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Aramco staff at the firm’s headquarters in Dhahran were ordered to evacuate the HQ and WFH this morning
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UPDATE: Lana Nusseibeh, senior UAE diplomat, enters race for next UN Secretary General. If elected, she’d be
- first woman
- first of Palestinian descent
- second Arab in position. More al-monitor.com/originals/202…
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#BREAKING US embassy staff and families ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, with families of embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain also ordered to leave, diplomatic source tells AFP
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🚨 Saudi Arabia to postpone in-person #FII10 after Houthi attacks
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Here is it.. @TheNationalNews full interview with flydubai doctor Smit Machchhar, with never-before told details of the 30 September foiled attack
youtu.be/1MsLWFqaJmk?si=GR42…
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GENEVA, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Hospitals across Yemen are struggling to cope with a sharp rise in war casualties, while intensified fighting along multiple front lines has cut off aid to around 800,000 people, humanitarian agencies said on Wednesday.
Front-line hospitals in areas including Marib, Taiz and Yemen's Red Sea coast are seeing unprecedented numbers of weapon-wounded patients, with some facilities admitting more than 700 casualties in a single week, according to the Red Cross.
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Saudi Arabia overturns death sentence for man over Facebook comment bbc.in/4dEv18x
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A series of attacks across Saudi Arabia is currently underway, with the Saudi military saying it’s intercepting missiles over the country.
The cities of Dammam, Dhahran, and Haradh were among those targeted.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/tklt5h
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As a Palestinian family tries to reach their home in the West Bank, young Israeli settlers known as Hilltop Youth confront them. One settler headbutts Palestinian local Hassan Faraj in the face. Another blow fractures his nose.
Editor's note: In compliance with Israeli law, 60 Minutes is obscuring the faces of underage participants in these actions. cbsn.ws/4ybFbox
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NEW STRIKE AT RIYADH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TERMINAL 4, WITH UNKNOWN PROJECTILE, SAUDI-LED COALITION SAYS
AUTHORITIES DEALING WITH FIRE THERE
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The Iran-backed Houthi militia attacked an international airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 50, according to three officials briefed on the strike.
nytimes.com/2026/10/10/world…
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🚨Eyewitnesses say they saw many people wounded in the blast.
Riyadh airport blast so far:
- Dozens of ambulances rushing to scene
- Travelers evacuated
- Eyewitness reports loud boom, people fleeing
- Flights diverted
- Helicopter often used as air ambulance seen at airport
If a new Houthi attack, its the third in less than a week.
Four people already killed in those incidents, commercial jet heavily damaged
Story here with rolling updates: reuters.com/world/middle-eas…
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LOUD BLAST HEARD AT RIYADH AIRPORT - EYEWITNESS, PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER
No immediate comment from Saudi authorities on any incident at the airport
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#TravelAlert
Air India has cancelled flights to and from Riyadh until October 10.
In view of the evolving situation in the region, we have cancelled flights to and from Riyadh until 10 October. Affected guests are being offered complimentary rescheduling or a full refund on cancellation. We continue to monitor the situation closely: An Air India Express spokesperson
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Update to FCDO Travel Advice for Saudi Arabia 👇
Travel advice: gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice…
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Airlines are canceling flights to Riyadh after the Houthis struck two airports in Saudi Arabia in recent days, killing three people and injuring dozens bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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"Riyadh’s airport has become one of the world’s most disrupted, according to Flightradar24, while oil prices have risen above $104 a barrel. The Houthis attacked Riyadh again on Thursday, and some offices in the capital’s KAFD were evacuated"
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RIYADH, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a US official and a Syrian military official briefed on the matter said.
Options being considered include defensive aid to protect the kingdom from attacks, or deployment of forces in an offensive capacity to help Saudi-backed Yemeni troops fight the Houthis, the sources said.
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I'm actually quite shocked and heartbroken for Oman that the co-pilot was reportedly an Omani. It's almost unheard of for Omanis to be involved in terrorism, Oman is a proudly peaceful and tolerant country which has historically maintained good relations with all its neighbours, including, by the standards of the region, with Israel. I spent significant time in Oman during my PhD research and Omanis would proudly tell me that, back then, not a single citizen had joined IS or Al Qaeda because the Ibadi form of Islam they follow encourages pacifism. I know this event will be generating shockwaves and soul searching within Omani society.