Saudi Arabia's energy minister on Monday said the country had been tested but would mount a "serious" response after a string of attacks on Riyadh's international airport by Yemen's Houthis that left 18 people dead. Lethal airport strikes since last week have rocked the
By Timour Azhari RIYADH, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said it was facing a new barrage of incoming fire on Monday and that Riyadh airport would remain shut for now, days after Saturday's deadly missile strike on a departure terminal that was claimed by Yemen's Iran-allied
Saudi authorities said on Monday they were extending the suspension of operations at King Khalid International Airport after deadly attacks over the weekend by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis.
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world
By Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose PARIS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Joseph Martin saw his hopes of becoming a far-right National Rally (RN) lawmaker derailed in 2024 after journalists unearthed a seemingly antisemitic post. It was RN president Jordan Bardella who initially withdrew
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world
STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for "for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. The prestigious award, formally known as the
DUBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Iran is still reviewing a US response to its proposal regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and will reply to Washington via intermediaries when the review is over, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday. Baghaei also
By Sarah El Safty and Jana Choukeir DUBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of the WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh, as Saudi authorities pressed ahead with the event despite deadly attacks on the capital claimed by Yemen's
By Gianluca Lo Nostro, Menna AlaaElDin and Joanna Plucinska Oct 12 (Reuters) - The skies over the Saudi capital Riyadh were virtually empty on Monday as authorities extended the suspension of operations at the city's international airport after deadly weekend attacks by Yemen's
Oct 12 (Reuters) - The skies above the Saudi capital Riyadh were largely empty on Mondayafter deadly attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on the city's airport, with about 60% of scheduled flights expected to be cancelled, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.
By Gianluca Lo Nostro Oct 12 (Reuters) - Saudi authorities said on Monday they were extending the suspension of operations at the international airport in the capital, Riyadh, after deadly weekend attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis. Operations at King Khalid International
Iran proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington met seven conditions. Rezaei said the U.S. had accepted some but left others unclear, days after Trump rejected an earlier Iranian proposal
CAIRO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike killed at least two Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted a militant in the area, without giving further information. Late on Sunday, an Israeli airstrike hit
CAIRO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike killed at least two Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted a militant in the area, without giving further information. Israel, which says Hamas has been
ANKARA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia condemned attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants on Riyadh's international airport, saying they were a "dangerous escalation that cannot be justified or accepted under any pretext". One person was
A Melbourne man whose Islamic community centre has been linked by prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates to the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain of a flydubai jet has hit out at "false accusations". The Omani co-pilot, now in custody in the UAE, had drawn
Nations are steeling for a disappointing report card at this month's UN biodiversity summit, with governments falling short on their commitments to protect the plants, animals and ecosystems that sustain life on Earth. The so-called COP17 summit in the Armenian capital,
A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 11 others, a day after another deadly attack claimed by the Yemeni group forced authorities to suspend operations there. Saturday's attack, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more
Iran's foreign minister says the region's crises have no military solution, telling his Saudi counterpart that diplomacy is the only way forward as tensions escalate following a series of Houthi attacks on Saudi targets
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration told US airlines on Sunday to exercise caution when flying to or over Saudi Arabia, citing safety threats tied to ongoing military activities and navigation system interference. The FAA
Oct 11 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister spoke with his Iranian counterpart about the recent escalation of the regional conflict and efforts to lower tensions, the Saudi state news agency reported on Sunday, the officials' first publicly reported contact since
DUBAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The United States' response to Iran's seven conditions in a proposal to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz was "insufficient", Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, was quoted by state media on Sunday as saying. Iran presented a proposal during the
By Jan Wolfe and Patricia Zengerle Oct 11 (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic US senators called on President Donald Trump on Sunday to "reverse course" on his diesel supply deal with Russia, saying it runs counter to US law barring imports of energy until Russia ends its
By Jan Wolfe Oct 11 (Reuters) - Republican US Senator Thom Tillis on Sunday said President Donald Trump's diesel supply deal with Russia may be illegal and will put American lives at risk, adding to bipartisan criticism of the arrangement announced by the president on Friday.
One person was killed and 11 wounded in a new attack on Riyadh's airport Sunday, which remains closed after Saturday's Houthi strike killed 13. Netanyahu condemned the 'horrific terrorist attack' as fighting in Yemen escalates.
NAIROBI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - At least 139 migrants, including at least 15 children, have died and around 84 are missing after a boat carrying more than 300 people capsized while sailing from Djibouti to Yemen, the United Nations' International Organization for Migration said on