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Iran says 'deeply concerned about developments in the Arabian Peninsula' after another Houthi attack on Riyadh airport.

Panama has recorded more than 200 aftershocks following Friday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake that damaged hundreds of homes and infrastructure across the country's central provinces, prompting the government to declare a national state of emergency over the weekend. No deaths have been reported, but at least 27 people were injured and nearly 900 homes have been damaged, according to emergency authorities, though the figure could rise as assessments continue in remote communities. The emergency declaration will allow the government to allocate up to US$100 million in relief funds without exceeding its 2026 fiscal deficit target of 3.5 percent of GDP, the economy ministry said. "We have already recorded more than 200 aftershocks, and they are continuing, but their magnitude is decreasing and the intervals between them are getting longer," Nestor Luke, director of the University of Panama's Institute of Geosciences, told Reuters. The US has pledged US$5 million in assistance and is sending a 20-member team to help with rescue operations and infrastructure assessments, US Ambassador Kevin Marino Cabrera said. President Jose Raul Mulino visited affected areas to deliver aid and called for urgent repairs to roads and bridges to facilitate relief efforts. At least 14 bridges were damaged in the provinces of Veraguas and Los Santos. Classes were suspended nationwide on Monday, while the Panama Canal said shipping operations remained unaffected by the earthquake. (Reuters) Edited by Cecil Wong

PARIS (FRANCE) - Eurodeputy Raphael Glucksmann was on Sunday elected the centre-left candidate for next year's French presidential elections, organisers of the vote said, winning comfortably in the first round.

A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, a day after an attack claimed by the Yemeni group killed at least a dozen people and forced authorities to suspend operations there. Saturday's attack, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, was a sharp escalation in the Yemen war, where Riyadh has long militarily supported the internationally recognised government against the Houthis. The Iran-backed group on Sunday claimed multiple attacks over the last 24 hours, including on the airport, and threatened to keep targeting the kingdom's transit hubs, calling them "a theatre of operations for our forces". Hours later, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the group reported that a projectile struck King Khalid International Airport, sparking a fire. Air defences also intercepted a missile nearby, it added. The fresh attack on the airport killed one person – a Pakistani resident – and wounded 11 others, Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said. The wounded "were immediately transferred to several hospitals to receive the necessary medical care," the authority said on X. "The attack also caused property damage, the extent of which is currently being assessed." Authorities have extended the closure of the airport by 24 hours until 2100 GMT on Monday, the tracking site Flightradar24 said on X. AFP journalists and locals reported hearing the sound of multiple blasts in the Saudi capital on Sunday. "The birds went into a frenzy after the sound. The whole house shook," said one resident of the Al-Aarid neighbourhood in the north of the city. The civil aviation authority also reported another attack on Dammam airport in the east – which the Houthis also said they had targeted – a day after the Saudi coalition reported a projectile landing nearby. Shortly afterwards, the coalition reported shooting down a drone, also in the east. The Houthis have stepped up their attacks on the Riyadh airport – where three people were also killed on Thursday – as well as on Saudi oil facilities and tankers in the Red Sea. Although Saudi Arabia has poured billions into its military, Houthi attacks continue to slip through. "Saudi air defences have been able to intercept some Houthi missile and drone attacks, but Saudi Arabia is so large that it's simply impossible for them to consistently defend themselves," said Thomas Juneau, security analyst at Ottawa University. The anti-Houthi coalition called Saturday's attack a "full-fledged war crime" and vowed to "respond decisively". Houthi media reported two Saudi strikes in Yemen's Houthi-controlled Sanaa governorate on Sunday. Saturday's attack drew condemnation from the United Nations and leaders around the world, including US President Donald Trump, who said he was considering joining Saudi strikes against the Houthis. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose country does not have diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, also denounced the "horrific terrorist attack". Four Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshis, one American, one Egyptian, one Jordanian, one Syrian, one Palestinian and one Sudanese were killed, the civil aviation authority said, with 309 people wounded. The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia also said one of its citizens died on Sunday after being wounded the day before. An aviation source said airport radar and communications equipment had been damaged and runways needed to be assessed. (AFP) Edited by Cecil Wong