U.S. and Saudi forces led the Middle East's largest live-fire counter-unmanned aerial system exercise focused on improving the detection, tracking and elimination of modern drone threats.
The new commander of U.S. Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper and Gen. Fayyadh bin Hamed Raqed Al-Ruwaili, Chief of the General Staff for the Royal Saudi Armed Forces, visited the Red Sands Integrated Experimentation Center during Cooper's first regional trip as CENTCOM commander.
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April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.