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21 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 21, 2026.
WatchThe Saudi-led coalition said it also thwarted attacks on Yanbu, Taif, Bisha and Farasan. The Houthis claim they hit 'sensitive sites' in the capital and set 'massive fires' at Aramco facilities. Days earlier, Riyadh accused them of targeting Mecca, and the first civilian was killed inside the kingdom.
WatchCNN geolocated the wreckage to Marib. Saudi Arabia is running low on interceptors and has asked France, Britain, Pakistan and Egypt for help. Tehran's security chief says there will be no talks until Iran's conditions are met.
Air-raid alerts sounded in Islam's holiest city for the first time in the war. Brent crude is above $100, a key Saudi pipeline has reportedly been shut for weeks, and the U.S. told Americans to reconsider travel to the kingdom.
WatchGovernment forces withdrew from the island that splits the Bab el-Mandeb into two shipping lanes, ending an 18-hour blitz that also took Zuqar, Dhubab and Murad. Oil is above $100 and U.S. diesel hit a record $6.05.
The East-West pipeline that let the kingdom pump more than 5 million barrels a day to the Red Sea is closed after a drone attack traced to Iraqi territory, while the Houthis now hold every island in the Bab el-Mandeb and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pressing Trump to strike them.
Government forces called their retreat a 'tactical withdrawal.' Bab al-Mandeb is 18 miles wide at its narrowest, and one analyst says artillery alone could close it.
Saturday's clashes killed more than 60, a day after the deadliest fighting in years. A missile hit a bus between Taiz and Aden, killing six civilians.
The report counts nobody killed in the Caribbean and Pacific boat strikes — roughly 215 people over two years — and arrives after the office that tracks civilian harm shrank from 40 staff to nine.
The strike hit a plant that processes 400,000 barrels of crude a day. A separate Houthi barrage on the Yemeni port of Mocha killed seven people.
WatchA Saudi official told CNN the kingdom has tracked meetings between Iraqi militiamen, Houthi operatives and Iran's Revolutionary Guard, along with the movement of drones and missiles. The warning came a day after the Houthis hit a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden.
It is the sharpest escalation since the de facto truce of April 2022. A Houthi commander claimed 'hundreds' of casualties and told followers to strike Saudi positions 'wherever they may be.'
One crew member is missing from the Liberian-flagged Minoan Pioneer, struck 23 miles off Oman. On the same day, an Indian-flagged ship sank in the Red Sea after an explosive-laden boat rammed it.
Representatives from 43 of 51 invited countries met in Riyadh, but only 14 signed. The UAE and Oman stayed out.
Reuters verified video of a column of smoke over the Red Sea refinery. Saudi air defenses shot down two ballistic missiles aimed at Yanbu, and output at one plant has already been cut.
WatchBrent settled at $100.69 after jumping 6.1% — its first close above $100 since May — as the national gasoline average hit $4.09 a gallon and Wall Street sold off across the board.
The Iran-aligned group said it would bar Saudi ships from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait "an eye for an eye," opening a dangerous new front in the U.S.-Iran war and widening the threat to global energy supplies.
A bulk carrier was attacked off Hodeidah and government forces reported 16 troops killed, raising fears the Houthis are resuming a shipping war they had paused since October.
Global oil markets react to weekend ballistic missile attacks as Iran war spreads beyond its borders for first time.
Yemen's Houthi movement launched a volley of ballistic missiles at Israel on Saturday — the first time since the US-Israel campaign against Iran began — widening the conflict as Kuwait shot down drones and a Saudi oil facility was hit.
Iran-backed militia launches attacks on Israeli territory amid growing concerns about Red Sea shipping disruptions and regional escalation.
Yemen's Iran-backed rebels claimed responsibility for two separate ballistic missile launches targeting southern Israel on Saturday, their first direct military action since the U.S.-Israel war on Iran began February 28.