure. *([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/11/cambridge-university-judge-business-school-saudi-defence-ministry))*
  * **Saudi aid agency expands Yemen humanitarian operations across health, education, and demining** — Saudi Arabia's King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) launched several Yemen initiatives this week: Project Masam removed 839 landmines in the first week of May; an educational recovery project was launched in Aden, Lahij, and Taiz targeting 18,000+ students; a volunteer heart surgery camp funded 120 cardiac procedures in Mukalla; and KSrelief expanded cholera response, market and school rehabilitation projects. Saudi-backed Salafi military commanders are also reported to be gaining influence in Yemen's restructuring army. *([arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2643877/saudi-arabia))*
  * **Saudi-UAE rivalry deepens as both nations pursue competing regional hegemon strategies** — Analysis pieces this week highlighted growing fractures between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, longtime allies whose close relationship under MBS and MBZ has frayed. Disagreements span Yemen (competing proxies), economic competition, and divergent postures toward Iran and Israel during the war. Gulf policy analysts warned the US against picking sides in the rivalry. *([lanacion.com.ar](https://gulfif.org/america-must-avoid-picking-sides-in-the-saudi-emirati-feud))*
  * **Saudi crown prince and UAE president discuss regional crisis in phone call** — Mohammed bin Salman held a phone conversation with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the UAE's president, to discuss regional developments and trilateral co-operation. The call was reported alongside a separate call between Mr Trump and Sheikh Mohamed, reflecting intensive Gulf-US co-ordination during the Iran war period. *([arabnews.pk](https://arabnews.pk/node/2643358/saudi-arabia))*
  * **Hajj 2026 underway with over 860,000 foreign pilgrims arrived as of mid-week** — Saudi Arabia's Hajj minister reported that more than 860,000 foreign pilgrims had arrived in the kingdom by mid-week for the 2026 Hajj season, with the government mobilising extensive logistical, transport, and digital operations. The minister attributed preparations to directives from King Salman and Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince. *([saudigazette.com.sa](https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/more-than-860000-foreign-pilgrims-arrive-in-saudi-arabia-for-2026-hajj-season-1.500540072))*
  * **Wife of British-Saudi detainee Ahmed al-Doush appeals for release as health declines** — The wife of Ahmed al-Doush, a British national imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since 2024 for social media posts, publicly appealed for his release as his health reportedly deteriorates sharply. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention published a report in March 2026 recommending his release, but Saudi Arabia in April confirmed his conviction, reducing his sentence while describing the posts as terrorist-related content. *([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/ahmed-al-doush-wife-pleads-saudi-arabia-for-his-release-social-media-posts))*
  * **Electronic Frontier Foundation launches campaign for imprisoned Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid** — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched a campaign for Osama Khalid, a Saudi Arabian Wikipedia contributor and blogger imprisoned for his writing on Saudi Arabia, open-source technology, and other topics. The foundation described the case as emblematic of the kingdom's pattern of jailing online speech. *([eff.org](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/eff-launches-new-offline-campaign-saudi-wikipedian-osama-khalid))*
  * **Crown prince receives delegation honouring King Salman's 60-plus years of Quran memorisation patronage** — Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince, received a delegation honouring King Salman for his more than 60 years of support for Holy Quran memorisation associations across the kingdom. The delegation presented gifts including a luxury shield, a handwritten Quran copy, and commemorative plaques. *([english.aawsat.com](https://english.aawsat.com/varieties/5272789-crown-prince-meets-delegation-honoring-king-salmans-support-holy-quran))*
  * **Saudi deputy foreign minister attends Uganda presidential inauguration on behalf of crown prince** — Waleed al-Kheraiji, the deputy foreign minister, attended the inauguration of Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president, in Kampala on behalf of Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince. During the ceremony, Mr al-Kheraiji conveyed congratulations from King Salman and the crown prince. *([saudigazette.com.sa](https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/661302/saudi-arabia/on-behalf-of-crown-prince-al-kheraiji-attends-ugandan-presidents-inauguration-ceremony))*
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      * [Exclusive: Saudi warplanes struck militias in Iraq during war, sources say — reuters.com](https://reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-warplanes-struck-militias-iraq-during-war-sources-say-2026-05-13)
      * [Saudi Arabia Launched Covert Attacks on Iran as Regional War Widened, Sources Say — usnews.com](https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-05-12/exclusive-saudi-arabia-launched-covert-attacks-on-iran-as-regional-war-widened-sources)
      * [Saudi Arabia launched secret attacks on Iran during Operation Epic Fury — jpost.com](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-895961)
      * [Saudi Arabia carried out multiple retaliatory strikes on Iran during war, sources say — timesofisrael.com](https://timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/saudi-arabia-carried-out-multiple-retaliatory-strikes-on-iran-during-war-sources-say)
      * [Saudi Arabia reportedly carried out secret strikes on Iran during West Asia conflict — thehindubusinessline.com](https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/world/saudi-arabia-reportedly-carried-out-secret-strikes-on-iran-during-west-asia-war/article70972399.ece)
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      * [Arabia Saudita lanzó ataques secretos contra Irán en medio de la guerra — infobae.com](https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2026/05/13/arabia-saudita-lanzo-ataques-secretos-contra-iran-en-medio-de-la-guerra-que-tiene-en-vilo-a-los-paises-petroleros/)
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      * [Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. Carried Out Secret Attacks in Iran, U.S. Officials Say — nytimes.com](https://nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-uae-iran-attacks.html)
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      * [How the Saudis wriggled out of the Iran conflict — spectator.com.au](https://spectator.com.au/2026/05/how-the-saudis-wriggled-out-of-the-iran-conflict)
      * [War on Iran: Senior royal says Saudi Arabia avoided Israeli plan to 'plunge region into ruin' — middleeasteye.net](https://middleeasteye.net/news/senior-royal-says-saudi-avoided-israeli-plan-plunge-region-ruin-and-destruction)
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      * [Saudi Arabia Reviews Pakistan's Mediation Efforts and Latest Developments in US-Iran Talks — english.aawsat.com](https://english.aawsat.com/gulf/5272206-saudi-arabia-reviews-pakistan%E2%80%99s-mediation-efforts-and-latest-developments-us-iran)
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      * [Prime minister, Saudi foreign minister discuss de-escalation efforts — qatar-tribune.com](https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/233856/latest-news/prime-minister-saudi-foreign-minister-discuss-de-escalation-efforts)
      * [Saudi Foreign Minister Holds Talks with US Special Envoy for Syria — english.aawsat.com](https://english.aawsat.com/gulf/5274181-saudi-foreign-minister-holds-talks-us-special-envoy-syria)
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      * [Saudi, Bahraini FM discuss Gulf tensions and Strait of Hormuz disruptions — sana.sy](https://sana.sy/en/international/2316566/)
      * [Israel prepares for Iran escalation (mentions Saudi-Qatar FM call) — siasat.com](https://www.siasat.com/israel-prepares-for-iran-escalation-as-strikes-on-lebanon-continue-despite-truce-3472513/)
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  <ResponseField name="Aramco Q1 profits surge 25% as Hormuz closure triggers historic oil supply shock" type="May 11–17, 2026">
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      * [Saudi Aramco CEO says oil market won't normalize until 2027 if Hormuz disruption persists — cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/saudi-aramco-oil-iran-war-strait-hormuz.html)
      * [Saudi Aramco CEO warns oil markets may not recover until 2027 due to Hormuz disruptions — foxbusiness.com](https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/saudi-aramco-ceo-warns-oil-markets-may-not-recover-until-2027-due-hormuz-disruptions)
      * [Strait of Hormuz disruption could push oil market recovery into 2027, Aramco CEO says — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/strait-hormuz-disruption-could-push-oil-market-recovery-into-2027-aramco-ceo-2026-05-11/)
      * [Aramco Sees Hormuz Halt Causing 100 Million-Barrel Oil Loss — bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-11/aramco-sees-100-million-barrel-oil-loss-each-week-hormuz-is-shut)
      * [Oil market will lose around 100 million barrels every week, if Strait of Hormuz remains closed, Aramco CEO says — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-market-will-lose-around-100-million-barrels-every-week-if-strait-hormuz-2026-05-11/)
      * [Aramco Sees Slow Oil Market Recovery after Shock Supply Loss — finance.yahoo.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/energy/articles/aramco-sees-slow-oil-market-220000233.html)
      * [Saudi Aramco Warns Of 'Catastrophic Consequences' Unless Strait of Hormuz Reopens — democracynow.org](https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/headlines/saudi_aramco_warns_of_catastrophic_consequences_unless_strait_of_hormuz_reopens)
      * [Africa's oil giants on standby as Aramco warns of 100 million barrels weekly loss if Hormuz stays closed — africa.businessinsider.com](https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/africas-oil-giants-nigeria-angola-and-algeria-on-standby-as-aramco-warns-of-100/54swbmf)
      * [Aramco CEO sends stark message on Strait of Hormuz and oil — thestreet.com](https://www.thestreet.com/investing/aramco-ceo-sends-stark-message-on-strait-of-hormuz-and-oil)
      * [Aramco Expects Oil, Natural Gas Supply Chain Disruptions for Months Even if Hormuz Reopens Soon — naturalgasintel.com](https://naturalgasintel.com/news/aramco-expects-oil-natural-gas-supply-chain-disruptions-for-months-even-if-hormuz-reopens-soon/)
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  <ResponseField name="Aramco launches most ambitious asset monetization plan in company history, targeting \$35 billion" type="May 13–17, 2026">
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      * [Aramco Plans \$35 Billion Asset Sales to Attract Wall Street Investment — bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-15/aramco-cracks-open-its-empire-to-wall-street-in-35-billion-push)
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      * [Aramco Weighs Raising Over \$10 Billion From Real Estate Sale-Leaseback — bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/aramco-seeks-to-raise-over-10-billion-from-property-portfolio)
      * [Saudi Aramco Looks to Raise \$10 Billion from Real Estate Asset Deal — oilprice.com](https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Saudi-Aramco-Looks-to-Raise-10-Billion-from-Real-Estate-Asset-Deal.html)
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  <ResponseField name="PIF named FIFA World Cup 2026 official supporter as it simultaneously exits LIV Golf funding" type="May 12–17, 2026">
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      * [Saudi PIF doubles down on football with FIFA World Cup partnership — dailysabah.com](https://www.dailysabah.com/sports/football/saudi-pif-doubles-down-on-football-with-fifa-world-cup-partnership)
      * [PIF shows continued commitment to sports in World Cup supporter deal — sportsbusinessjournal.com](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/05/15/pif-shows-continued-commitment-to-sports-in-world-cup-supporter-deal/)
      * [PIF Named as Official Tournament Supporter of FIFA World Cup 2026 — swxlocalsports.com](https://www.swxlocalsports.com/pif-named-as-official-tournament-supporter-of-fifa-world-cup-2026/article_d3162dad-ca78-5f17-9a93-2b9f03323420.html)
      * [Saudi wealth fund unveiled as official tournament supporter — thescore.com](https://www.thescore.com/worldcup/news/3540486)
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      * [PIF es nombrado patrocinador oficial de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026 (official press release) — businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260514717493/es)
      * [Saudi Arabia Accelerates Sports Tourism Ambitions Through PIF's Historic FIFA World Cup 2026 Alliance — travelandtourworld.com](https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/saudi-arabia-accelerates-sports-tourism-ambitions-through-pifs-historic-fifa-world-cup-2026-alliance-know-more/)
      * [La FIFA sumó un nuevo sponsor de cara al Mundial 2026 y expandió su negocio en Arabia Saudita — eleconomista.com.ar](https://eleconomista.com.ar/deportes/fifa-sponsor-arabia-saudita-mundial-2026-n94947)
      * [FIFA suma a Arabia Saudita como socio y acelera un negocio de más de US\$11.000 millones con el Mundial — valoraanalitik.com](https://www.valoraanalitik.com/fifa-suma-arabia-saudita-socio-acelera-negocio-11-mil-millones-mundial/)
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      * [Saudi Arabia signs soccer World Cup deal and says sports investment is a priority — salemnews.com](https://www.salemnews.com/news/national_news/saudi-arabia-signs-soccer-world-cup-deal-and-says-sports-investment-is-a-priority/article_56b4c661-76b3-53ec-8018-2277dfae6ff8.html)
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  <ResponseField name="French court opens judicial investigation into MBS over Khashoggi killing following rights groups' complaint" type="May 16–17, 2026">
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      * [French judge to probe complaint against Saudi's MBS over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing — france24.com](https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260516-french-judge-to-probe-complaint-against-saudi-s-mbs-over-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-s-killing)
      * [France to probe Khashoggi killing after complaint against Saudi crown prince — rfi.fr](https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260516-france-to-probe-khashoggi-killing-after-complaint-against-saudi-crown-prince)
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      * [French judge to examine Khashoggi complaints against MBS — cp24.com](https://www.cp24.com/news/world/2026/05/16/a-french-judge-will-look-into-complaints-against-saudi-crown-prince-over-khashoggis-killing/)
      * [Headache for Trump & Arabs: NATO nation now goes all-in against MBS in Khashoggi murder probe? — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/headache-for-trump-arabs-nato-nation-now-goes-all-in-against-mbs-in-khashoggi-murder-probe-101779022275171.html)
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      * [Mort de Jamal Khashoggi en 2018 : pourquoi un juge français va-t-il enquêter sur la mort du journaliste saoudien ? — linternaute.com](https://www.linternaute.com/actualite/monde/10510458-mort-de-jamal-khashoggi-en-2018-pourquoi-un-juge-francais-va-t-il-enqueter-sur-la-mort-du-journaliste-saoudien/)
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  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="Cambridge University's Judge Business School seeks MoU with Saudi Defense Ministry despite human rights objections" type="May 11–17, 2026">
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      * [Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns — theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/11/cambridge-university-judge-business-school-saudi-defence-ministry)
      * [Sons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff — theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/17/sons-scholars-facing-death-penalty-cambrige-judge-business-school-saudi-defence-ministry)
      * [Cambridge–Saudi Defence MoU Sparks Rights Concerns — washingtoncentre.org](https://washingtoncentre.org/cambridge-university-pursues-controversial-deal-with-saudi-defence-ministry/)
      * [Judge Business School seeks deal with Saudi Defence Ministry — varsity.co.uk](https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/31653)
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  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="KSrelief expands Yemen humanitarian operations across health, education, and demining" type="May 11–16, 2026">
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      * [KSrelief expands Yemen aid efforts with cholera response, market and school rehab projects — arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2643877/saudi-arabia)
      * [IOM: Over 4.5 Million Children Out of School in Yemen (KSrelief involvement) — yemenmonitor.com](https://www.yemenmonitor.com/en/Details/ArtMID/908/ArticleID/171729)
      * [Project Masam Removes 839 Landmines in One Week, Enhancing Safety in Yemen's Liberated Areas — en.yementv.tv](https://en.yementv.tv/project-masam-removes-landmines/)
      * [King Salman Center Initiates Educational Recovery Project in Aden, Lahij, and Taiz — en.yementv.tv](https://en.yementv.tv/king-salman-center-educational-recovery-project/)
      * [King Salman Relief Center Supports 120 Heart Surgeries in Mukalla — en.yementv.tv](https://en.yementv.tv/king-salman-relief-center-heart-surgeries-mukalla/)
      * [Saudi Support Bolsters Yemen's Health Sector in Fight Against Epidemics — english.aawsat.com](https://english.aawsat.com/gulf/5271865-saudi-support-bolsters-yemen%E2%80%99s-health-sector-fight-against-epidemics)
      * [Yemen: The rise of Saudi-backed Salafi commanders — middleeasteye.net](https://middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-rise-saudi-backed-salafi-commanders)
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  <ResponseField name="Saudi-Pakistani defense pact may expand to include Turkey and Qatar amid Iran war security realignment" type="May 12–13, 2026">
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      * [Pakistan Signals Turkey, Qatar May Join Saudi Defense Pact — bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/pakistan-signals-turkey-qatar-may-join-saudi-defense-pact)
      * [The Blogs: Saudi Arabia's strange war (KBS Tehran visit reference) — blogs.timesofisrael.com](https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabias-strange-war-appease-iran-rebuff-israel/)
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  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="Saudi-UAE rivalry deepens as both nations pursue competing regional hegemon strategies" type="May 12–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (3)">
      * [Emiratos Árabes rompe en varios frentes con Arabia Saudita y busca emerger como potencia hegemónica regional — lanacion.com.ar](https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/emiratos-arabes-rompe-en-varios-frentes-con-arabia-saudita-y-busca-emerger-como-potencia-hegemonica-nid17052026/)
      * [America Must Avoid Picking Sides in the Saudi-Emirati Feud — gulfif.org](https://gulfif.org/america-must-avoid-picking-sides-in-the-saudi-emirati-feud)
      * [Trump and Bin Salman Discuss Regional Crises with Mohamed bin Zayed — jordannews.jo](https://jordannews.jo/Section-111/All/Trump-and-Bin-Salman-Discuss-Regional-Crises-with-Mohamed-bin-Zayed-51346)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="King Salman issues seven royal decrees reshuffling deputy-level posts including National Guard" type="May 13–14, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (2)">
      * [King Salman's Seven Decrees Were One Decision — houseofsaud.com](https://houseofsaud.com/king-salman-seven-decrees-one-decision/)
      * [GCC Interior Ministers Hold Emergency Meeting in Riyadh — english.aawsat.com](https://english.aawsat.com/gulf/5272843-gcc-interior-ministers-hold-emergency-meeting-riyadh)
    </Expandable>
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  <ResponseField name="Saudi crown prince and UAE president discuss regional crisis in phone call" type="May 12, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (2)">
      * [Saudi crown prince, UAE president discuss regional developments — arabnews.pk](https://arabnews.pk/node/2643358/saudi-arabia)
      * [Trump and Bin Salman Discuss Regional Crises with Mohamed bin Zayed — jordannews.jo](https://jordannews.jo/Section-111/All/Trump-and-Bin-Salman-Discuss-Regional-Crises-with-Mohamed-bin-Zayed-51346)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="Hajj 2026 underway with over 860,000 foreign pilgrims arrived as of mid-week" type="May 13, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (2)">
      * [Hajj Minister: Over 860,000 foreign Hajj pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia — saudigazette.com.sa](https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/661335/saudi-arabia/hajj-minister-over-860000-foreign-hajj-pilgrims-arrive-in-saudi-arabia)
      * [Over 860,000 Foreign Pilgrims Arrive in Saudi Arabia as Kingdom Ramps Up Hajj 2026 Preparations — gulfnews.com](https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/more-than-860000-foreign-pilgrims-arrive-in-saudi-arabia-for-2026-hajj-season-1.500540072)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="Wife of British-Saudi detainee Ahmed al-Doush appeals for release as health declines" type="May 14, 2026">
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      * [Wife of Briton pleads for Saudi Arabia to release him from 'arbitrary detention' — theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/ahmed-al-doush-wife-pleads-saudi-arabia-for-his-release-social-media-posts)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="EFF launches campaign for imprisoned Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid" type="May 12, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (1)">
      * [EFF Launches New Offline Campaign for Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid — eff.org](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/eff-launches-new-offline-campaign-saudi-wikipedian-osama-khalid)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="Saudi Arabia suspends construction of Mukaab mega-project in Riyadh amid financial pressures" type="May 13–16, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (2)">
      * [Iba a ser visible desde cualquier punto, pero se quedó sin fondos: inesperado final para el edificio más ambicioso de Arabia Saudita — canal26.com](https://www.canal26.com/internacionales/2026/05/16/iba-a-ser-visible-desde-cualquier-punto-pero-se-quedo-sin-fondos-inesperado-final-para-el-edificio-mas-ambicioso-de-arabia-saudita/)
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    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="MBS receives delegation honoring King Salman's 60+ years of Quran memorization patronage" type="May 13, 2026">
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      * [Crown Prince Meets Delegation Honoring King Salman's Support for Holy Quran Memorization Associations — english.aawsat.com](https://english.aawsat.com/varieties/5272789-crown-prince-meets-delegation-honoring-king-salmans-support-holy-quran)
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### <img src="https://flagcdn.com/ae.svg" alt="United Arab Emirates flag" style={{ width: "24px", height: "18px", display: "inline", verticalAlign: "middle", marginRight: "8px" }} /> United Arab Emirates

UAE spent weeks absorbing Iranian missiles in silence, insisting it would not retaliate — but it already had. The Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and Reuters all confirmed this week that UAE struck Iran's Lavan Island oil refinery in early April, destroying most of its refining capacity, using French Mirage jets and Chinese Wing Loong drones from its own inventory. UAE never publicly claimed the strikes. Six weeks of desk assessments describing a "passive defense posture" were wrong.

That covert strike reframes everything that followed. Iran's response came on May 17: a drone breached the perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Al Dhafra, struck an electrical generator, and started a fire. Two other drones were intercepted; this one got through. No radiation was released and no one was hurt, but Barakah generates roughly 25% of UAE's electricity, and no nuclear plant in this conflict had been targeted before. Abdullah bin Zayed, the foreign minister, called Rafael Grossi, the International Atomic Energy Agency's director-general, to report the strike and assert UAE's "full right to respond to terrorist attacks." The American president warned Iran the "clock is ticking." UAE's government issued a broader statement invoking "full sovereign, legal, diplomatic, and military rights to address any threat or hostile act."

The Lavan revelation also exposed how deep the UAE-Israel relationship ran during the war. Binyamin Netanyahu this week disclosed that he had secretly visited UAE and met Mohammed bin Zayed, the UAE president, in Al-Ain on March 26, calling it a "historic breakthrough." The UAE Foreign Ministry declared the claim "entirely unfounded." Multiple Israeli and Arab sources confirmed the meeting happened; flight-tracking data corroborated two business jets travelling Tel Aviv–Al-Ain and back the same day. One detail, confirmed by multiple sources, stands out: Mr bin Zayed reportedly drove Mr Netanyahu himself from the plane to the palace. The chief of staff of Israel's Defence Forces, the Mossad director — at least twice, for "coordination about the war" — and the Shin Bet chief all made separate covert visits to Abu Dhabi. Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, said the disclosure confirmed what Iranian security services had long told their leaders: the collusion was "unforgivable," and those responsible would be "held to account."

UAE's flat denial of a documented meeting captures how it has operated throughout: maximum operational integration with Israel, zero public acknowledgment. That posture is now under strain. The denial was contradicted by independent reporting within days of being issued, and Iran's formal accusation that UAE is an "active partner" in the war strips away any remaining claim to neutrality — at least in Tehran's view.

Having struck Iran covertly, UAE then sought support for a collective Gulf response. Mr bin Zayed called Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, and other Gulf leaders, arguing for coordinated offensive military action. Both Saudi Arabia and Qatar refused. The conflict, they said, was "not their war." Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi ambassador, published a justification of Riyadh's restraint in Arab News, warning that joining UAE's offensive would destroy oil facilities, desalination plants, and Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 plans. The refusal reveals the precise floor of Gulf Co-operation Council solidarity: Riyadh will condemn Iranian attacks on UAE territory; it will not fight alongside UAE against Iran. UAE is the most hawkish state in the Gulf and, on offensive action, the most isolated.

Even as the fighting continued, UAE moved fast to insulate its economy. Narendra Modi stopped in Abu Dhabi on May 15 for a two-to-three-hour visit that produced seven agreements. The most consequential: the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will store up to 30 million barrels of crude in India's underground petroleum reserve caverns in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, giving UAE a supply hedge if Hormuz operations are disrupted. The two countries also signed a defence agreement covering manufacturing, maritime security, and cyber cooperation — the deepest partnership UAE has concluded outside its relationships with the US and France. G42, the UAE's AI and technology conglomerate, agreed a term sheet with India's Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) for an 8-exaflop supercomputer cluster. Total UAE investment in the package: \$5 billion.

That same week, Khaled bin Mohamed, the Abu Dhabi crown prince, chaired an ADNOC board meeting and ordered the West-East pipeline accelerated to more than 3 million barrels per day of Hormuz-bypass export capacity by 2027, up from roughly 1.5 to 1.8 million today. Even at that level the pipeline covers a fraction of normal Hormuz throughput — the geographic constraint cannot be eliminated, only reduced. Together, the India storage deal and the pipeline acceleration address the same problem: keeping UAE oil revenue flowing if the strait closes.

Separately, Mubadala Energy took a final investment decision on the Commonwealth liquefied-natural-gas export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, closing \$9.75 billion in project financing for a total commitment of \$21.25 billion. The facility's 9.5 million tonnes per year of capacity will serve long-term buyers including Aramco Trading, Saudi Arabia's commercial oil arm — a commercial relationship that has outlasted the political tensions between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. The facility is due to start operations in 2030.

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  * **Netanyahu claims secret wartime visit to UAE; Abu Dhabi denies, Israel's security chiefs also said to have visited** — Israel's Prime Minister's Office announced that Binyamin Netanyahu secretly visited the UAE and met Mohammed bin Zayed, the UAE president, in Al-Ain on March 26 during Operation Roaring Lion, calling it a 'historic breakthrough.' The UAE Foreign Ministry immediately denied any such visit took place, while multiple Israeli and Arab sources subsequently confirmed the meeting occurred. Reports then emerged that the chief of staff of Israel's Defence Forces, the Mossad director, and the Shin Bet chief also made covert visits to Abu Dhabi during the conflict, further exposing deep wartime UAE-Israel intelligence and defence cooperation. *([cbsnews.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj2mnwv1ryo))*
  * **Mubadala invests \$325M in world's largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 3** — Mubadala Investment Company announced a \$325 million investment in Ørsted's Hornsea 3 offshore wind project in the UK, joining an Apollo-managed consortium. Once completed, the 2.9-gigawatt facility will be the world's largest offshore wind farm, expected to power more than 3.3 million UK homes. The investment extends Mubadala's growing global renewable energy portfolio.
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  <ResponseField name="UAE secretly struck Iran's Lavan Island refinery; tried and failed to rally Gulf states for coordinated military response" type="May 11–17, 2026">
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  <ResponseField name="ADNOC ordered to fast-track West-East Pipeline to double Hormuz-bypass export capacity by 2027" type="May 11–17, 2026">
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  <ResponseField name="Mubadala Energy takes final investment decision on \$13B Commonwealth LNG project in Louisiana" type="May 14–15, 2026">
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      * [Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Energy backs \$9.75bln in project financing for US LNG plant — zawya.com](https://www.zawya.com/business/swf/abu-dhabis-mubadala-energy-backs-975bln-in-project-financing-for-us-lng-plant-ra3k1aqn)
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### <img src="https://flagcdn.com/in.svg" alt="India flag" style={{ width: "24px", height: "18px", display: "inline", verticalAlign: "middle", marginRight: "8px" }} /> India

India chaired its first major BRICS test of 2026 and could not produce a joint statement — not through procedural failure, but because two of its members, Iran and the UAE, are at war, and India spent the same week signing a defence pact with one of them.

The BRICS foreign ministers met at Bharat Mandapam on May 14 and 15. Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, pushed for BRICS to condemn US and Israeli "unlawful aggression"; Iran's deputy foreign minister said afterwards that "one member country" pushed back with language condemning Iran instead. S. Jaishankar, India's foreign minister and the meeting's host, called for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and zero tolerance on terrorism — language careful enough to offend neither side, but not careful enough to bridge the gap. No joint statement was issued. Mr Jaishankar discussed crude oil imports with Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, ahead of the expiry of a US sanctions waiver, and met separately with Mr Araghchi, who assured him of maritime safety through Hormuz. Ajit Doval, the national security adviser, met Mr Araghchi separately. Only the bilateral sidelines produced results.

Why the BRICS meeting had failed became clear the following day. Narendra Modi flew to Abu Dhabi and signed a strategic defence partnership with the UAE — covering maritime security and cyberdefence — alongside agreements with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for petroleum storage of up to 30 million barrels at Fujairah, liquefied petroleum gas supply deals, and a \$5 billion UAE investment commitment in Indian infrastructure. Mr Modi condemned attacks on the UAE and called for an open Strait of Hormuz. The Fujairah storage arrangement is more than a diplomatic gesture: the facility sits outside the Hormuz chokepoint, giving India reserve access even if Iranian forces restrict the strait. India's domestic strategic petroleum reserves cover only around ten days of imports; this deal partly fills that gap. But it also means India has committed to formal defence ties with the UAE at the exact moment Iran — also a BRICS member — is in active conflict with it. The approach that produced the UAE pact is the same one that made BRICS consensus impossible.

Even as India managed the Gulf crisis, it was extending its reach in Europe. In the Netherlands, Mr Modi announced a strategic partnership that included a deal between Tata Electronics and ASML — the Dutch company whose lithography machines are the most tightly export-controlled technology in semiconductor manufacturing. ASML's chief executive said the company would "establish and ramp up" production at Tata's \$11 billion semiconductor fab in Dholera, Gujarat. The commitment marks a genuine shift in India's technology access, not a symbolic one. In Sweden, Mr Modi raised bilateral ties to a strategic partnership, launched a technology and AI corridor, and addressed a European industry roundtable alongside Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president — the closest India-EU industry engagement yet.

The week's most painful adjustment came at home. State fuel retailers raised petrol and diesel by 3 rupees per litre on May 15 — the first retail price increase in four years. Analysts and the opposition noted prices had been held down during state election campaigns; the hike came days after the West Bengal results. Retailers had been absorbing losses of roughly 100 rupees per litre on diesel and 20 rupees on petrol since the war began. The Reserve Bank of India's governor said further hikes may be needed. The BBC and Nomura independently quantified the broader damage: India's foreign exchange reserves had fallen \$38 billion since the Iran war began, from \$690 billion, with Nomura projecting the fiscal deficit at 4.6% of GDP by March 2027. The government also restricted silver imports and raised duties on both silver and gold to 15%, capping duty-free gold imports for jewellers at 100 kg. Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge of the Indian National Congress, and Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, all condemned the hike. The opposition now has a concrete price-based grievance, sharper than anything it has held since the farm laws.

The US Justice Department moved to drop criminal fraud charges against Gautam Adani, filed in November 2024 over an alleged \$265 million solar energy bribery scheme. Mr Adani hired Robert Giuffra, the American president's personal lawyer, and pledged \$10 billion in US investment; multiple outlets described an unusual April meeting at which the pledge was presented to Justice Department officials. Mr Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani also settled a civil fraud suit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission for \$18 million, without admitting wrongdoing. Whether the Indian government facilitated the arrangement cannot be assessed from what has been reported. What can be assessed is the effect: the Justice Department's move removes the opposition's most internationally credible line of attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party's corporate ties, at the same moment the fuel hike hands them a new domestic one.

India's military posture generated no new action but considerable noise. General Upendra Dwivedi, the army chief, warned on May 16 that Pakistan must decide whether it wants to be "part of geography or history" if it continues supporting terrorism; General Anil Chauhan, the chief of defence staff, said Indian forces had "dominated every ladder of escalation" during Operation Sindoor. Pakistan's military called General Dwivedi's remarks "madness and warmongering." Both statements fell in the first-anniversary week of Sindoor's launch and carried no operational announcement — the doctrine itself signals intent. On a separate front, the Narcotics Control Bureau seized 227.7 kg of Captagon worth ₹182 crore — India's first seizure of the drug — arresting a Syrian national whose consignment was concealed in a commercial machine destined for Saudi Arabia. The find reveals a West Asia drug-transit route running through India: a new link between the regional war's disruption and criminal networks operating on Indian territory.

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  * **Modi's five-nation tour — Sweden stop: strategic partnership, Polar Star honour, EU industry engagement** — Modi arrived in Sweden on May 17 for the third leg of his tour, upgrading India-Sweden relations to a strategic partnership and endorsing a joint action plan (2026–2030) on green transition, emerging technology, trade, security and defence. Modi was awarded Sweden's Royal Order of the Polar Star, his 31st international honour. He addressed the European Round Table for Industry alongside Sweden's prime minister and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president. *([hindustantimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boost-for-tech-trade-defence-as-india-sweden-become-strategic-partners/articleshow/131161769.cms))*
  * **India hikes fuel prices 3 rupees per litre, imposes gold and silver import restrictions amid Iran war economic squeeze** — India's state-run fuel retailers raised petrol and diesel prices by 3 rupees per litre on May 15 for the first time in four years, reflecting the economic strain from the Strait of Hormuz disruption. The government separately restricted silver imports and capped duty-free gold imports for jewellers. Modi, who had already appealed to citizens to adopt austerity measures including working from home and reducing foreign travel, denied reports of a foreign travel tax. The rupee hit a record low against the dollar and the Reserve Bank of India's governor acknowledged further hikes may be needed. *([aljazeera.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c775v7dlndyo))*
  * **US Justice Department moves to drop criminal fraud charges against Gautam Adani; civil fraud case settled for \$18 million** — The US Justice Department is close to dropping criminal fraud charges against Gautam Adani filed in November 2024 over an alleged \$265 million bribery scheme, after Adani hired a new legal team led by Robert Giuffra, the American president's personal lawyer, and pledged \$10 billion in US investment. In parallel, Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani agreed to settle the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil fraud suit for \$18 million without admitting wrongdoing. Multiple sources described an unusual Justice Department meeting in April at which the investment pledge was presented. *([reuters.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/nyregion/gautam-adani-billionaire-doj-trump.html))*
  * **Amit Shah launches anti-narcotics push at Research and Analysis Wing memorial lecture, announces first Captagon seizure** — Home Minister Amit Shah delivered the R.N. Kao Memorial Lecture at the Research and Analysis Wing on May 16, calling for a global war on drugs, uniform international laws, and real-time intelligence sharing to combat narco-terrorism. He set a goal of a 'Drug-Free India by 2047.' Separately, he announced that the Narcotics Control Bureau seized India's first-ever Captagon ('Jihadi Drug') consignment worth ₹182 crore under Operation RAGEPILL, arresting a Syrian national. *([hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amit-shah-calls-for-global-war-on-drugs-in-kao-memorial-lecture-101778858015877.html))*
  * **Amit Shah holds marathon Gujarat events on Bharatiya Janata Party election victories, tech park inaugurations, and dairy sector push** — Home Minister Amit Shah conducted a two-day Gujarat visit on May 17, inaugurating the 'Million Minds Tech Park' technology park in a special economic zone in Ahmedabad, the Ganesh Real Estate Management Institute (GREMI), the National Institute of Design's Innovation Centre, and the Madhur Dairy plant. Shah made extensive political speeches citing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its National Democratic Alliance now governing 80% of India following West Bengal and Gujarat victories, criticised Indian National Congress leadership, and called for Gujarat to lead in AI, deep tech and service sectors.
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  <ResponseField name="Modi's five-nation tour — Netherlands stop: 17 agreements, Tata-ASML semiconductor deal, strategic partnership elevated" type="May 15–17, 2026">
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      * [Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Italy: What India expects to gain from Modi's Europe visit — firstpost.com](https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/pm-modi-europe-visit-india-netherlands-sweden-norway-italy-14011776.html)
      * [PM Modi's visit to Netherlands secures 17 strategic pacts — timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modis-visit-to-netherlands-secures-17-strategic-pacts/articleshow/131161976.cms)
      * [PM Modi arrives in Netherlands to deepen bilateral ties — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modi-arrives-in-netherlands-to-deepen-bilateral-ties-11502606)
      * [PM Modi lands in Amsterdam for second leg of five-nation tour, to meet Dutch PM Jetten — tribuneindia.com](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/pm-modi-lands-in-amsterdam-for-second-leg-of-five-nation-tour-to-meet-dutch-pm-jetten/)
      * [PM Modi visits iconic Afsluitdijk dam in Netherlands — indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pm-modi-visits-iconic-afsluitdijk-dam-in-netherlands-10694739/)
      * [Why PM Modi visited Netherlands' Afsluitdijk dam: The Dutch model India may need — timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-pm-modi-visited-netherlands-afsluitdijk-dam-the-dutch-model-india-may-need/articleshow/131151801.cms)
      * [Dutch PM Rob Jetten raises 2016 abduction case — timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/dutch-pm-rob-jetten-raises-2016-abduction-case/articleshow/131161987.cms)
      * [India-Netherlands engagement deepens as EAM Jaishankar meets Dutch counterpart — economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-netherlands-engagement-deepens-as-eam-jaishankar-meets-dutch-counterpart/articleshow/131150967.cms)
      * [India-Netherlands engagement deepens as EAM Jaishankar meets Dutch counterpart — news.webindia123.com](https://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/World/20260517/4451242.html)
      * [Dutch CEOs Hail India as Key Hub for Growth, Investment, Innovation — deccanchronicle.com](https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/dutch-ceos-hail-india-as-key-hub-for-growth-investment-innovation-1957255)
      * [WATCH | PM Modi lands in Netherlands for 2nd leg of five-nation tour, aims to strengthen India-EU strategic partnership — livemint.com](https://www.livemint.com/news/india/watch-pm-modi-lands-netherlands-aims-to-strengthen-india-eu-strategic-partnership-11778889342631.html)
      * [Exclusive | Dutch Foreign Minister Berendsen: Netherlands' Rotterdam To Drive India-EU Trade Surge — news18.com](https://www.news18.com/india/netherlands-rotterdam-to-drive-india-eu-trade-surge-dutch-foreign-minister-berendsen-exclusive-ws-kl-10096020.html)
      * [pm modi netherlands visit live updates modi five nation tour — PM Modi live updates — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pm-modi-netherlands-visit-live-updates-modi-five-nation-tour-netherlands-sweden-norway-italy-uae-energy-trade-updates-pm-narendra-modi-praises-indians-11504070)
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  <ResponseField name="Modi's five-nation tour — UAE stop: strategic defence pact, \$5B investment, energy security deals" type="May 13–15, 2026">
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      * [India deepens defence, energy ties with UAE during PM Modi visit — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-signs-pacts-with-uae-defence-petroleum-during-modis-visit-2026-05-15/)
      * [India and UAE sign defence pacts, as Iran war tensions simmer — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/india_and_uae_sign_defence-pacts_as_iran_war_tensions_simmer)
      * [Narendra Modi UAE Visit UAE Announces \$5-Billion Investment In India As PM Modi Visits Abu Dhabi — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/narendra-modi-uae-visit-uae-announces-5-billion-investment-in-india-as-pm-modi-visits-abu-dhabi-11501183)
      * [Video | PM Modi IN UAE | Modi Visits UAE Amid West Asia War Crisis — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/video/pm-modi-in-uae-modi-visits-uae-amid-west-asia-war-crisis-1099701)
      * [PM Modi's UAE visit: How India will benefit from agreements on strategic petroleum reserves, LPG — timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/pm-modis-uae-visit-how-india-energy-security-will-benefit-from-agreements-on-strategic-petroleum-reserves-lpg-explained/articleshow/131122104.cms)
      * [PM Modi in UAE: From boosting strategic petroleum reserves to deepening defence, big outcomes of visit — firstpost.com](https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/pm-modi-in-uae-from-boosting-strategic-petroleum-reserves-to-deepening-defence-big-outcomes-of-visit-14011686.html)
      * [PM Modi condemns attacks on UAE, stresses free passage through Strait of Hormuz — deccanherald.com](https://www.deccanherald.com/india/pm-modi-condemns-attacks-on-uae-stresses-free-passage-through-strait-of-hormuz-4004729)
      * [India-UAE to sign LPG, strategic petroleum reserves pacts during PM's visit — business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/india-uae-to-sign-lpg-and-strategic-petroleum-reserve-agreements-126051301673_1.html)
      * [India, UAE Set To Finalise LPG And Strategic Petroleum Reserve Agreements During PM Modi Visit — swarajyamag.com](https://swarajyamag.com/infrastructure/india-uae-set-to-finalise-lpg-and-strategic-petroleum-reserve-agreements-during-pm-modi-visit)
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      * [Cracks In GCC? UAE Eyeing Big Defence Pact And Stronger Security Ties With India Amid Iran War — news18.com](https://www.news18.com/world/cracks-in-gcc-uae-eyeing-big-defence-pact-and-stronger-security-ties-with-india-amid-iran-war-ws-l-10090557.html)
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  <ResponseField name="Modi's five-nation tour — Sweden stop: strategic partnership, Polar Star honour, EU industry engagement" type="May 16–17, 2026">
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      * [PM Modi receives Sweden's Royal Order of Polar Star, Commander Grand Cross; 31st global honour so far — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-receives-swedens-royal-order-of-polar-star-commander-grand-cross-31st-award-so-far-101779033299732.html)
      * [Boost for tech, trade & defence as India, Sweden become 'strategic partners' — timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/boost-for-tech-trade-defence-as-india-sweden-become-strategic-partners/articleshow/131161769.cms)
      * [PM Modi Foreign Visit Live: Swedish PM Extends Support For Viksit Bharat Mission — news18.com](https://www.news18.com/world/pm-modi-five-nation-tour-live-updates-netherlands-sweden-europe-italy-norway-liveblog-ws-l-10095685.html)
      * [Video | PM Modi Holds Delegation-Level Talks With Sweden PM In Gothenburg — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/video/pm-modi-holds-delegation-level-talks-with-sweden-pm-in-gothenburg-1100519)
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      * [Narendra Modi receives Sweden Royal Order of the Polar Star for India Sweden ties — goodreturns.in](https://www.goodreturns.in/news/narendra-modi-receives-swedens-royal-order-of-the-polar-star-honour-011-1509043.html)
      * [Modi holds talks with Swedish PM Kristersson, gets 5 outcomes and a 'Tagore' poems gift — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-holds-talks-with-swedish-pm-kristersson-india-sweden-strategic-partnership-rabindranath-tagore-poems-gift-101779051533439.html)
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  <ResponseField name="India hikes fuel prices 3 rupees per litre, imposes gold and silver import restrictions amid Iran war economic squeeze" type="May 10–17, 2026">
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      * [India hikes fuel prices as Iran crisis bites — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/15/india-hikes-fuel-prices-as-iran-crisis-bites)
      * [India raises retail fuel prices for first time since Iran war started — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/india-hikes-petrol-diesel-prices-by-3-rupeesliter-retailers-say-2026-05-15/)
      * [India raises fuel prices as global energy crisis adds pressure on economy — apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/india-fuel-price-hike-5e10bc78855176a08beb849ef3723a3f)
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      * [Modi says Iran war poses severe risks to India, urges cuts in fuel use and gold purchases — cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/india-modi-fuel-gold-foreign-travel-middle-east-oil-shock.html)
      * [Iran war: PM Modi urges Indians to work from home, limit foreign travel — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r8e2ne1v6o)
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      * [Media house forced to delete story after PM Modi fact-checks misleading report on X: 'Totally false' — wionews.com](https://www.wionews.com/india-news/media-house-deletes-story-after-pm-modi-rare-fact-checks-foreign-travel-tax-report-totally-false-cnbc-tv18-shut-down-global-travel-panic-1778899536032)
      * [From overseas to home shores: PM Modi's call rebalances India's travel demand — deccanherald.com](https://www.deccanherald.com/business/from-overseas-to-home-shores-pm-s-call-rebalances-india-s-travel-demand-4006486)
      * [Public being made to pay for Modi government's mistakes: Opposition on fuel price hike — indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/india/fuel-price-hike-rahul-gandhi-kharge-akhilesh-yadav-modi-govt-opposition-reaction-10691714/)
      * [India's Modi cuts size of his motorcade to save fuel, source says — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-modi-cuts-size-his-motorcade-save-fuel-source-says-2026-05-13/)
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      * [India restricts most silver imports to cut import bill, support rupee — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-curbs-certain-silver-imports-with-immediate-effect-2026-05-16/)
      * [India caps duty-free gold imports for jewellery exporters to curb demand — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-restricts-gold-imports-under-advance-authorization-100-kilograms-2026-05-14/)
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      * [PM seeks reduction in convoy size, makes big EV push; Amit Shah & other top leaders follow suit — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/news/pm-seeks-reduction-in-convoy-size-makes-big-ev-push-amit-shah-other-top-leaders-follow-suit-101778662145353.html)
      * [M.P. BJP leader loses post over large convoy despite PM's austerity appeal — thehindu.com](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/madhya-pradesh/mp-bjp-leader-loses-post-over-large-convoy-despite-pms-austerity-appeal/article70978986.ece)
      * [India's RBI Governor Sees Fuel Price Hike If Oil Stays High — bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/india-s-rbi-governor-sees-fuel-price-hike-if-oil-stays-high)
      * [Rupee Hits Record Low: USD Impact & RBI Actions — money.rediff.com](https://money.rediff.com/news/market/rupee-hits-record-low-usd-impact-rbi-actions/46945820260513)
      * [Petrol and diesel prices hiked by ₹3 per litre — thehindu.com](https://www.thehindu.com/newsletter/petrol-and-diesel-prices-hiked-by-3-per-litre/article70984527.ece)
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  <ResponseField name="US DOJ moves to drop criminal fraud charges against Gautam Adani; SEC civil case settled for \$18 million" type="May 14–16, 2026">
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      * [US Justice Dept close to dropping charges against India's Gautam Adani, sources say — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-authorities-move-resolve-fraud-cases-against-indias-adani-bloomberg-news-2026-05-14/)
      * [US set to drop criminal fraud case against India's Gautam Adani, sources say, as deal reached in civil case — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-set-drop-criminal-fraud-case-against-indias-gautam-adani-sources-say-deal-2026-05-15/)
      * [Billionaire Gautam Adani and nephew agree to pay \$18 million in SEC settlement over fraud allegations — cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/15/us-sec-settlement-gautam-adani-sagar-adani-fraud-case.html)
      * [U.S. Set to Drop Charges Against Indian Billionaire Accused of Fraud — nytimes.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/nyregion/gautam-adani-billionaire-doj-trump.html)
      * [US reportedly dropped fraud charges against Indian billionaire after he hired Trump's lawyer — theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/gautam-adani-billionaire-trump)
      * [Adani Group: Gautam Adani, nephew Sagar to pay \$18m to settle civil fraud case in the US — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g82p5ygp8o)
      * [US agrees to settle lawsuit that accused an Indian billionaire of hiding an alleged bribery scheme — apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/adani-lawsuit-settlement-8c2cfafe46e83c1de7dba4273c630074)
      * [US set to drop criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after \$18m settlement — independent.co.uk](https://independent.co.uk/asia/india/adani-fraud-case-us-trump-lawyer-bjp-modi-b2977120.html)
      * [SEC settles case against Indian billionaire Adani — dw.com](https://dw.com/en/sec-settles-lawsuit-against-indian-billionaire-adani/a-77165011)
      * [US likely to drop cases against Adani as SEC settles civil lawsuit against Indian billionaire: Reports — firstpost.com](https://www.firstpost.com/business/us-drop-criminal-fraud-charges-gautam-adani-sec-civil-lawsuit-14011386.html)
      * [US authorities moving to end fraud cases against Gautam Adani — m.economictimes.com](https://m.economictimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/us-authorities-moving-to-end-fraud-cases-against-gautam-adani/articleshow/131096719.cms)
      * [Settlement without closure: What the Adani SEC case means for global capital — weeklyblitz.net](https://weeklyblitz.net/2026/05/17/settlement-without-closure-what-the-adani-sec-case-means-for-global-capital/)
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  <ResponseField name="Indian Army chief warns Pakistan 'choose geography or history'; military marks first anniversary of Operation Sindoor" type="May 11–17, 2026">
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      * ['Part of Geography or History': Army chief warns Pakistan to stop supporting terror or face consequences — firstpost.com](https://www.firstpost.com/india/part-of-geography-or-history-army-chief-warns-pakistan-to-stop-supporting-terror-or-face-consequences-14011877.html)
      * ['Choose To Be Part Of Geography Or History': Army Chief's Sharp Warning To Pakistan — abplive.com](https://news.abplive.com/news/india/geography-or-history-army-chief-upendra-dwivedi-sharp-warning-to-pakistan-operation-sindoor-1844062)
      * ['Part of geography or history?': Army chief's blunt warning for Pakistan over terror support — businesstoday.in](https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/part-of-geography-or-history-army-chiefs-blunt-warning-for-pakistan-over-terror-support-531848-2026-05-16)
      * [Indian Army chief drops a stark warning for Pakistan: 'Decide whether they want to be part of geography or history' — theweek.in](https://theweek.in/news/defence/2026/05/16/indian-army-chief-drops-a-stark-warning-for-pakistan-decide-whether-they-want-to-be-part-of-geography-or-history.html)
      * [Army Chief Issues Strong Warning to Pakistan — pragativadi.com](https://pragativadi.com/part-of-geography-or-history-army-chiefs-explosive-warning-to-pakistan-over-terror-support/)
      * [ISPR rebukes Indian army chief's remarks — pakistantoday.com.pk](https://pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/17/madness-and-warmongering-ispr-slams-indian-army-chiefs-statements-on-pakistan)
      * ['US did ceasefire as favour to Pak,' says Trump, reiterates mediation claims — aninews.in](https://aninews.in/news/world/us/us-did-ceasefire-as-favour-to-pak-says-trump-reiterates-mediation-claims20260515233000/)
      * [India-Pak truce a favour to Sharif, Munir: Trump repeats mediation claims — rediff.com](https://www.rediff.com/news/report/india-pak-truce-a-favour-to-sharif-munir-trump-repeats-mediation-claims/20260516.htm)
      * [Indian forces were able to dominate every ladder of escalation during Operation Sindoor: CDS Gen Anil Chauhan — theweek.in](https://www.theweek.in/news/defence/2026/05/14/indian-forces-were-able-to-dominate-every-ladder-of-escalation-during-operation-sindoor-cds-gen-anil-chauhan.html)
      * [Indian forces dominated escalation matrix in Operation Sindoor: CDS — telanganatoday.com](https://telanganatoday.com/indian-forces-dominated-escalation-matrix-in-operation-sindoor-cds)
      * [Op Sindoor not over, it is the beginning: Armed Forces' message on first anniversary — indiatribune.com](https://www.indiatribune.com/op-sindoor-not-over-it-is-the-beginning-armed-forces-message-on-first-anniversary)
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      * [Squadron Leader Rizwan Malik: The Su-30MKI Pilot Honored with Vir Chakra for Strikes on Terror Targets in Pakistan — shop.ssbcrack.com](https://shop.ssbcrack.com/blogs/blog/squadron-leader-rizwan-malik-the-su-30mki-pilot-honored-with-vir-chakra-for-strikes-on-terror-targets-in-pakistan)
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  <ResponseField name="Amit Shah launches anti-narcotics push at RAW memorial lecture, announces first Captagon seizure" type="May 15–16, 2026">
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      * [Amit Shah calls for global war on drugs, says cross-border operations essential — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amit-shah-calls-for-global-war-on-drugs-in-kao-memorial-lecture-101778858015877.html)
      * [Uniform laws, procedures needed across globe to fight narcotics: Amit Shah — indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/india/uniform-laws-procedures-needed-across-globe-to-fight-narcotics-amit-shah-10691907/)
      * [NCB makes first-ever seizure of captagon, arrests Syrian national — thehindu.com](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/first-ever-consignment-of-captagon-drug-seized-says-amit-shah/article70986342.ece)
      * ['Kudos to brave and vigilant warriors': Union Home Minister Amit Shah hails NCB for seizing Rs 182 crore 'Jihadi drug' — indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/india/union-home-minister-amit-shah-hails-ncb-for-seizing-rs-182-crore-jihadi-drug-10692751)
      * ['Not 1 Gram Will Pass': Amit Shah On India's Zero Drug Tolerance Pledge — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/not-1-gram-will-pass-amit-shah-on-indias-zero-drug-tolerance-pledge-11501541)
      * [Amit Shah Operation Ragepill NCB Busts Rs 182 Crore Captagon Racket Why Is It Called 'Jihadi Drug'? — abplive.com](https://news.abplive.com/news/india/amit-shah-operation-ragepill-ncb-busts-rs-182-crore-captagon-racket-why-is-it-called-jihadi-drug-1844048)
      * [Amit Shah calls for a unified global effort on the war against drugs — economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/amit-shah-calls-for-a-unified-global-effort-on-the-war-against-drugs/articleshow/131132484.cms)
      * [Amit Shah declares war on drugs after eradicating Maoists — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amit-shah-s-declares-war-on-drugs-after-eradicating-maoism-jihadi-ncb-india-captagon-narcotis-bureau-raw-101778993811116.html)
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  <ResponseField name="Amit Shah holds marathon Gujarat events on BJP election victories, tech park inaugurations, and dairy sector push" type="May 17, 2026">
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      * ['Bengal Saw No Development For 50 Years, People Fed Up': Amit Shah — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bengal-saw-no-development-for-50-years-people-fed-up-amit-shah-11508862)
      * [Time for Gujarat to secure spot in top 3 of service sector: Amit Shah — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/time-for-gujarat-to-secure-spot-in-top-3-of-service-sector-amit-shah-101779045183885.html)
      * [Amit Shah Calls Gujarat Local Body Poll Win 'Historic', Slams Rahul Gandhi — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amit-shah-calls-gujarat-local-body-poll-win-historic-slams-rahul-gandhi-11509179)
      * ['Need to identify youth talent in design and transform it into career-oriented opportunities': Union Home Minister Amit Shah — aninews.in](https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/need-to-identify-youth-talent-in-design-and-transform-it-into-career-oriented-opportunities-union-home-minister-amit-shah20260517173545)
      * [BJP closer to 'one umbrella rule' in country like Congress after Independence: Amit Shah — indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/bjp-closer-to-one-umbrella-rule-in-country-like-congress-after-independence-amit-shah-10694822/)
      * [Over 63,000 high-value jobs will be created, says Amit Shah at Gujarat's first SEZ IT 'Million Minds Tech Park' launch — aninews.in](https://aninews.in/news/national/general-news/over-63000-high-value-jobs-will-be-created-says-amit-shah-at)
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### <img src="https://flagcdn.com/pk.svg" alt="Pakistan flag" style={{ width: "24px", height: "18px", display: "inline", verticalAlign: "middle", marginRight: "8px" }} /> Pakistan

The American president said the Iran ceasefire was done "as a favour to Pakistan" — naming Field Marshal Asim Munir, the chief of defence forces, and Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, from Air Force One. It was the most significant American endorsement of Pakistan since the post-9/11 coalition, turning what had been a visible, unrewarded mediation role into an openly acknowledged strategic partnership.

The endorsement goes deeper than one statement. Mohsin Naqvi, the interior minister, made his second trip to Tehran in a week and met Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's president, taking the diplomacy beyond Field Marshal Munir's military track. A formal congressional letter called Pakistan's role "a model of true statesmanship"; Qatar's prime minister endorsed the effort in a call with Mr Sharif, who described it as "a shining moment in history."

Yet while the White House praised Pakistan, American officials were briefing CBS News. Their account — given on condition of anonymity — is that Iran parked multiple military aircraft, including a reconnaissance variant of the RC-130, at Nur Khan air base during the conflict, potentially shielding them from American strikes. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry confirmed Iranian aircraft are present but said they were there to support potential talks, not for military purposes. That American officials are leaking this account while the president congratulates Islamabad suggests the endorsement is not as unified as it appears.

The BBC and the UN confirmed this week that Pakistan's March 16 airstrike killed at least 269 people at the Omid Drug Rehabilitation Hospital in Kabul — described as the deadliest single strike in Afghanistan, possibly ever. Human Rights Watch called it an unlawful attack and a possible war crime. Pakistan insists the target was military and terrorist infrastructure. The facility was a kilometre from UN offices, had been documented by BBC journalists in 2023, and families have confirmed civilian inpatients among the dead. This allegation could surface at the UN Human Rights Council and in Western government responses in ways that Pakistan's diplomacy cannot easily absorb.

An investigation published this week by Drop Site News made explicit what the mediation story had left implicit: the American president's embrace of Pakistan came alongside his administration's silence on Imran Khan's imprisonment. The piece also describes the Inter-Services Public Relations directorate (ISPR) using private WhatsApp messages to push a version of the mediation to reporters — messages subsequently contradicted by events. The piece quotes Masood Khan, a former ambassador: "For the first time, I feel proud to be a Pakistani." For a Western audience, the investigation lays out a case for complicity that Pakistan cannot easily reach or suppress.

Imran Khan reached 1,000 days in custody this week. Salman Akram Raja, secretary general of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), alleged he has been tortured and lost sight in one eye; Mr Khan's sister filed a petition at the Islamabad High Court challenging his solitary confinement; Sohail Afridi, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, led a sit-in at Adiala Road with Mr Khan's family and party leaders. Authorities sealed roads to the jail and imposed Section 144 across Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The protest did not grow into mass mobilisation — the security forces held. But the shift to torture allegations marks a change in PTI's international advocacy: these are no longer medical access concerns but claims that, if true, would constitute custodial abuse under international law.

Pakistan is also building new capabilities while failing to suppress old threats. The Army Rocket Force Command conducted a training launch of the Fatah-4, a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of 750 kilometres — the second F-series test in roughly three weeks. Defence analysts identify it as a conventional variant of the nuclear-capable Babur, with terrain-following guidance and a warhead profile suited to striking airfields, fuel stores, and munitions depots. That same week, General Upendra Dwivedi, India's army chief, warned that Pakistan must decide "whether they want to be part of geography or history." ISPR's response escalated to its most explicit nuclear deterrence language in the monitored period: "geographic obliteration would certainly be mutual and comprehensive." It is not a doctrinal revision — it is an escalation in the vividness of the threat.

That military posture abroad coexists with acute failure at home. More than 50 security personnel were killed in a single week: a suicide attack on an army camp in Bajaur killed at least 15 soldiers; a vehicle-borne attack attributed to the Pakistani Taliban killed eight or nine in the northwest; five personnel including a major died in an intelligence operation in Balochistan. Lawmakers from Balochistan told parliament the province resembles a "civil war." The Global Terrorism Index 2026 ranked Pakistan first in the world for terrorism impact — the first time it has held that position. International analysts now contrast the army's global diplomatic role with its inability to suppress insurgencies at home.

Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), this week formed a committee to negotiate the federal budget and warned that the government can pass neither the budget nor any constitutional amendment without his party's support — a reminder that the legislative agenda of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) depends on its coalition partners. A planned prime ministerial visit to China (May 23–26) will focus on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 2.0's pivot from roads and power plants toward digital infrastructure: artificial intelligence, industrial e-commerce, and telecommunications. Thirty per cent of \$10 billion in CPEC 2.0 agreements have already become firm projects, and the visit is expected to advance that integration.

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  * **Pakistan-Afghanistan border tensions risk ceasefire collapse as Pakistani Taliban claims attacks and Kabul airstrike allegations resurface** — Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan deteriorated further this week, with the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) claiming a deadly attack on a security compound in northwest Pakistan that killed eight or nine soldiers, and Al Jazeera reporting that both sides have continued to strike each other despite a March ceasefire. The BBC published a report about the March 16 Pakistani airstrike on a Kabul drug rehabilitation centre — which the UN says may have killed more than 250 — with families calling for a war crimes investigation. Pakistan summoned a senior Afghan diplomat after a TTP attack. *([aljazeera.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c202xrd9gn7o))*
  * **Pakistan tests Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile with 750km range** — Pakistan's Army Rocket Force Command on May 14 conducted a training launch of the indigenously developed Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile, described by the Inter-Services Public Relations directorate (ISPR) as capable of engaging long-range targets with high precision using advanced avionics and navigation systems. The test was witnessed by senior military and scientific officials; Asif Ali Zardari, the president, Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, and Field Marshal Munir commended the launch. *([economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2000203))*
  * **PPP-PML-N coalition tensions: Bilawal rules out 28th Amendment talks, flags budget difficulties, viral press conference moment** — Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari this week denied that the government had contacted his party about any 28th Constitutional Amendment, and said the government could not pass either an amendment or the upcoming budget without PPP's support. He also constituted a PPP committee to negotiate the federal budget. Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar separately said he saw 'no indications' of the 28th Amendment. A viral video of Mr Bhutto-Zardari sharply cutting off PPP spokesperson Shazia Marri during a press conference dominated social media, with Ms Marri later defending the exchange. *([dunyanews.tv](https://www.dawn.com/news/2000262/govt-has-not-contacted-ppp-over-any-constitutional-amendment-bilawal))*
  * **President Zardari holds dual investiture ceremonies conferring civil and military awards on dozens of recipients including Shahid Afridi** — Asif Ali Zardari, the president, presided over two investiture ceremonies at Aiwan-e-Sadr this week. On May 13, civil awards were conferred on recipients from journalism, sports, literature, and public service — including the Hilal-e-Imtiaz for former cricket captain Shahid Afridi. On May 14, 47 military awards were given to officers and soldiers for bravery and meritorious service, including posthumous awards for three killed personnel. *([geo.tv](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40421082))*
  * **Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Naqvi's potential India visit for International Cricket Council meetings raises political questions amid post-Operation Sindoor tensions** — Multiple reports this week noted that the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have invited Mohsin Naqvi, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, to attend ICC quarterly board meetings and the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 final in Ahmedabad (May 30-31), but that the final decision rests with Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, given the fraught state of India-Pakistan relations. Mr Naqvi's dual role as both interior minister and PCB chairman was highlighted as a complicating factor. *([livemint.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2643795/pakistan))*
  * **Maryam Nawaz meets Azerbaijani president Aliyev in Baku as Pakistan-Azerbaijan ties deepen under trilateral Turkey framework** — Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif visited Baku for the 13th World Urban Forum and met Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan's president, conveying greetings from Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, and Nawaz Sharif. Mr Aliyev described the Pakistan-Azerbaijan relationship as advancing under a trilateral framework with Türkiye. Mr Sharif had also spoken with Mr Aliyev by phone earlier in the week. *([pakistantoday.com.pk](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/17/islamabad-baku-advancing-ties-under-pakistan-turkiye-azerbaijan-trilateral-framework-president-aliyev))*
  * **Bilawal inaugurates 11 health projects in Balochistan including first air ambulance service** — PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari visited Quetta on May 15 to inaugurate 11 public welfare and healthcare projects, including Balochistan's first air ambulance service and a modern trauma centre. He was briefed on the law and order situation by Sarfraz Bugti, the chief minister.
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  <ResponseField name="Pakistan's Iran-US mediation effort peaks: Naqvi in Tehran, Trump credits Islamabad, US congressman praises Munir and Shehbaz" type="May 11–18, 2026">
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      * [US Iran War News Highlights: Pakistan interior minister arrived in Tehran 'to facilitate' peace talks — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-iran-war-news-live-updates-tehran-prepares-professional-mechanism-for-strait-of-hormuz-traffic-strikes-lebanon-despite-ceasefire-trump-11506528)
      * [Pakistan interior minister meets Iranian counterpart in Tehran as mediation efforts continue — arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2643807/middle-east)
      * [Pakistan minister arrives in Tehran to 'facilitate' US-Iran peace talks — economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/pakistan-minister-arrives-in-tehran-to-facilitate-us-iran-peace-talks/articleshow/131139569.cms)
      * [Naqvi, Iranian president hold talks on Pakistan's mediation push for regional peace: state media — geo.tv](https://www.geo.tv/latest/664863-naqvi-iranian-president-hold-talks-on-pakistans-mediation-push-for-peace-state-media)
      * [Pak Interior Minister Naqvi's Tehran visit linked to reviving Iran-US talks: media reports — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/pak-interior-minister-naqvi-s-tehran-visit-linked-to-reviving-iran-us-talks-media-reports-101779001108981.html)
      * [Iran-Israel war highlights: Pakistani minister arrives in Tehran to 'facilitate' U.S.-Iran peace talks: media — thehindu.com](https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-lebanon-ceasefire-hezbollah/article70985891.ece)
      * [US Iran War Live Updates: Pakistan interior minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Iran for a two-day official visit — timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/us-israel-iran-war-ceasefire-news-live-updates-donald-trump-iran-talks-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-middle-east-conflict-tehran-crude-oil-latest/liveblog/131145558.cms)
      * [Interior minister Naqvi in Tehran to meet with Iranian officials: Sources — tribune.com.pk](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2608474/interior-minister-mohsin-naqvi-in-tehran-to-meet-with-officials-iranian-state-media)
      * [US congressman lauds PM, CDF for 'indispensable' role in Mideast peace talks — geo.tv](https://www.geo.tv/latest/664751-us-congressman-lauds-pm-cdf-for-indispensable-role-in-mideast-peace-talks)
      * [Pakistan, Iran vow to tackle regional threats — tribune.com.pk](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2608565/pakistan-iran-vow-to-tackle-regional-threats)
      * [Imran Khan cipher controversy resurfaces amid Pakistan's Iran diplomacy role — americanbazaaronline.com](https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/05/17/imran-khan-cipher-controversy-resurfaces-amid-pakistans-iran-diplomacy-role-480953/)
      * [El video que publicó Trump luego de lanzar una nueva advertencia al régimen de Irán (mentions Naqvi/Munir) — infobae.com](https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2026/05/16/el-video-que-publico-trump-luego-de-lanzar-una-nueva-advertencia-al-regimen-de-iran-lo-tenemos-en-la-mira/)
      * [Pakistani Minister Arrives in Tehran to 'Facilitate' US-Iran Peace Talks — english.aawsat.com](https://english.aawsat.com/world/5273898-pakistani-minister-arrives-tehran-%E2%80%98facilitate%E2%80%99-us-iran-peace-talks)
      * [Congressman Bergman calls Pakistan's Iran diplomacy effort a model of 'true statesmanship' — tribune.com.pk](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2608477/pakistans-iran-diplomacy-effort-a-model-of-true-statesmanship-us-congressman-bergman)
      * ['Favour To Pakistan': Trump's Iran Ceasefire Remark Draws Online Mockery For Shehbaz And Asim Munir — republicworld.com](https://www.republicworld.com/india/favour-to-pakistan-trumps-iran-ceasefire-remark-draws-online-mockery-for-shehbaz-and-asim-munir-2026-05-15-124431)
      * [US Israel Iran War Latest News: Pakistan Tries To Restart Iran-US Talks — sundayguardianlive.com](https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/us-israel-iran-war-latest-news-pakistan-tries-to-restart-iran-us-talks-as-trump-weighs-fresh-strikes-under-op-sledgehammer-193299/)
      * [Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran as Pakistan mediates US-Iran talks — pakistantoday.com.pk](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/16/mohsin-naqvi-lands-in-tehran-amid-ongoing-pakistan-iran-us-diplomatic-effort)
      * [Congressman hails Pak role in advancing peace — tribune.com.pk](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2608566/congressman-hails-pak-role-in-advancing-peace)
      * [Iran Israel war highlights: Pakistani minister arrives in Tehran to 'facilitate' U.S.-Iran peace talks (live blog with Naqvi) — firstpost.com](https://www.firstpost.com/world/iran-israel-war-live-updates-us-china-talks-trump-middle-east-war-oil-prices-global-impact-explained-liveblog-liveblog-14011959.html)
      * [PM Shehbaz thanks Qatar for support to Pakistan's peace, de-escalation efforts in Middle East — tribune.com.pk](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2608649/pm-shehbaz-thanks-qatar-for-support-to-pakistans-peace-de-escalation-efforts)
      * [US-Iran War Highlights: Qatar's PM reaffirmed support for Pakistan's diplomatic efforts (mentions Shehbaz) — cnbctv18.com](https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/us-israel-iran-war-news-live-updates-donald-trump-tehran-strait-of-hormuz-crude-oil-price-israel-liveblog-19907406.htm)
      * [Shehbaz Thanks Qatar for Support to Pakistan Peace Talks — pakistantoday.com.pk](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/18/pm-thanks-qatar-for-support-to-pakistan-led-peace-efforts-in-key-diplomatic-call)
      * [Iran Plans Strait of Hormuz Transit Fees (mentions Naqvi's Tehran visit) — gulfnews.com](https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/trump-threatens-iran-strikes-as-china-commits-to-200-boeing-jets-1.500542404)
      * [Asim Munir Backstabbing Trump? Report Claims Pakistan Gave Iran Military Aircraft Parking Space — sundayguardianlive.com](https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/asim-munir-backstabbing-trump-report-claims-pakistan-gave-iran-military-aircraft-parking-space-on-its-airfields-191401/)
      * [Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft on its airfields despite mediator role in conflict with U.S. — cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/)
      * [Pakistan Sheltered Iranian Warplanes During Recent US-Iran Crisis: Report — military.com](https://www.military.com/report-pakistan-sheltered-iranian-warplanes-during-us-iran-crisis)
      * [Why Is UAE deporting Pakistani workers? Cost of Asim Munir's Iran Push — organiser.org](https://organiser.org/2026/05/13/353250/bharat/why-is-uae-etihad-deporting-pakistani-workers-15000-sent-back-with-jailed-absconding-tags-cost-of-asim-munirs-iran-strategy/)
      * [Iran says Pakistan mediation with US not failed yet; Lavrov backs India's bigger role — wionews.com](https://wionews.com/world/iran-us-talks-pakistan-mediation-lavrov-india-role-1778840109808/amp)
      * [Pakistan's Military Diplomacy Comes of Age — realclearworld.com](https://realclearworld.com/articles/2026/05/16/pakistans_military_diplomacy_comes_of_age_1183137.html)
      * [From Mutual Suspicion to Political Embrace: How the U.S. Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Pakistan — dropsitenews.com](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/pakistan-mediator-united-states-iran-trump-imran-khan)
      * [From Mutual Suspicion to Political Embrace (share link) — dropsitenews.com](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/pakistan-mediator-united-states-iran-trump-imran-khan?action=share)
      * [PM Shehbaz says Pakistan recognised globally as honest mediator — samaa.tv](https://www.samaa.tv/2087350773-pm-shehbaz-says-pakistan-recognised-globally-as-honest-mediator)
      * [Islamabad denies sheltering Iran jets, Trump praises Pakistan's mediation as 'absolutely great' — foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/world/islamabad-denies-sheltering-iran-jets-trump-praises-pakistans-mediation-absolutely-great)
      * [Congressman Jack Bergman Praises Pakistan's Role in Regional Security and Diplomacy — themedialine.org](https://themedialine.org/headlines/congressman-jack-bergman-praises-pakistans-role-in-regional-security-and-diplomacy/)
      * [US congressman praises Pakistan's Iran diplomacy — pakistantoday.com.pk](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/16/us-congressman-praises-pakistans-role-in-washington-tehran-peace-efforts)
      * [Pakistan's US-Iran mediation praised by PM Shehbaz — pakistantoday.com.pk](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/18/pakistans-role-in-us-iran-mediation-a-shining-moment-in-history-pm)
      * [Pakistan-Iran Mediation: Naqvi Meets Pezeshkian — pakistantoday.com.pk](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/18/pakistan-intensifies-iran-us-mediation-as-naqvi-holds-crucial-talks-with-president-pezeshkian)
      * ['Did it as a favor to Pakistan': Trump on US-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/did-it-as-a-favor-to-pakistan-trump-on-us-iran-ceasefire-talks-in-islamabad-101778856579732.html)
      * [India-Pak truce a favour to Sharif, Munir: Trump repeats mediation claims — rediff.com](https://www.rediff.com/news/report/india-pak-truce-a-favour-to-sharif-munir-trump-repeats-mediation-claims/20260516.htm)
      * ['US did ceasefire as favour to Pak,' says Trump, reiterates mediation claims — aninews.in](https://aninews.in/news/world/us/us-did-ceasefire-as-favour-to-pak-says-trump-reiterates-mediation-claims20260515233000/)
      * ['Did Iran Ceasefire As Favour To Pakistan': Trump's Big Diplomatic Disclosure Aboard Air Force One — news18.com](https://www.news18.com/world/did-iran-ceasefire-as-favour-to-pakistan-trumps-big-diplomatic-disclosure-aboard-air-force-one-10094209.html)
      * [USS Ford Returns Home After 11-Month Deployment (mentions Naqvi Tehran) — english.aawsat.com](https://english.aawsat.com/world/5273901-uss-ford-returns-home-after-11-month-deployment-supporting-iran-war-and-maduro%E2%80%99s)
      * [May 16: Herzog tells Eurovision runner-up Bettan (mentions Naqvi Tehran in liveblog) — timesofisrael.com](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-16-2026/)
      * [PM Shehbaz says US-Iran temporary truce holds but war strains Pakistan economy — geo.tv](https://www.geo.tv/latest/664416-pm-shehbaz-says-us-iran-temporary-truce-holds-but-war-strains-pakistan-economy)
      * [PM Shehbaz Sharif Says US-Iran War Hurting Pakistan Economy, Calls for Economic Transformation — dailypioneer.com](https://dailypioneer.com/news/slug-lite/us-iran-war-created-significant-hurdles-for-regional-economies-pakistan-pm?year=2026)
      * [Exclusive: Iraq, Pakistan strike energy deals with Iran as Tehran flexes Hormuz control — reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iraq-pakistan-strike-energy-deals-with-iran-tehran-flexes-hormuz-control-2026-05-12/)
      * [Naqvi holds high-level talks with Iranian President Pezeshkian in Tehran — tribune.com.pk](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2608631/naqvi-holds-high-level-talks-with-iranian-president-pezeshkian-in-tehran)
      * [Trump-Netanyahu Call Escalates Iran Tensions (mentions Qatar PM calling Shehbaz) — gulfnews.com](https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/clock-is-ticking-trump-netanyahu-call-fuels-fears-of-new-iran-war-1.500543851)
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  <ResponseField name="India-Pakistan rhetorical escalation: Indian Army Chief warns of 'geography or history,' ISPR responds sharply; Munir's Operation Sindoor claims contested by FARA filings" type="May 10–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (44)">
      * [Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir's Unprovoked Threat To India A Year After Op Sindoor — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pakistan-army-chief-asim-munirs-unprovoked-threat-to-india-a-year-after-op-sindoor-11478692)
      * [Asim Munir Pakistan warning on Operation Sindoor anniversary: Army chief vows painful fallout for any future misadventure — indiatoday.in](https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/operation-sindoor-asim-munir-warns-painful-fallout-for-any-future-misadventure-against-pakistan-2909677-2026-05-11)
      * [Misadventure happens from across border, we're ready to quell it: Navy chief-designate after Munir's warning — timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/misadventure-happens-from-across-border-were-ready-to-quell-it-navy-chief-designate-after-munirs-warning/articleshow/131052082.cms)
      * [Pakistan Must Choose Between Geography And History: Army Chief (Munir's speech) — outlookindia.com](https://www.outlookindia.com/national/pakistan-must-choose-between-geography-and-history-asim-munir)
      * [During the 2025 war with India, Allah helped us raise our heads high. — Field Marshal Asim Munir — tribuneindia.com](https://www.tribuneindia.com/thoughtfortheday/during-the-war-with-india-allah-helped-us-raise-our-heads-high-field-marshal-asim-munir/)
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      * [Asim Munir's ceasefire claim on Operation Sindoor falls apart as US lobbying records contradict Pakistan — timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/asim-munirs-ceasefire-claim-on-operation-sindoor-falls-apart-as-us-lobbying-records-contradict-pakistan/articleshow/131005258.cms)
      * [How Pakistan army chief Asim Munir's big lies on Operation Sindoor are exposed — firstpost.com](https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/pakistan-asim-munir-big-lies-operation-sindoor-exposed-lobbying-files-14009931.html)
      * [US lobbying disclosures puncture Asim Munir's India-Pakistan May ceasefire claim — tribuneindia.com](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/us-lobbying-disclosures-puncture-asim-munirs-india-pakistan-may-ceasefire-claim/)
      * [Masterclass in bluff: US FARA filings reveal Pakistan's desperate lobbying during Op Sindoor — firstpost.com](https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/masterclass-in-bluff-us-fara-filings-reveal-pakistans-desperate-lobbying-during-op-sindoor-14010691.html)
      * [India failed to isolate Pakistan diplomatically, says former RAW chief — geo.tv](https://www.geo.tv/latest/664681-india-failed-to-isolate-pakistan-diplomatically-says-former-raw-chief)
      * [India failed to isolate Pakistan diplomatically, says former RAW chief (Dulat comments) — geo.tv](https://www.geo.tv/latest/664681-india-failed-to-isolate-pakistan-diplomatically-says-former-raw-chief)
      * [Pakistan welcomes ex-Indian Army chief's backing of 'window for dialogue' remark — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pakistan-welcomes-ex-indian-army-chiefs-backing-of-window-for-dialogue-remark-dattatreya-hosabale-101778830619213.html)
      * [ISPR takes exception after Indian army chief says Pakistan should decide between 'part of geography' or not — dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2000883)
      * [If Pakistan Continues To Operate Against India: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi's Big Warning To Pakistan — ndtv.com](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/if-pakistan-continues-to-operate-against-india-army-chief-general-upendra-dwivedis-big-warning-to-pakistan-operation-sindoor-pahalgam-11503770)
      * ['Provocative': Pakistan Army responds to Gen Dwivedi's remarks on 'harbouring terrorists' — newindianexpress.com](https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2026/May/17/provocative-pakistan-army-responds-to-gen-dwivedis-remarks-on-harbouring-terrorists)
      * [Pakistan Army criticises Gen Dwivedi's remarks: 'India should learn to peacefully co-exist' — indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/pakistan-army-gen-dwivedi-remarks-india-co-exist-10693827/)
      * [Pakistan labels Indian army chief's fresh warning as 'warmongering,' warns against escalation — arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2643883/pakistan)
      * ['If Pakistan harbours terrorists, operates against India...': Army chief's stern message — m.economictimes.com](https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/if-pakistan-harbours-terrorists-operates-against-india-army-chiefs-stern-message/articleshow/131133134.cms)
      * [Choose geography or history: Army chief's stern warning to Pakistan — indiatoday.in](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/army-chief-pakistan-geography-warning-terrorists-operation-sindoor-2912733-2026-05-16)
      * ['Part of Geography or History': Army chief warns Pakistan to stop supporting terror or face consequences — firstpost.com](https://www.firstpost.com/india/part-of-geography-or-history-army-chief-warns-pakistan-to-stop-supporting-terror-or-face-consequences-14011877.html)
      * ['Decide whether want to be part of geography, history, or not': Indian Army chief's warning to Pakistan — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/decide-whether-want-to-be-part-of-geography-and-history-or-not-indian-army-chief-upendra-dwivedi-warning-to-pakistan-101778926084799.html)
      * [Army Chief Issues Strong Warning to Pakistan — pragativadi.com](https://pragativadi.com/part-of-geography-or-history-army-chiefs-explosive-warning-to-pakistan-over-terror-support/)
      * [Army chief's 'geography, history' warning to Pakistan over terrorism — msn.com](https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/army-chief-s-geography-history-warning-to-pakistan-over-terrorism/ar-AA23lipq)
      * [Indian Army Chief warns Pakistan against support to cross-border terrorism, lauds Gen Z — aninews.in](https://aninews.in/news/national/general-news/indian-army-chief-warns-pakistan-against-support-to-cross-border-terrorism-lauds-gen-z-and-highlights-tech-driven-future-warfare20260516230150/)
      * [Pakistan Army has strongly responded to the statement of Indian COAS — dnd.com.pk](https://dnd.com.pk/pakistan-army-has-strongly-responded-to-the-statement-of-indian-coas/329570/)
      * [Indian Army Chief Issues Stark Warning to Pakistan Amid Tensions — indianewsnetwork.com](https://www.indianewsnetwork.com/en/indian-army-chief-issues-stark-warning-pakistan-amid-tensions-20260517)
      * [Indian Army Chief of Staff warns Pakistan: Stop harboring terrorists — voiceofemirates.com](https://www.voiceofemirates.com/en/news/2026/05/16/indian-army-chief-of-staff-warns-pakistan-stop-harboring-terrorists/)
      * [Pakistan Army slams Indian Army Chief's 'Geography or History' statement as provocation amid tensions — en.dailypakistan.com.pk](https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/17-May-2026/pakistan-army-slams-indian-army-chiefs-geography-or-history-statement-as-provocation-amid-tensions)
      * [Pakistan Army hits back at Gen Dwivedi, urges India to 'co-exist' — siasat.com](https://www.siasat.com/pakistan-army-hits-back-at-gen-dwivedi-urges-india-to-co-exist-3472417/)
      * [Pakistan Army criticises Gen Dwivedi's remarks — theprint.in](https://theprint.in/world/pakistan-army-criticises-gen-dwivedis-remarks/2933465/)
      * [ISPR criticises Indian army chief, urges Delhi to adopt path of peaceful coexistence — dunyanews.tv](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/952081-ispr-criticises-indian-army-chief-urges-delhi-to-adopt-path-of-peacef)
      * [ISPR slams Indian army chief over provocative remarks on Pakistan — samaa.tv](https://www.samaa.tv/2087350748-ispr-slams-indian-army-chief-over-provocative-remarks-on-pakistan)
      * [Pakistan rejects Indian army chief's remarks, cautions against escalation — pakobserver.net](https://pakobserver.net/pakistan-rejects-indian-army-chiefs-remarks-cautions-against-escalation/)
      * [India Warns Pakistan Could 'Become History' as South Asia's Security Crisis Echoes Across the Middle East — kurdistan24.net](https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/914509/india-warns-pakistan-could-become-history-as-nuclear-tensions-escalate-amid-shifting-middle-east-alliances)
      * [Army Chief Gen Dwivedi says Pakistan must 'decide its future' over terror issue — thehindu.com](https://www.thehindu.com/shorts/army-chief-gen-dwivedi-says-pakistan-must-decide-its-future-over-terror-issue/article70986622.ece)
      * [Upendra Dwivedi warns Pakistan | Indian Army chief: Pakistan has to decide whether they want to be part of geography or history or not — telegraphindia.com](https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/indian-army-chief-pakistan-has-to-decide-whether-they-want-to-be-part-of-geography-or-history-or-not/cid/2160852)
      * ['…want to be part of geography, history or not': Army Chief warns Pakistan — idrw.org](https://idrw.org/want-to-be-part-of-geography-history-or-not-army-chief-warns-pakistan/)
      * [Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi stern message to Pakistan: '...want to be part of geography, history or not' — livemint.com](https://www.livemint.com/news/india/army-chief-gen-upendra-dwivedi-stern-message-to-pakistan-want-to-be-part-of-geography-history-or-not/amp-11778932596713.html)
      * ['Part of geography or history?': Army chief's blunt warning for Pakistan over terror support — businesstoday.in](https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/part-of-geography-or-history-army-chiefs-blunt-warning-for-pakistan-over-terror-support-531848-2026-05-16)
      * [Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi stern message (Dailypioneer round-up) — dailypioneer.com](https://dailypioneer.com/news/pioneer-in-short-pioneer-in-short-2026-05-17)
      * ['Choose to be part of History or geography': Indian Army chief warns Pakistan — opindia.com](https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/choose-to-be-part-of-history-or-geography-indian-army-chief-warns-pakistan/)
      * [Pakistan Army calls Indian military chief's comments irresponsible — arynews.tv](https://arynews.tv/pakistan-army-calls-indian-military-chiefs-comments-irresponsible)
      * [Pakistan's democratic space shrinking under Munir's 'hard-state' approach: Report — lokmattimes.com](https://www.lokmattimes.com/international/pakistans-democratic-space-shrinking-under-munirs-hard-state-approach-report/)
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  <ResponseField name="Imran Khan: solitary confinement challenged in court, PTI alleges torture and vision loss in one eye" type="May 11–16, 2026">
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      * [Imran Khan's sister moves Pak court challenging his 'solitary confinement' — hindustantimes.com](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/imran-khan-s-sister-moves-pak-court-challenging-his-solitary-confinement-101778867638575.html)
      * [IHC gives Imran, Bushra counsel deadline for 20th — thenews.pk](https://www.thenews.pk/print/1415789-190m-case-ihc-gives-imran-bushra-counsel-deadline-for-20th)
      * [IHC gives 'final chance' in £190m case against Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi — humenglish.com](https://humenglish.com/latest/ihc-gives-final-chance-in-190m-case-against-imran-khan-bushra-bibi/)
      * [PTI Secretary General Claimed Imran Khan Tortured in Prison — timesofislamabad.com](https://timesofislamabad.com/13-05-2026/pti-secretary-general-claimed-imran-khan-tortured-in-prison/)
      * [PTI alleges Imran tortured in jail, has lost one eye — thenews.pk](https://www.thenews.pk/print/1415454-pti-alleges-imran-tortured-in-jail-has-lost-one-eye)
      * [Ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan's sister again not allowed to meet him — lokmattimes.com](https://www.lokmattimes.com/international/ex-pakistani-pm-imran-khans-sister-again-not-allowed-to-meet-him/)
      * [Imran Khan's sisters, KP CM stage sit-in near Adiala jail — thenews.pk](https://www.thenews.pk/story/1415159-imran-khans-sisters-kp-cm-stage-sit-in-near-adiala-jail)
      * [Imran's bail pleas in 7 cases deferred until 21st — thenews.pk](https://www.thenews.pk/print/1415439-imran-s-bail-pleas-in-7-cases-deferred-until-21st)
      * [Pakistan: Imran Khan's Sister Approaches HC Against Former PM's Solitary Confinement — ommcomnews.com](https://ommcomnews.com/world-news/pakistan-imran-khans-sister-approaches-hc-against-former-pms-confinement/)
      * [Imran Khan's sister approaches Islamabad High Court against former PM's confinement — sentinelassam.com](https://www.sentinelassam.com/more-news/international/imran-khans-sister-approaches-islamabad-high-court-against-former-pms-confinement)
      * [Imran, Bushra meet in jail — thenews.pk](https://www.thenews.pk/print/1415125-imran-bushra-meet-in-jail)
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  <ResponseField name="Wave of militant attacks kills dozens across Pakistan as army faces domestic security crisis" type="May 13–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (9)">
      * [Deadly attack on Pakistan outpost puts Afghanistan ceasefire at risk — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/deadly-attack-on-pakistan-outpost-puts-afghanistan-ceasefire-at-risk)
      * [Clashes with militants in southwestern Pakistan kill 5 troops and 7 militants — apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-troops-militants-balochistan-16c28efca7d1b20b1ea240c71f46edd5)
      * [Pakistan army camp hit by deadly suicide attack in Bajaur, 15 soldiers killed — news24online.com](https://news24online.com/world/pakistan-army-camp-hit-by-deadly-suicide-attack-in-bajaur-15-soldiers-killed/837476/amp)
      * ['Looks Like Civil War': Pakistan Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over Worsening Security in Balochistan — news18.com](https://www.news18.com/world/looks-like-civil-war-pakistan-lawmakers-raise-alarm-over-worsening-security-in-balochistan-ws-l-10095146.html)
      * [5 Attacks, 15 Days, 50+ Killed: Pakistan Army Basks in Global Glory Amid Back-To-Back Attacks at Home — eurasiantimes.com](https://www.eurasiantimes.com/global-limelight-local-bloodbath-pakistan-army-basks-in-glory-amid-relentless-terror-attacks-at-home/)
      * [Backyard snake now a noose? Back-to-back attacks tarnish Pak army's reputation — timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/backyard-snake-now-a-noose-back-to-back-attacks-tarnish-pak-armys-reputation/articleshow/131157300.cms)
      * [Pak Army's global recognition overshadowed with back-to-back attacks at home: Report — prokerala.com](https://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a1764024.html)
      * [Pakistan lawmakers warn Balochistan situation resembles 'civil war' amid rising militant attacks — wionews.com](https://www.wionews.com/world/balochistan-civil-war-warning-pakistan-security-crisis-1778937157637)
      * [7 terrorists killed, 5 soldiers including Major martyred in Balochistan IBO: ISPR — bolnews.com](https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/7-terrorists-killed-5-soldiers-including-major-martyred-in-balochistan-ibo-ispr/)
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  <ResponseField name="Pakistan-Afghanistan border tensions risk ceasefire collapse as TTP claims attacks and Kabul airstrike allegations resurface" type="May 11–16, 2026">
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      * [Can new Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions lead to another border clash? — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/5/16/can-new-pakistan-afghanistan-tensions-lead-to-another-border-clash)
      * [Deadly attack on Pakistan outpost puts Afghanistan ceasefire at risk (second Al Jazeera piece with broader context) — aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/deadly-attack-on-pakistan-outpost-puts-afghanistan-ceasefire-at-risk)
      * [Pakistan strike on Kabul drug rehabilitation centre: Families want answers — bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c202xrd9gn7o)
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  <ResponseField name="Pakistan tests Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile with 750km range" type="May 14, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (8)">
      * [Pakistan test fires Fatah-4 cruise missile — economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/pakistan-test-fires-fatah-4-cruise-missile/articleshow/131091356.cms)
      * [Pakistan Army Tests Fatah-4 Ground-Launched Cruise Missile — quwa.org](https://quwa.org/pakistan-missile-news/pakistan-army-tests-fatah-4-ground-launched-cruise-missile/)
      * [Pakistan successfully test fires Fatah-IV cruise missile: ISPR — dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2000203)
      * [Pakistan conducts training launch of indigenously developed Fatah-4 missile — arabnews.com](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2643563/pakistan)
      * [Pakistan conducts Fatah-IV training launch — janes.com](https://www.janes.com/defence-intelligence-insights/defence-news/defence/pakistan-conducts-fatah-iv-training-launch)
      * [ISPR: Pakistan successfully tests Fatah-4 cruise missile — bolnews.com](https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/ispr-pakistan-successfully-tests-fatah-4-cruise-missile/)
      * [Fatah-4 Cruise Missile New Feature That Sent Shockwaves to Indian — timesofislamabad.com](https://timesofislamabad.com/14-05-2026/fatah-4-cruise-missile-new-feature-that-sent-shockwaves-to-indian/)
      * [ISPR: Pakistan successfully tests Fatah-4 cruise missile (Shafaqna) — pakistan.shafaqna.com](https://pakistan.shafaqna.com/EN/324990)
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  <ResponseField name="PM Shehbaz announces China visit (May 23-26) as Pakistan-China digital and economic cooperation expands" type="May 13–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (5)">
      * [Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit China on a three-day official trip from May 23 to 26 — telegraphindia.com](https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/pakistan-prime-minister-shehbaz-sharif-to-visit-china-on-a-three-day-official-trip-from-may-23-to-26/cid/2160413)
      * [PM Shehbaz Sharif to visit China from May 23 to 26, says DPM Dar — geo.tv](https://www.geo.tv/latest/664253-pm-shehbaz-sharif-to-visit-china-from-may-23-to-26-says-dpm-dar)
      * [PM Shehbaz lauds 'historic' Pak-China ties in meeting with Chinese business delegation — dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2000425)
      * [Chinese firm to establish digital economy headquarters in Pakistan — PM — arabnews.pk](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2643677/pakistan)
      * [Pakistan Digital Revolution: PM Shehbaz on 5G, AI Policy — pakistantoday.com.pk](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/17/pakistan-advancing-rapidly-toward-digital-revolution-says-pm)
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  <ResponseField name="PPP-PML-N coalition tensions: Bilawal rules out 28th Amendment talks, flags budget difficulties, viral press conference moment" type="May 13–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (13)">
      * [Bilawal rules out talks on 28th Amendment amid budget negotiations — dunyanews.tv](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/951715-bilawal-rules-out-talks-on-28th-amendment-amid-budget-negotiations)
      * [Bilawal puts rumours to rest by denying talks on 28th Amendment — dailytimes.com.pk](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1493773/bilawal-puts-rumours-to-rest-by-denying-talks-on-28th-amendment/)
      * [Govt has not contacted PPP over any constitutional amendment: Bilawal — dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2000262/govt-has-not-contacted-ppp-over-any-constitutional-amendment-bilawal)
      * [Tarar seeks to dismiss 28th Amendment rumours — tribune.com.pk](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2608570/tarar-seeks-to-dismiss-28th-amendment-rumours)
      * [No sign of 28th Amendment for now, says law minister — dailytimes.com.pk](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1494730/no-sign-of-28th-amendment-for-now-says-law-minister/)
      * [Law Minister Tarar sees 'no indication' of 28th amendment for now — dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2000722)
      * [No visible chance of change in presidency — nation.com.pk](https://www.nation.com.pk/13-May-2026/visible-chance-change-presidency)
      * [One interaction cannot be viewed in isolation, says PPP's Shazia Marri after Bilawal's mid-presser curtness — dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/2000440)
      * [Shazia Marri defends Bilawal Bhutto Zardari after viral presser moment — dialoguepakistan.com](https://dialoguepakistan.com/en/social-issues/shazia-marri-defends-bilawal-bhutto-zardari-after-viral-presser-moment)
      * [Shazia Marri defends Bilawal after viral press conference moment — dunyanews.tv](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/951801-shazia-marri-defends-bilawal-after-viral-press-conference-moment)
      * ['Sorry Sir': Shazia Marri apologises after naming minister during Bilawal's remarks — mmnews.tv](https://mmnews.tv/sorry-sir-shazia-marri-apologises-after-naming-minister-during-bilawals-remarks/)
      * ['Sorry Sir': Shazia Marri apologises after awkward slip leaves Bilawal Bhutto fuming — en.dailypakistan.com.pk](https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/14-May-2026/sorry-sir-shazia-marri-apologises-after-awkward-slip-leaves-bilawal-bhutto-fuming)
      * [After the tussle, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari realized his behavior towards Shazia Marri — express.pk](https://www.express.pk/story/2813288/after-the-tussle-bilawal-bhutto-zardari-realized-his-behavior-towards-shazia-marri-2813288)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="President Zardari holds dual investiture ceremonies conferring civil and military awards on dozens of recipients including Shahid Afridi" type="May 12–15, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (14)">
      * [President Zardari confers civil awards on recipients from various fields — geo.tv](https://www.geo.tv/latest/664258-president-zardari-confers-civil-awards-on-recipients-from-various-fields)
      * [President Zardari confers military awards on armed forces personnel — geo.tv](https://www.geo.tv/latest/664458-president-zardari-confers-military-awards-on-armed-forces-personnel)
      * [Shahid Afridi, Zahid Ahmed and Fazila Qazi awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz — arynews.tv](https://arynews.tv/shahid-afridi-zahid-ahmed-and-fazila-qazi-awarded-hilal-e-imtiaz-by-president-zardari)
      * [Shahid Afridi Receives Pakistan's Second-Highest Civilian Honour, Becomes 4th Cricketer To Achieve The Feat — sports.ndtv.com](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/shahid-afridi-receives-pakistans-second-highest-civilian-honour-becomes-4th-cricketer-to-achieve-the-feat-11491570)
      * [Shahid Afridi Becomes 4th Cricketer To Win Special Award, Joins Elite List of Pakistan Legends — timesnownews.com](https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/shahid-afridi-becomes-4th-cricketer-to-win-special-award-joins-elite-list-of-pakistan-legends-article-154312488.cms)
      * [President confers civil awards on people from various fields — brecorder.com](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40421082)
      * [President confers 47 military awards upon officers, soldiers — brecorder.com](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40421230)
      * [President confers Hilal-i-Imtiaz to BOL News senior journalist Ihtasham ul Haque — bolnews.com](https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/president-confers-hilal-i-imtiaz-to-bol-news-senior-journalist-ihtasham-ul-haque/)
      * [President Zardari confers civil awards to eminent personalities — bolnews.com](https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/president-zardari-confers-civil-awards-to-eminent-personalities/)
      * [British-Pakistani Philanthropist Raja Suleman Raza Receives Tamgha-i-Imtiaz — thediplomaticinsight.com](https://thediplomaticinsight.com/philanthropist-raja-suleman-raza-tamgha-i-imtiaz/)
      * [President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari confers Hilal-e-Imtiaz on Shahid Afridi — geosuper.tv](https://www.geosuper.tv/latest/55968-president-of-pakistan-asif-ali-zardari-confers-hilal-e-imtiaz-to-shahid-afridi)
      * [Trailblazer in autism Irum Rizwan awarded Tamgha-i-Imtiaz — nation.com.pk](https://www.nation.com.pk/15-May-2026/trailblazer-autism-irum-rizwan-awarded-tamgha-i-imtiaz)
      * [Pakistan honours military heroes with top gallantry awards — pakistan.shafaqna.com](https://pakistan.shafaqna.com/EN/324999)
      * [President Zardari approves Sitara-i-Shujaat for citizen who sacrificed his life while averting suicide attack — dawn.com](https://www.dawn.com/news/1999907)
    </Expandable>
  </ResponseField>

  <ResponseField name="PCB Chairman Naqvi's potential India visit for ICC meetings raises political questions amid post-Operation Sindoor tensions" type="May 16–17, 2026">
    <Expandable title="Sources (7)">
      * [Moshin Naqvi's India visit: Will Pakistan Cricket Board chairman be in Ahmedabad for ICC meeting during IPL 2026 final? — livemint.com](https://www.livemint.com/sports/cricket-news/moshin-naqvis-india-visit-will-pakistan-cricket-board-chairman-be-in-ahmedabad-for-icc-meeting-during-ipl-2026-final-11778935526414.html)
      * [PM to decide Naqvi's India visit for ICC meetings — dailytimes.com.pk](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1494726/pm-to-decide-naqvis-india-visit-for-icc-meetings/)
      * [Pakistan's Mohsin Naqvi Invited To ICC Event Alongside IPL 2026 Final In Ahmedabad — news.abplive.com](https://news.abplive.com/sports/cricket/pakistan-mohsin-naqvi-invited-to-icc-event-alongside-ipl-2026-final-in-ahmedabad-1844054)
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