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Saudi capital issues first air raid alert since renewed fighting in Yemen
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi authorities issued their first air raid alert in the capital since fighting returned to neighbouring Yemen, leaving residents of Riyadh rattled after they...
US approves potential $2.7 bn air defense sale to Ukraine
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
The United States approved a potential $2.68 billion sale of air defense equipment to Ukraine on Friday, after Kyiv made repeated pleas for support to fend off ...
US approves potential $2.7 bn air defense sale to Ukraine
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
The United States approved a potential $2.68 billion sale of air defense equipment to Ukraine on Friday, after Kyiv made repeated pleas for support to fend off ...
Iran executes man accused of providing missile info to Israel: judiciary
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's judiciary announced on Saturday the execution of a man accused of providing information about Iranian missile sites to Israeli intelligence.
Black smoke, flames rising near Riyadh airport: residents to AFP
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Black smoke and flames rose near Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, as a flight tracking website reported cancellations and delays at the hub, hours af...
Saudi Arabia issues air raid alert in Riyadh, explosions heard: AFP
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Explosions were heard in Riyadh on Saturday, an AFP journalists reported, after an air raid alert was issued by Saudi Arabian authorities, regularly targeted in...
Black smoke, flames rising near Riyadh airport: residents to AFP
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Black smoke and flames rose near Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, after Saudi authorities -- fighting an escalating conflict with Yemen's Houthis -- ...
Houthis say targeted 'sensitive sites' in Riyadh, Aramco facilities in Yanbu
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen's Houthis said on Saturday that they launched strikes targeting "sensitive sites" in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh and oil facilities in the kingdom's port city o...
Robotics event shines light on Iranian girls' tech ambitions
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
In a hall adorned with Quranic verses and usually reserved for prayers, Iranian teenage girls watched the robots they designed play football, at an event showca...
Israeli president pardons soldier who killed incapacitated Palestinian attacker
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Israel's President granted a pardon Saturday to a former soldier who gunned down a Palestinian attacker in 2016 after he had already been incapacitated by troop...
Fire erupts near Riyadh airport as Houthis claim strikes
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Black smoke and flames rose near Riyadh's international airport on Saturday, as Yemen's Houthis announced they had carried out strikes on targets in the Saudi c...
Luxembourg probes drone sightings that halted airport operations
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Luxembourg's authorities were investigating drone sightings that forced the temporary suspension of operations at the nation's main airport overnight, Prime Min...
Saudi capital issues first air raid alert since renewed fighting in Yemen
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Explosions were heard in Riyadh early Saturday, AFP journalists reported, after Saudi authorities issued their first air raid alert in the capital since fightin...
Saudi-led coalition says Houthis fired ballistic missile at Riyadh
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said Saturday that the Iran-backed group fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh at dawn, after a fire broke out ne...
Fighting uproots 112,000 in Yemen, thousands flee to Djibouti: UN
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Renewed fighting in Yemen has displaced more than 112,000 people and pushed nearly 3,000 others to flee across the Red Sea to Djibouti, the United Nations said ...
Syria arrests five former officers over Assad-era airstrikes
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Syrian security forces said on Friday they had arrested five former air force officers accused of involvement in airstrikes on civilians during the rule of oust...
Search for Indonesia ferry victims moves into 'salvage operation': navy
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities were preparing on Friday to right a capsized passenger ferry that went down in the Java Sea last week, a navy official said, with more th...
Bab al-Mandab traffic disrupted, especially Saudi shipments
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Saudi exports through the Bab al-Mandab Strait are continuing to suffer, with weekly traffic since the start of August at under a third of this year's seven-day...
EU Red Sea naval mission 'raises alert level' over Houthi threat
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union said Friday that its naval mission escorting ships through the Red Sea has raised its alert level, as the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen threat...
Ethiopia says about 300 Tigray rebel fighters have surrendered
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Some 300 members of Ethiopia's Tigray rebel forces have surrendered to authorities, the federal army said Friday, as fears mount of a return to the conflict tha...
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