Saudi Arabia comes under Houthi attack as US pulls personnel; Kyiv hit after Moscow signals talks
An attack on Dammam's King Fahd airport and a US order for personnel to leave Saudi Arabia marked a sharp escalation in the Saudi–Houthi war, while Russian missiles struck Kyiv hours after the Kremlin said it was ready to resume talks. Paris banned protests in parts of the city amid France's worst street unrest in years, and Ebola reached West Africa for the first time.
An attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam killed one person and injured eight early on Thursday. On Wednesday the US State Department ordered personnel to leave Saudi Arabia, saying the Houthis have 'increasingly engaged in hostilities' against the kingdom. Yemen held a mass funeral in Aden for 75 recruits killed in a Houthi missile strike on a training camp, and Macron made a surprise visit to Riyadh.
Russian missiles struck Kyiv overnight, wounding six people and sending residents into shelters, Ukrainian authorities said. The Kremlin had said on Wednesday it was ready to resume three-way talks with the US and Ukraine in mid-November, after Putin met US envoy Steve Witkoff. Zelensky proposed freezing the front line as a first step, while Moscow pushes for a Trump-Putin-Xi summit excluding Kyiv and the EU.
French police banned protests in parts of Paris on Thursday after some of the worst street unrest in years. Talks between Prime Minister Lecornu and unions collapsed on Wednesday and CGT leader Sophie Binet called for strikes. French 10-year bond yields rose above 5% for the first time in 24 years.
Health officials say Nigeria's first Ebola case matches the Bundibugyo strain behind DR Congo's deadliest outbreak, which has now reached West Africa for the first time. The patient is the wife of a diplomat based in Abuja who had holidayed in Kampala.
Oxfam says water, gas and fresh food are running out in Taiz, a city of more than 900,000, after Houthi forces largely encircled it. Heavy fighting this week around the old airport has damaged a densely populated residential area.
President Nayib Bukele said Haitian gangs were holding four Salvadoran members of a UN-backed security force hostage. He said he had launched a military operation to bring them back unharmed.
Qatari and French leaders called for freedom of navigation to be restored in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a new 'offensive and asymmetrical' doctrine means they would invade any country that attacks Iran. Iran's enriched uranium re-emerged as a point of contention in talks.