Two-month UN-brokered truce between Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi-led coalition is set to end this week; supertanker Safer stranded off Yemen's coast since 2015 poses major threat

McGurk, Hochstein make covert trip in effort to finalize transfer of Red Sea islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia; Israel hopes Riyadh will take steps toward normalization in tandem

Israel's approval needed since Egypt agreed in 1979 peace treaty to demilitarize Tiran and Sanafir; Jerusalem asking Riyadh to take steps toward normalization in exchange

Biden-MBS summit only a matter of time, former US official tells CNN as Saudi deputy defense minister in DC for talks with top aides, with his staff at same hotel as Gantz

Reported plan will serve as the first public instance of Saudi Arabia directly investing in Israel; two companies said to have already been selected

Announcement comes a day after Blinken's meeting with Abu Dhabi crown prince, two days after call with Saudi FM as US seeks to calm their frustrations over lack of support

State Department says Iran nuclear program, Yemen discussed; kingdom's state media says US secretary of state spoke with Prince Faisal on regional security cooperation

Move comes amid strained relations between Riyadh and Washington, with the latter moving its air defense systems from kingdom and removing Iranian proxy Houthis from terror list

Saudi air defenses destroy UAV; incident comes after Biden, King Salman discuss attacks by Tehran-supported group on Saudi civilian targets

US State Department, Foreign Ministry decline to confirm rare participation of Yair Lapid and Faisal Bin Farhan in the same video conference call