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The latest in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia229 developments
Riyadh's King Khalid airport was hit twice over the weekend, and the Houthis claimed a third strike on Monday evening; the coalition said it destroyed that missile. Saturday's strike killed at least 18 and injured over 300; Sunday's killed a Pakistani. The airport will stay shut until Saturday evening, and Saudi Arabia is probing its air-defence failures. Reuters reported that public warnings had stopped days earlier. The energy minister vowed a 'serious' response; the WSJ says Riyadh is short of interceptors.
The Gulf set the tone on Monday. The Houthis claimed a third missile strike on Riyadh's main airport after two deadly weekend attacks, and Saudi Arabia promised to respond. Iran's Guards said they hit a tanker near Hormuz. Oil fell for a time after Trump announced a Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire, but Brent was back near $107 as shipping through the strait stayed far below normal.
Energy ran through the other big stories too. Moscow never confirmed Trump's truce, and Republicans broke with him over his deal to sell Russian diesel. In the US, federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's home. Elsewhere, Pakistan's federal government took over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Imran Khan's party, and thousands marched on India's Supreme Court.
Iran war effects on oil market · 84 developments
Iran's Guards said they hit a supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night and set it ablaze, and said they were targeting ships in an alleged US-UAE oil shuttle. The Petro Dolphin burned off Oman, with two Indian crew missing. The WSJ says flows through the strait fell from 22.8 million barrels a day on Thursday to 2 million on Saturday. Brent rose to near $107, and OPEC+ ministers said shipping and insurance now top a third of crude's value.
From Al Jazeera, Reuters, Associated Press, The Hindu and 4 more
Russia-Ukraine peace talks prospects · 180 developments
Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an 'energy ceasefire', but Zelensky said it was news to him and that Russian drones hit a Kharkiv power plant. He said Ukraine held fire on Russian energy overnight while Russia hit six Ukrainian energy sites, and that it was 'increasingly evident' Moscow wouldn't accept the truce. Trump said there were violations 'from both sides'. The Kremlin had not answered by day's end.
From Meduza, NPR, Suspilne, The Guardian · World and 4 more
US-Russia diesel supply deal · 46 developments
After a call with Putin, Trump said Russia will supply diesel to US and global markets under a Treasury sanctions licence running to April 7, 2027. Merz said Germany won't follow and sanctions must tighten, and several Republican lawmakers publicly opposed the deal. Trump defended it, citing $250bn of EU energy payments to Russia. Reuters reported that US envoys told Ukrainian officials it aims to draw Russia back to talks. Russia's Novak said firms are negotiating, with up to 3.5 million tonnes a month possible.
From Fox News, Топор Live, Meduza
HSI raid on Ilhan Omar's home · 25 developments
Federal agents, including Homeland Security Investigations, searched the Minnesota Democrat's home in a pre-dawn raid on Monday, and the Justice Department confirmed an ongoing criminal investigation. Fox News reported it concerns immigration paperwork. Omar called it 'an attempt to target political enemies'; the DOJ said it approved the warrant, and House Democratic leaders condemned a 'rogue abuse of power'. Trump said he had 'nothing to do with it' and called her 'totally crooked'.
From Fox News, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Reuters and 4 more
India's Cockroach Janata Party voter-roll protests · 50 developments
Thousands of opposition supporters and student groups marched in Delhi on Monday, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar quit over alleged vote fraud. Rahul Gandhi said the capital was effectively 'in jail' under the security lockdown. Delhi closed six metro stations and ended Jantar Mantar's status as a designated protest site, after thousands were detained over the weekend. YouTuber Dhruv Rathee said he was abducted and held for nearly 24 hours.
From BBC World, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera, Insider Paper
Pakistan emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa · 8 developments
President Asif Ali Zardari declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday and suspended the provincial government led by Imran Khan's PTI. The federal government says the province failed to tackle Islamist militancy on the Afghan border. On Monday a junior interior minister said the provincial chief minister and some cabinet members had been detained, and police told AFP hundreds of PTI members were held as the protests faltered.
From The Guardian · World, Reuters, The Hindu, AFP
A Saturday air strike on a Sudanese gold mine near Egypt killed 72, a rights group says; a medical group says 13. The EU adopted nearly 1,600 new Russia sanctions listings, Kallas's biggest expansion since the war began, over half tied to ballistic missiles. A cyberattack heated fridges to 50°C at 150-200 Intermarché and nearly 100 Coopérative U stores, spoiling food and sparking some fires. The EU and China agreed to cap Chinese hybrid car exports to the bloc at 350,000 a year, halving China's market share.
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16:00 · Reuters
Houthis claim third strike on Riyadh airport; Saudi Arabia vows 'serious' response
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia18:40 · Reuters
Houthis claim third strike on Riyadh airport; Saudi Arabia vows 'serious' response
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia19:00 · Associated Press
Houthis claim third strike on Riyadh airport; Saudi Arabia vows 'serious' response
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia23:45 · Reuters
Houthis claim third strike on Riyadh airport; Saudi Arabia vows 'serious' response
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia15:05 · Reuters
Iran's Guards hit tankers near Hormuz as oil flows through the strait collapse
Iran war effects on oil market15:20 · Associated Press
Iran's Guards hit tankers near Hormuz as oil flows through the strait collapse
Iran war effects on oil market20:25 · Reuters
Iran's Guards hit tankers near Hormuz as oil flows through the strait collapse
Iran war effects on oil market12:41 · Associated Press
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home in criminal investigation
HSI raid on Ilhan Omar's home13:06 · Bloomberg
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home in criminal investigation
HSI raid on Ilhan Omar's home13:53 · Reuters
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home in criminal investigation
HSI raid on Ilhan Omar's home16:05 · Associated Press
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home in criminal investigation
HSI raid on Ilhan Omar's home07:00 · Reuters
Pakistan suspends Imran Khan's party government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under emergency rule
Pakistan emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa09:00 · Associated Press
Airstrike on Sudan-Egypt border gold mine08:40 · Reuters
EU 22nd Russia sanctions package15:05 · Reuters
Cyberattack on French supermarket chainsX mostly watched the Riyadh airport carnage through a sectarian and "Karma" lens, Reddit argued over Saudi incompetence and whether to join the war, and 4chan barely mentioned the airport at all, filing it under oil prices and its usual partisan fight.
@AdityaRajKaul · @MarioNawfal · @TheInsiderPaper +1
Shocked, sectarian, gloating in places, grim in others
Saudi exported violent philosophy to the world. Facing karma now!
Muslim vs Muslim, Religion of peace 🕊️ killing each other for ultimate goal 💥😎.
Awful crime Those are pilgrims
r/Conservative · r/worldnews
Dry, sardonic, debating strategy
This just goes to show how incompetent the Saudi Arabia military is. They're the highest spenders on defense in the region, they spend 21% of their GDP on Defense.
No, this is in fact a second front in the same war, one which was left to fester for far too long. If we end up bombing the Houthis anyway, I gotta wonder why we didn't start doing so months ago
Not saying we should get involved this time since we still have an unresolved Iran at this time.
/news/
Partisan and off-subject
X spun the attack into sectarian and karmic talk about Saudi and Pakistan, with pilgrims at the centre, while Reddit's thread on Trump's possible strikes turned it into a debate about Saudi military competence and whether America should join. 4chan's few posts ignored the airport and talked oil prices and Trump.
Saudi Arabia is reaping what it sowed, by funding jihadist ideology abroad and bombing Yemen for a decade, so the Houthi strike is payback.
This is Muslims killing Muslims, Shia against Sunni or 'Islam versus Islam', and the hypocrisy of the religion is the story.
Civilians, many of them Umrah pilgrims about to board flights, were slaughtered at an airport, and whoever did it has crossed a line.
The Saudi army is a palace-guard force of lazy officers that spent billions on air defence and still got hit, so it can't fight its own war.
This is a new front of a war that's been festering too long; Washington should either bomb the Houthis or keep out of a third Gulf fight it can't win.
Most-liked posts and ranked replies, heavy on Indian and Pakistani accounts and on ✓ accounts, with many replies off-topic about Saudi-Pakistan ties or Islam in general.
Only two threads and a small number of top comments; they are about US military options as much as the airport.
The threads were about the East-West pipeline and gasoline prices, and their comments are about Trump and US politics; none on the airport strike, so this platform gets no camps.
How each outlet put “Houthis claim third strike on Riyadh airport; Saudi Arabia vows 'serious' response”, in the order they posted. Bias tracking will score each one; for now, read them side by side.
“Saudi-led coalition says Houthi missile launched towards Khamis Mushait intercepted Saudi-led coalition says Houthi missile launched towards Khamis Mushait intercepted The Saudi-led coalition said a ballistic missile…”
“Iran’s FM urges diplomacy in call with Saudi counterpart Tehran offers to facilitate talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis following deadly strikes on the kingdom.”
“The US State Department has urged Americans to exercise “extreme caution” when travelling through major airports in Saudi Arabia following renewed attacks on facilities in Riyadh as well as Dammam. 🔴 LIVE updates:”
“Riyadh airport hit by fresh Houthi strike day after deadly attack The fresh attack on the airport killed one person — a Pakistani resident — and wounded 11 others, Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said on X.”
“Iran ‘deeply concerned’ over escalation between Houthis, Saudi Arabia Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it is ready to help facilitate dialogue, after 14 people died in two days of Houthi strikes on Riyadh’s airport”
“⚡️Саудовская Аравия обратилась к Пакистану за помощью с ПВО, — The Wall Street Journal. Королевству не хватает систем для перехвата ракет и дронов хуситов. Эр-Рияд также рассматривает привлечение иностранных бойцов для…”Every post from 40 newsrooms and channels on Bluesky, RSS, Telegram and X, in whatever language it’s in.
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