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October 11, 2026 4:16 PM

Yemen’s Houthis renew warning over Saudi airports after deadly Riyadh attack

Yemen's Houthis warned airlines, travellers and airport workers on Sunday to stay away from Saudi airports, a day after an attack on Riyadh's international airport killed 12 people and wounded more than 300 others. It was the deadliest such attack in the kingdom in more than a decade and comes amid an escalation of fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces. "We renew our warning to all airlines, experts, employees, workers and travellers against using S...

October 11, 2026 4:20 PM

India condemns Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport, urges immediate end to targeting civilians

India on Sunday strongly condemn the repeated attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport over the past few days, including the dastardly attack on October 10, which have led to loss of lives, injuries and damage to property. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and wish speedy recovery to the injured persons. . “The repeated attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are completely unacceptable and mu...

October 11, 2026 1:18 PM

12 killed, over 300 injured in attack on Riyadh Airport; US may consider joining fight against Houthis, says Trump

Twelve people were killed and 309 injured in a Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said in a statement issued in the wee hours on Sunday. The victims included 4 Saudi citizens and 8 foreigners - 2 from Bangladesh and 1 each from the USA, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Sudan. Some of the injured were in critical condition, while the attack also caused property damage. Airport operations were te...

October 11, 2026 11:01 AM

Houthi strike on Saudi airport kills 12, worst attack on kingdom in a decade

At least 12 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in an attack on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade, as the Iran-backed Houthis escalate a campaign they launched this summer. The dead from the third attack this week on the airport included four Saudis, two people from Bangladesh and one person each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civil aviation authority said. At the latest count, 309 were woun...

October 7, 2026 10:12 AM

Houthis attack Aden airport as fighting intensifies in Yemen

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Aden International Airport with ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones early on Wednesday, Yemen's Transport Ministry said, as fighting intensified across several fronts, while the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile north of the Saudi capital Riyadh. One missile landed near the airport runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land, the ministry said. Authorities cancelled the landing and d...

September 26, 2026 1:25 PM

Trump reportedly rejects Iran’s Hormuz proposal; Iraq seeks sanctions exemption for flights

US President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end hostilities in the region, even as Iran awaits an official US response to its plans. An American Newspaper reported on Trump’s views, quoting US officials. Iran had earlier proposed a seven-day process under which hostilities would end on all fronts, while the United States would lift its blockade on Iranian ports, release frozen Iranian funds and waive oil sanctions. The Strait of Hor...

September 25, 2026 11:27 AM

Allies unite behind Saudi Arabia as Houthis step up attacks

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent, high-level meeting under a joint defence pact to discuss ways to support the kingdom amid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, while Saudi’s top religious authority told troops to be ready to lay down their lives to fight their Iran-aligned enemy. The ‌Houthis have launched strikes on the Saudi-backed government in Yemen and repeatedly fired into Saudi Arabia, disrupting oil flows from the world’s largest energy exporter, as part of a wider ...

September 18, 2026 9:31 PM

Red Sea tensions, attempted attack on Mecca threaten regional stability: MEA

Reiterating its serious concern over the deteriorating security situation in the Red Sea region and the attempted attack on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca, India on Friday said that the developments threaten regional stability as well as freedom of navigation through the Bab el-Mandeb strait. Addressing a bi-weekly press briefing in New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal described the attacks as “unacceptable” and called for an early return to pe...

September 12, 2026 1:11 AM

Yemen’s Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war. Earlier, two sources from the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government said its forces had pulled out of Perim and that the Houthis had also taken the mainland Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab, which faces the island. If the Houthis gai...

September 11, 2026 10:54 PM

Saudi crown prince sought US military help from Trump with Houthis, sources say

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sought assistance from President Donald Trump on Thursday to help fight Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the Houthis stepped up their threat to the Red Sea. Trump held at least two phone conversations with the Saudi leader on Thursday, sources said. In the end, Washington told Riyadh that it was not willing to take direct military action for now but would help with intelligence sharing and targeting, the...