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

Republican and Democratic US senators called on President Donald Trump on Sunday to "reverse course" on his diesel supply deal with Russia, saying it runs counter to US law barring imports of energy until Russia ends its aggression against Ukraine. "Congress explicitly banned Russian energy imports in 2022 to prevent American dollars from financing (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine," the seven senators – four of Trump's fellow Republicans and three Democrats – said in a statement. They also said that the administration failed to consult with Congress or submit any explanation of its decision, something also required by law. "The United States should not provide Putin with a financial lifeline while Russia continues to kill Ukrainian civilians. The Administration must immediately reverse course," the statement said. It was only the latest bipartisan criticism of Trump's deal, a shift from his party's near-unanimous support for Trump's foreign policy decision weeks before November 3 midterm elections that will determine whether his Republicans will retain their control of Congress. It was issued by Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Curtis of Utah and Democrats Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ron Wyden of Oregon. Tillis had said earlier on Sunday that the diesel deal may be illegal and would put American lives at risk. Trump said on Friday that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets, and his administration temporarily lifted US sanctions on Russian fuel designed to deprive Moscow of revenue for its war on Ukraine. “I do believe there's a legitimate case for saying the president's not following the law,” Tillis, who is retiring from the Senate in January, told NBC's "Meet the Press." Prices for diesel – used for agriculture, heating homes and trucking – are near record highs and could hurt Republicans in next month's congressional elections. Analysts have said that Trump's agreement with Moscow was unlikely to lead to sustained lower fuel prices. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Sunday that the Trump administration will follow through with the deal using existing legal authority, and the agreement was good for the American people and would bring prices down. "We're going to do it with all the legal authorities we have. So, you know, anyone in Congress who says whether it's an old bill or the current Lindsey Graham bill (that) prohibits us from doing it is wrong," Bessent told "Fox & Friends." Trump last month signed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill into law, called the "Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026," to honour the South Carolina Republican and longtime Russia hawk who died in July. Mike Pence, Trump's former vice president, called his decision to lift sanctions on Russian oil a "betrayal" of Graham’s legacy and urged the president to "rescind" it. As Trump's poll numbers have cratered, congressional Republicans have increasingly distanced themselves from the president, on matters ranging from the conflict in Iran to the trade war with Canada. But the Senate's ⁠No. 2 Republican, John Barrasso of Wyoming, defended the diesel pact, telling CBS' "Face the Nation" that Trump is focused on bringing costs down. "The president is balancing and has to make tough decisions," Barrasso said. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in a call on Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made it clear that the diesel deal "is in direct opposition to the efforts of Ukraine, Canada, and our allies to create peace and stability in Europe," his office said in a statement. (Reuters) Edited by Cecil Wong

Saudi authorities say a Pakistani national was killed and several people injured in a second strike on Riyadh’s Airport.

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