DUBAI: ‌The US military said on Saturday ​it had disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after the ship’s ‌crew ignored ‌warnings ​and ‌attempted ⁠to ​run an ⁠ongoing naval blockade against Iran. “A US military fighter jet struck the ⁠stern of Panama-flagged M/V ‌Ocean ‌Molica (also »»»

RIYADH: Countries and international organizations have condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia’s airports, including Saturday’s strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that killed 12 people and injured 309 others, according to Saudi authorities. The condemnations, carried by the Saud»»»

Share: President Donald Trump’s agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to boost diesel supplies is drawing criticism from within his own party, exposing Republican divisions over the White House’s latest attempt to bring down fuel prices ahead of November’s midterm elections. The pushback »»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader ​Volodymyr Zelenskiy and railed against Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that drew a sharp rebuke from Zelenskiy. "I suggest they get a »»»

RIYADH: Twelve people were killed and over 300 more were wounded in Saturday's attack targeting King Khalid International Airport in the Kingdom's capital, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced early Sunday. In a statement, GACA said the dead included four Saudi citizens as well »»»

Israel is angry that the Nobel Peace Prize committee has honored Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, who chaired a UN commission accusing it of genocide in Gaza. Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels would have welcomed the decision, the Israelis said. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on th»»»

RIYADH: Twelve people were killed and over 300 more were wounded in Saturday's attack targeting King Khalid International Airport in the Kingdom's capital, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced early Sunday. In a statement, GACA said the dead included four Saudi citizens as well »»»

RIYADH: A projectile fell near King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia’s main eastern airport, the spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said late Saturday, hours after an attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport injured several people. Maj. Gen. Tur»»»

NEW YORK: A shooting in a residential area of Erie, Pennsylvania, left nine dead including two children, a pregnant woman and the suspected shooter, authorities said. Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said the 45-year-old male gunman was related to seven of the victims in Friday’s shooting, while the ei»»»

RIYADH: A projectile fell near King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia’s main eastern airport, the spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said late Saturday, hours after an attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport injured several people. Maj. Gen. Tur»»»

An attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday killed at least 12 people and injured 50, the New York Times has reported, citing three officials briefed on the strike. The Houthis were behind the attack, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a senior political official and spokesman for the g»»»

BRUSSELS, Belgium: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Saturday that lifting sanctions on Russian diesel helped fuel the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, after US President Donald Trump announced a deal for Moscow to supply fuel. “Russian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreov»»»

WASHINGTON D.C.: When Jihan Hamad Al-Khalaf and her extended family decided to leave Turkiye and return to Syria, there was little debate among them. Five of the seven related families had been away since 2013, while the other two left in 2018. Some of their children had only faint memories of Syri»»»

The Israeli occupation entity is facing mounting criticism and growing isolation across Europe, as opposition to its war in Gaza and policies in the occupied West Bank moves beyond public protests into professional and trade union decisions and economic pressure that is beginning to raise concerns »»»

US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be replaced by a new leader “capable of reaching a deal” to end the war with Russia, while sharply criticizing Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, which he said had contributed to rising diesel price»»»

Co-pilot said 9/11 attacks inspired his aviation career, alleged plan to target Tel Aviv Dubai: The Omani flydubai co-pilot accused of plotting a suicide attack on Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport admitted attending a mosque in Melbourne, Australia, where he became acquainted with individuals associat»»»

LONDON: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Saturday told Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky he had his “complete solidarity” after he clashed with US President Donald Trump over a diesel deal with Russia. In a call between the two leaders Burnham told the Ukrainian president he recognized that “the p»»»

JEDDAH: More than 40 years after he last visited Jeddah, Graham Duncan, from Edinburgh, returned last week to the city he knew as a child — this time accompanied by his 20-year-old son, Joey, who wanted to see the legacy that Graham’s father, George, helped build. Graham left Jeddah in 1982 at the »»»

JEDDAH: Long before AlUla became a thriving tourism and commercial hub, archeologists quietly spent decades searching, researching and meticulously documenting the remnants of ancient prosperous civilizations that flourished in the region. Among them was Dr. Laila Nehmé, a French archeologist who h»»»

Christa Pike returns to prison after surviving failed execution attempt Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, according to a statement released by her attorneys. Pike, 50, was discharged from the hospital and is back at the»»»

Saudi authorities on Saturday said that they had suspended operations at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport after a new attack there left multiple people wounded. An attack on the airport by the Houthis on Thursday killed three people and damaged a plane, though the Iran-backed gr»»»

Manchester, United Kingdom: Dominic Solanke rescued a 1-1 draw for 10-man Tottenham to ramp up the pressure on Manchester United boss Michael Carrick on Saturday. Solanke's stoppage time header edged Spurs off the foot of the Premier League table after it seemed like they would pay a heavy price fo»»»

NABLUS: Four Palestinians were injured on Saturday after being assaulted by Israeli settlers in the town of Beita, south of Nablus. Local sources said that settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in the areas of Jabal Qamas and Al-Dhahr, southeast of the town, and beat them, injuring four people. The»»»

LONDON: President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States may decide "very quickly" to join airstrikes on the Houthi militia in Yemen after a fourth attack against Riyadh airport in a week. "We're going to look at it. We just found out about the recent attack (on the Saudi airport), so»»»

GAZA: One year after a US-brokered ceasefire was announced in the Gaza Strip, residents still living in displacement camps under near-daily Israeli airstrikes say the truce has not brought the promised peace. Israel has reduced the intensity of its attacks but has kept up its strikes and now contro»»»

LONDON: Thousands of people on Saturday joined pro-Palestinian marches in London, Berlin and Dublin calling for an end to Israeli strikes on Gaza, three years after Hamas’s October 7 attack. Several thousand marchers in London carried placards reading “End the genocide” and “Free Palestine” as they»»»

Young saker falcon breaks Mongolian auction record after bidding opens at SR100,000 Dubai: A Mongolian falcon has sold for a record SR1.4 million at an auction in Saudi Arabia, becoming the most expensive bird ever sold at the Mongolian falcon auction held as part of the Saudi International Falcons»»»

Diesel deal sparks tensions amid deadly Russian attacks in Ukraine US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky traded barbs Saturday after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel and Moscow's continued strikes on Ukraine killed at least 21 people, including four c»»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky traded barbs Saturday after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel and Moscow's continued strikes on Ukraine killed at least 21 people, including four children. Trump, whose party faces dim pr»»»

London: A man who was attacked by a tiger on Saturday after entering an enclosure at a UK wildlife park has died, police said. South Yorkshire Police in northern England said it responded to reports at around 1:30 pm (1230 GMT) of a man entering the enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near th»»»

Lamborghini Racing Simulator debuts as part of Dubai's latest attractions Dubai Holding Entertainment has launched its annual “Truly Amazing” entertainment season, bringing together 20 destinations, attractions and experiences under one unified campaign for the first time, as part of its efforts to»»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would soon decide whether to join Saudi strikes against Iran-backed Houthis after an attack on Riyadh's international airport. "We may. We're going to look at it. We just found out about the recent attack, so we'll make a decisio»»»

The facts surrounding the incidents involving two ships in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone point to an escalation and expansion of the conflict into the Black Sea, increasing the risks for Bulgaria, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said in an interview with Bulgarian National Television on Sat»»»

Yemen said Saturday that forces were advancing against the Houthis around the Bab al-Mandab strait, a week after the country's Saudi-backed government announced that it was initiating a counter-offensive to take back territory seized by the pro-Iran group during last month's lightning offensive. In»»»

US, Ukrainian and European negotiators held talks in Miami on Friday to seek a common proposal to end the war in Ukraine, as President Donald Trump's decision to ease restrictions on Russian fuel drew criticism from lawmakers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. US, Ukrainian and European of»»»

Barcelona: Cristiano Ronaldo has been provisionally suspended after the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) announced on Saturday that it had opened disciplinary proceedings against the 41-year-old over his decision to walk out on the national team. Ronaldo apologised to supporters earlier this we»»»

Flights disrupted as Riyadh airport assesses damage from Houthi attacks Saudi Arabia temporarily suspended operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, October 10, after an attack left several people injured, the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said. T»»»

Can JD Vance overcome midterm hurdles to secure his political legacy? The message was clear as US Vice President JD Vance shook hands in his native Ohio with a woman wearing a "Vance 2028" cap — at least from his supporter's perspective. US President Donald Trump's deputy has yet to declare that he»»»

Egypt has strongly condemned recent attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that targeted the facility and a Saudia Airlines aircraft, killing three Saudi citizens and injuring several civilians. The official statement coincided with reports of a fresh explosion at the hub on Saturda»»»

WASHINGTON: Convicted murderer Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee last week, has been discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers said Saturday. Pike, 50, was given two doses of the drug pentobarbital on September 30 — a usually fata»»»

BEIJING: A former mayor of a Chinese city hit by the coronavirus outbreak more than six years ago was sentenced Saturday to 14 years in prison after being convicted of bribery. While Zhou Xianwang has drawn criticism for his handling of the early stages of the outbreak in Wuhan, a city in central C»»»

PARIS: Fourteen-year-old Eden suffered a broken jaw and multiple smashed teeth when he was struck by a tear gas canister directed toward him at close range by a police officer last week during student protests in France, his parents and family lawyer said. The teenager had been sitting on a wall lo»»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced the appointment of Katie Zacharia as the new White House press secretary, praising her as a loyal supporter. "She has an unblemished record of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning," T»»»

US President Donald Trump said Ukraine needs a new leader capable of reaching a peace deal, accusing Zelensky of repeatedly refusing to settle the conflict and causing problems for the world, including American farmers, by attacking Russian oil refineries. “I suggest Ukraine gets a new leader who c»»»

Melissa KentDonald Trump has struck a deal to import hundreds-of-thousands of tons of Russian diesel into the US. The deal has angered Ukraine's president. He is calling the deal a gift to Putin and the Kremlin's war machine. https://p.dw.com/p/5O7JnAdvertisementUS President Donald Trump told suppo»»»

WARSAW: A woman wounded three people inside an educational institution in Poland’s capital, Warsaw, on Saturday, police say, in the third attack at a school in less than a week. Bloodstains were visible Saturday afternoon on a patch of grass near the entrance to the private post-secondary school in»»»

RIYADH: King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh advised passengers on Saturday to contact their airlines before traveling to the airport. “Please contact your airline directly and confirm your flight status before heading to the airport,” the statement posted on X said. The advisory comes after»»»

UPDATEOperations paused at King Khalid Airport after Saturday's violent incident Dubai: Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh has temporarily suspended operations after an attack on Saturday afternoon left several people injured, the Kingdom's General Authority of Civil Aviatio»»»

DUBAI: The UAE National Guard said on Saturday it rescued 22 crew members from an oil tanker that caught fire in the Arabian Gulf. In a post on X, the National Guard said its Coast Guard responded to a distress call reporting a fire aboard the tanker and dispatched emergency teams to locate the ves»»»

France is bracing for a day of widespread mass mobilisation on Saturday, October 17, as public anger mounts over a convergence of soaring living costs and allegations of severe police violence against high school students. The planned protests, scheduled to coincide with the first day of the school»»»