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Friday 23 October 2026
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Saudi aviation authorities said a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident were killed and eight people injured at King Fahd International Airport. The energy ministry said debris from an intercepted drone killed two workers at the Shaybah oil field.
Iran's foreign minister told Iraqi television that indirect talks with Washington continue through Pakistan and Qatar and that the US had accepted Tehran's conditions but wanted to add more. The US Treasury Secretary said no oil loadings had been seen at Iran's Kharg Island since August.
Speaking at the Global Security Forum in Doha, Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy, said the oil-for-security bargain was "transitioning" and that US ground fighting on Saudi Arabia's behalf against the Houthis would be "fruitless".
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said RAF Typhoon jets would conduct defensive air operations over Saudi Arabia but would not strike targets in Yemen. Saudi forces said they intercepted a Houthi missile and a drone aimed at Riyadh on Tuesday.
Saudi civil defence said a Houthi projectile hit a residential area of Najran. The Saudi-led coalition blamed a technical fault for a helicopter crash that the Houthis say they caused, and Egypt's parliament delayed a vote on military support for Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh residents received a phone alert about a 'hostile aerial threat'. The US Embassy urged Americans to take extreme caution at Saudi airports.
