Explosions near Riyadh’s King Khalid Airport trigger citywide alert, flights disrupted
Explosions and plumes of black smoke were reported near King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, on Saturday morning local time, prompting civil defence authorities to issue alerts across the city. Several Riyadh residents told AFP that they heard a powerful explosion fro
One Killed in Attack on Iranian Commercial Vessel in Strait of Hormuz
One person was killed and three others injured in an attack on an Iranian commercial vessel near Hengam Island and the Shiv Deraz coast of Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Al Jazeera reported, citing Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB. Qeshm Governor Hossein Amir Teymouri said the casualties occurr
Houthis take control of Bab al-Mandab, raising global energy market concerns
Iran-backed Houthi rebels have taken full control of Yemen’s strategically vital Bab al-Mandab Strait and Perim Island in the Red Sea after Saudi-backed government forces withdrew, AFP reported, citing local government officials and eyewitnesses. Houthi fighters are now positioned along the strait’s
At least 14 killed in explosion at weapons depot in Syria
An explosion at an arms depot in Syria's northwestern Idlib province killed 14 people on Wednesday, the local health department said, without specifying the cause of the blast. "The toll from the explosion in a temporary storage for collecting weapons and war remnants near the city of Sarmada... reg
