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The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted three drones north of Riyadh and two missiles, as a Saudi minister vows a serious response and the Houthis threaten the United States.
Egypt says it will back Saudi Arabia 'without any reservation' against the Houthis as missile strikes hit Riyadh, airlines cancel flights, and oil prices climb. Meanwhile, Polish and Norwegian diplomats argue Europe deserves a stronger role in Ukraine talks.
Pakistani police searched the home of a former provincial minister tied to jailed ex-PM Imran Khan's party, the latest in a wave of detentions after emergency rule was imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Khan's PTI is warning of further instability.
The Bank of Japan is reportedly unlikely to raise interest rates again in October, according to reports circulating Monday, with market watchers now pointing to December as the next window for a move.
South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index plunged more than seven percent Tuesday morning, falling below 6,000 points and triggering a sell-side circuit breaker as foreign investors offloaded semiconductor shares. Financial commentators across social media reacted in real time to the crash.
President Trump insists Moscow and Kyiv agreed to an energy ceasefire because he told them to, while Ukrainian officials say strikes on their energy facilities have continued and commentary accounts press him on the contradiction.
Governments across three continents condemned the attack on King Khalid International Airport, and the Trump administration is said to be weighing whether to join Saudi Arabia's air campaign against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi tells Breitbart News that Trump can 'make more history' by formally recognizing Somaliland, praising the American president's global conflict resolution efforts.
Canada's Liberal government under far-left Prime Minister Mark Carney is deepening ties with Beijing after rejecting a trade deal with the United States — a gamble that puts the 73 percent of Canadian exports that flow to America at risk.
Alvaro Pulido, indicted in Miami in 2019 and 2021 for allegedly funneling bribes to Nicolás Maduro's inner circle, is now in U.S. custody and will appear in a Miami courtroom Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia attacked Kharkiv's main power plant, CHP-5, with more than two hundred strikes on Ukraine's grid in a week—raising doubts about whether Moscow ever agreed to the ceasefire President Trump said both sides had accepted.
The United States has threatened to block weapons for Ukraine over its attacks on Russian oil refineries, lobbying European capitals and Kyiv in an attempt to end strikes on Russian energy infrastructure. The warning, first reported by the Financial Times, comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responds to President Trump's demands.
