Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has warned that filming, publishing or sharing footage of missile and drone interceptions or their impact sites exposes offenders to legal action, as Houthi attacks on the kingdom intensify.
The World Bank says the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan economy will shrink by 2.1% in 2026 as the Iran war chokes energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, with Gulf states contracting 4.3% and Qatar's economy falling 20.9%.
Australia and New Zealand have opened counterterrorism probes into the past of the Omani co-pilot detained over the alleged hijacking attempt on flydubai flight FZ1073, as new details emerge about his student years in Melbourne and earlier radicalisation concerns.
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have retaken the coastline around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi fighters, officials said Monday, in the most significant Red Sea advance since the kingdom's coalition launched a major counteroffensive.
Pakistan and Türkiye have agreed to rapidly deploy military forces to Saudi Arabia under the Makkah Defence Alliance after an emergency meeting in Riyadh, as Houthi attacks on the kingdom intensify.
The Houthis claimed Monday they struck Riyadh's international airport and an Aramco refinery with missiles and drones, hours after a Saudi-led naval operation destroyed Houthi weapons sites in Hodeidah.
Egypt demanded an immediate Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory on Monday after Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait condemned the completion of Israel's fortified Sufa 53 Line in Quneitra, calling it a flagrant violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement.
Iran's petroleum minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned, replaced by state oil company chief Hamid Bovard, as a US naval blockade drives Tehran's crude exports to zero.
An energy-sector source told AFP on Monday that pumping on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline has been halted again after a fresh attack damaged a pumping station near Khurais — a claim Bloomberg disputes, reporting flows continue normally.
RIYADH, October 5, 2026 — The strategic political and defence committee of the Makkah Defence Alliance — the trilateral pact binding Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan — is holding talks…