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SAUDI ARABIA

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Oct. 19.
WORLD
Nov 11, 2026
Tankers continue to burn in the Middle East despite hopes for de-escalation
There is little sign of attacks abating in November, after 37 ships were attacked in October, the highest monthly total since the start of the war.
The LIV Golf logo is seen near the first tee during the second round of LIV Golf Dallas in June 2025.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Nov 6, 2026
LIV Golf to wind down operations after financing deal falls apart
The future of LIV Golf had been in question after the circuit lost financial support from Saudi Arabia’s deep-pocketed Public Investment Fund beyond the now-completed 2026 season.
Construction work continues at Aramco Stadium, one of the main stadiums set to host the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, in July 2026.
SOCCER
Nov 3, 2026
Asian Cup postponed until December 2027 due to Saudi Arabia unrest
The 24-team tournament will now take place from Dec.?23, 2027 to Jan.?21, 2028.
A building that was damaged by an Iranian drone attack, after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Juffair, Manama, Bahrain, on March 1.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2026
Trump’s Iran threat renews Gulf fears of a war it didn’t choose
Iranian missiles striking U.S. military bases and Gulf energy facilities exposed a vulnerability at the heart of security in the Middle East.
A woman walks past a mural bearing the Iranian national flag in Tehran on Oct. 26.
WORLD
Nov 2, 2026
Gulf states fear fiercer Iran retaliation if U.S. strikes again
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. and Israel would “finish the job” in Iran.
Christian Mbilli (left) and Canelo Alvarez compete during their bout for the WBC super middleweight world title in Riyadh on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 1, 2026
Canelo Alvarez reaffirms love for boxing after reclaiming super-middleweight title
The bout went ahead in Riyadh after a week in which the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted Iran-aligned Houthi missiles and drones aimed at the capital.
The highway leading to the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Yemen's Houthis said on Sunday that they had launched a fresh strike on Riyadh's airport.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2026
Saudi-led forces strike Houthi missile facilities after Riyadh airport attack
The Houthis have?carried out waves of strikes on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
The headquarters of Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 14. Deadly attacks in the kingdom, including against Saudi Aramco facilities, have heightened concerns that escalating Middle East hostilities could hit oil supplies.
WORLD
Oct 22, 2026
Oil rises as deadly attacks in Saudi Arabia fan Middle East supply fears
A strike on a Saudi Aramco facility killed two people while an attack on the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, killed one.
A highway leading to Diplomatic Quarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 16
WORLD
Oct 22, 2026
U.S. orders diplomats to depart Saudi Arabia amid Houthi strikes
The attacks killed at least one person and injured eight others at a civilian airport and two people were killed in a drone attack on an oil field.
Growing security threats from Iran and its Houthi proxies, as well as economic pressures, are testing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ability to deliver the stability, prosperity and reform on which his rule depends.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s MBS is facing his greatest challenge
MBS must somehow shore up faith in his promise to build a modern, secure and respected nation.
A neighborhood in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa earlier this month.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2026
Houthi attack on Yemen government camp kills over 50, officials say
It marked the deadliest attack in weeks as fighting escalates after the collapse of a yearslong truce.
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, meets Capt. Smit Machchhar, an Indian national and Flydubai pilot who is under treatment after he was stabbed by his co-pilot, in the United Arab Emirates, in this handout released Oct. 3.
WORLD
Oct 19, 2026
Captain of Flydubai plane describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked
The captain of the Flydubai flight said the scariest thing he felt after his co-pilot began attacking him was the aircraft nose “steeply going down.”
This screenshot taken from CCTV footage played on a screen during a news conference by the Saudi-led coalition in Riyadh on Thursday shows what the coalition says was a Houthi attack on Abha International Airport in Abha, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 7.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2026
Saudi Arabia reports incoming fire as Egypt weighs sending help
Saudi Arabia has faced sustained Houthi missile and drone attacks targeting its oil installations, tankers and transit hubs.
By pushing to delay the next major U.N. climate report, global polluters are trying to weaken international accountability and shield themselves from political pressure ahead of a critical 2028 global progress review.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2026
Petrostates are trying to hijack climate science again
Any delay would reduce pressure on countries to meet their Paris climate agreement goals
Flames are seen at a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of Riyadh on Oct. 3.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 16, 2026
How are Yemen’s Houthis attacking Saudi Arabia so effectively?
Attacks are shattering the illusion of Saudi Arabia as a safe investment hub as it tries to attract foreign money and diversify away from oil.
Smoke billows from the presidential palace complex following an attack by Houthis forces, according to government officials, in Aden, Yemen, on Thursday, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2026
Houthis launch deadly attack on presidential palace in Yemen’s Aden
Yemen’s health minister has said the attack left five people dead and 16 injured “among those working to guard the site and civilian employees.”
Armed Houthi fighters march on the streets of the Jabal Habshi district of Yemen in this frame from a video released on Monday.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2026
Japan raises alert for parts of Saudi Arabia, discouraging nonessential travel
Following the change, the entire country of Saudi Arabia is under Level 2 or higher in the Foreign Ministry’s four-tier travel alert scale.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington in 2025. The crown prince courting Trump has thus far failed to secure direct military intervention.
WORLD
Oct 15, 2026
Saudi crown prince faces Houthi menace in one of his biggest crises
With the Houthis hitting deep inside the kingdom from their base in Yemen, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may find Saudi Arabia has few options.
Japan's Daizen Maeda (left) and Iran's Ramin Rezaeian vie for the ball during the Asian Cup quarterfinals in Al Rayyan, Qatar, in February 2024.
SOCCER
Oct 15, 2026
AFC open to postponing Asian Cup as attacks in Saudi Arabia disrupt sports calendar
A strike on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 300.
Flames burn at a facility belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco south of Riyadh on Oct. 3. In recent weeks, Aramco has come under attack from Houthi authorities while Riyadh is backing Yemen’s internationally recognized government.
WORLD
Oct 14, 2026
Saudi Aramco administrative building attacked, with limited fire reported
The Houthis have been attacking key Saudi sites in retaliation for the kingdom’s backing of government forces in Yemen’s reignited civil war.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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