Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh

 At least 12 people have been killed and 309 injured in an attack on an airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh, local authorities say.

The deaths included four Saudis, two people from Bangladesh and one person each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civil aviation authority said. Operations at King Khalid International Airport have been suspended.

A Saudi-led military coalition later vowed to respond to the attack, which it blamed on the Houthis and called a "war crime". The Houthis said they were behind strikes on the airport on Thursday that killed three people and damaged a plane, but did not immediately take responsibility for the attacks on Saturday.

Fighting has recently escalated between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthis, who control most of the country. Saturday's attack was the deadliest in the kingdom since May 2015. As well as the strikes on Riyadh's airport, a projectile also fell near King Fahd International Airport in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition said.

The attacks come a day after authorities said three Saudis including a pilot were killed in two attacks on the airport by the Iran-backed Houthis the day prior. Another three people were killed in Houthi attacks on two Saudi airports on 6 and 7 October.

In Saturday's statement, the Saudi civil aviation authority said some of the injured were "in critical condition".It said damage to the airport was being assessed.

An eyewitness who said they had been in the domestic terminal told the news agency that they had seen gate 401 hit and "injured [people] in front of my eyes", adding: "Everyone was running." More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to the airport, according to news agency Reuters, citing an eyewitness.

Saudi-led coalition spokesman Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki later said the attack on one of the passenger terminals resulted in deaths and injuries among civilian passengers and airport staff.

He described the attack as a "full-fledged war crime". US Secretary of State Marco Rubio strongly condemned recent attacks on Saudi Arabia as he confirmed an American citizen was killed in the strikes.

When later asked by reporters whether the US planned to join Saudi Arabia in carrying out strikes against the Houthis, President Donald Trump said: "We may. We're going to look at it. We just found out about the recent attack, so we'll make a decision. We move very quickly."

The UN special envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, warned that the latest attacks against Saudi Arabia "represent a grave escalation" and also "pose a serious threat to regional security". The attacks were also condemned by Egypt, Palestine and Qatar.

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Russian glide bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia kills at least 20 people

 Russia has attacked the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with five glide bombs, killing at least 20 people including four children, local officials said.

The glide bombs hit residential buildings in the southern city on Saturday morning. At least 32 others were injured in the attack, with more still missing and believed to be under the rubble.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks on Zaporizhzhia were Russia expressing "its thanks" for a deal announced by US President Donald Trump last night easing sanctions on Moscow to import Russian diesel.

He added that 13 other regions had come under attack overnight, arguing this demonstrated Russia took "any easing of pressure to mean they can keep fighting".

Photos and videos from the site of one of the strikes in Zaporizhzhia show an apartment block mostly destroyed.

"The ground floor was hit, and the floors above just collapsed," acting Mayor Regina Harchenko told Ukrainian television from the scene.

She said more than 80 workers were involved in ongoing search and rescue operations which are expected to continue throughout the day.

The rescuers regularly stop to listen for any noises made by survivors who could be under the rubble.

Harchenko said Russia had struck at "our very heart" and "our littlest ones" were among those killed, adding that their deaths were "awful grief for their families. For the city."

Zaporizhzhia is a major regional centre with more than 700,000 residents. It is located less than 10 miles (16km) from the front line and is frequently attacked by Russian drones and missiles.

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'Time for Ukraine to get new president,' says Trump after Zelensky condemns diesel deal

 US President Donald Trump has said he thinks "it's time for Ukraine to get a new president" as he responded to Volodymyr Zelensky's criticism of the US diesel deal with Russia.

The Ukrainian president warned a new deal to release millions of tonnes of Russian diesel into the US would provide Moscow with money to continue its war against his nation, calling it a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump told reporters outside the White House on Saturday that Zelensky "wants to make problems for the world" by continuing to authorise attacks on Russian refineries. "He'd better damn well stop," Trump said, before suggesting Ukraine should "get a new leader who can make a deal".

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 the country has been under martial law, meaning elections are suspended. Global fuel supplies, including diesel, have been severely limited by the war against Iran launched by the US and Israel, which led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil products usually flows.

Russia - a major producer - and Ukraine have recently intensified their strikes on each other's energy infrastructure and transport facilities, further straining energy markets.

"We said, 'you can do whatever you want to Russia, don't hit the refineries', because that's a world problem that's caused," Trump continued. "He could have made many deals and for some reason, he never does."

Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev described Trump's intervention as "iconic and historic", saying that Ukraine "needs leadership actually focused on peace".

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Nearly thirteen hundred years ago today, a desperate battle saved Europe from becoming Islamic.

 Today in History: Christians “Manfully” Save France from Islam

At Tours, “the men of the north stood as motionless as a wall, as they slew the Arab with the sword.”

Nearly thirteen hundred years ago today, a desperate battle saved Europe from becoming Islamic. And it took place in France, which now houses Western Europe’s largest Muslim population. That story is instructive—in more ways than one. Precisely one century after the death of Islam’s prophet Muhammad in 632 AD — a century which had seen the conquest of 2/3s of Christendom, including Syria, Egypt, North Africa, and Spain — the scimitar of Islam found itself in the heart of Europe in 732 AD, facing that continent’s chief military power, the Franks. After the Muslim hordes, which reportedly numbered 80,000 men, had ravaged most of southwestern France, slaughtering and enslaving countless victims and desecrating and plundering countless churches, they met and clashed with 30,000 Frankish warriors under the leadership of Charles Martel, somewhere between Poitiers and Tours, on October 10. FULL ARTICLE AT: https://raymondibrahim.substack.com/p/today-in-history-christians-manfully?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6873559&post_id=219204599&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1v9n4o&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The Energy Crisis Escalates: The Dual Threat Of More War In The Middle East And Hurricane Isaias Damaging U.S. Refineries In The Gulf Is Pushing Oil Prices Even Higher

 

The Energy Crisis Escalates: The Dual Threat Of More War In The Middle East And Hurricane Isaias Damaging U.S. Refineries In The Gulf Is Pushing Oil Prices Even Higher

Just when it seemed like we had hit a period of relative calm, global events are starting to accelerate again. Within the past 24 hours, there have been a couple of absolutely enormous developments. First of all, Tropical Storm Isaias has become Hurricane Isaias and we are being told that it will make landfall along the Gulf Coast. That is potentially a major problem because the Gulf Coast accounts for over 50 percent of the crude oil refining capacity in the United States. If any of that capacity is taken offline for an extended period of time, that will drive fuel prices substantially higher.

The Cross in the Crosshairs

Christian Persecution Is Rising Around the World

I was recently having a conversation with someone who is churched, but certainly biblically illiterate. We were discussing the growing deception and the groundwork being laid for the beast system infrastructure. When I referenced the beast system, this person began talking in terms as though he would be here when this system is in full force. The conversation then turned to the timing of the Rapture. Now this is one of the frustrations I deal with on a daily basis. People provide their interpretation of Scripture that is based on either 1.) their feelings and emotions or 2.) someone else’s flawed interpretation.

Mourning And Miracles: God’s Hand On Israel In Difficult Times and Amazing Times

 

Mourning And Miracles: God’s Hand On Israel In Difficult Times and Amazing Times

(Galilee, Israel) — Yesterday marked the three-year anniversary of the day that approximately 1,200 people were slaughtered by Gazan terrorists in southern Israel. On that horrific October 7, entire families were executed. Young women were subjected to horrific sexual violence and then murdered. Bodies were mutilated and decapitated. The head of one murdered soldier was reportedly found in an ice cream freezer in Gaza more than two months after the attack. An ambulance carrying wounded people was set ablaze, leaving some victims almost entirely unidentifiable. And that is just the beginning of the vile wickedness that took place on what began as a peaceful Saturday morning.

FROM BURNING MAN TO THE BEAST SYSTEM: How Neo-Paganism and Silicon Valley Are Shaping the Last-Days World

Something is happening in our culture that I believe Christians need to understand, especially those of us watching the convergence of events Scripture says will characterize the last days. For years, when we have taught Revelation 13, we have talked about the eventual emergence of a system capable of controlling commerce, identifying individuals, enforcing allegiance, and preventing those who refuse the Beast from buying or selling. Previous generations believed those passages because God’s Word said they would happen, even though they could not fully understand how such worldwide control could be implemented.

No Renewed Attack on Iran Before Election Day, Trump Says

 

Far-left Jewish Professor Says ‘Hitler Solved the Jewish Question’; Oct 7 Families Have Painful Conversation; Hamas Claims Victory

Is Israel or Iran a Bigger Threat to the US? El-Sayed's Answer Read Now POLLARD: Liberman’s Jordanian Plan is a Recipe for Disaster Read Now WATCH: Far-left Jewish Professor Says ‘Hitler Solved the Jewish Question’ Watch Now Hamas Claims Victory Despite Israel’s Control of 70% of Gaza Strip Read Now No Renewed Attack on Iran Before Election Day, Trump Says Read Now

US Issues Security Alert as Israel Braces for Renewed Iran War

 

WATCH: Shot at Nova, Survived RPG, Lost Son in Gaza; Iron Dome Makes History in America; Rock Music Helps Oct. 7 Survivors Heal; IDF Demolishes Murderer’s Home

'Goebbels is Applauding from Hell': Jew-Hating Judge Wins Nobel Prize WATCH: Shot at Nova, Survived RPG, Lost Son in Gaza – October 7 Voices US Issues Security Alert as Israel Braces for Renewed Iran War WATCH: Abdul El-Sayed Calls Israel, Iran Both ‘Kind of Dangerous’ IDF Officer Killed, 3 Wounded in Military Vehicle Accident

Young Oct. 7 Survivors Heal Through Rock Music

Three Saudi nationals killed in Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport

 Three Saudi Arabian nationals have been killed in two attacks on the international airport in the capital, Riyadh, the country's civil aviation authority has said, after Yemen's Houthis said they had targeted the facility.

The attacks also resulted in "injuries to a number of Saudi citizens and residents of various nationalities", the General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a statement on X.

It added that the first attack on Thursday targeted the airport while the second had struck an aircraft belonging to state carrier Saudia.

One of its pilots was among those killed, the airline said in a statement. Air traffic had returned to normal, the civil aviation authority said. Yemen's Houthi group said on Thursday it had attacked the airport with two ballistic missiles.

The Iran-aligned group said it had also targeted an airport in Najran city near the Saudi border with Yemen, and Khamis Mushait air base further north. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed these attacks.

The latest casualties follow the deaths of three people in Houthi attacks on two Saudi airports on 6 and 7 October.

Two were killed and 28 wounded in an attack at Abha International Airport, the civil aviation body said on Wednesday. Another person was killed at King Khalid airport in Riyadh.

The latest attacks come amid a marked escalation in renewed fighting between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthis, who control most of the country's north-west.

The Houthi military spokesman said the previous two attacks on Saudi Arabia's airports were in "response to the Saudi aggression against our country" that saw "60 air strikes and missile attacks in the past 24 hours".

The group says it is targeting Saudi Arabia over its support for government forces in Yemen's civil war.

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Analysis: Trump's shock Russia deal highlights mounting pressure to curb fuel prices

 Donald Trump's decision to import Russian fuel to the US represents a remarkable about-face from the president.

Just three weeks ago, Trump signed legislation to authorise fresh American sanctions and tariffs on nations that import Russian oil and gas.

Now, Trump says, Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel to the US and world markets in the coming months.

The deal comes as Trump is still grappling with the political fallout of the Iran war and its impact on global energy prices, weeks before American voters head to the polls in the midterm elections.

As the cost of fuel has skyrocketed in America, his standing with the public – stung by the higher prices at the pump and knock-on effects that led to across-the board inflation – has soured.

The toll the war is taking has been acutely felt by US agricultural states, which rely heavily on diesel to operate farming machinery and to transport their products to market.

It is these states – places like Iowa, Kansas, Texas and Ohio – that have become unexpected political battlegrounds in the upcoming elections that will determine if Republicans maintain control of Congress.

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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin

 Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelensky has condemned Donald Trump's announcement of a deal to import Russian diesel into the US.

Zelensky called it a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin that amounts to "an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged".

Trump said Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately "to the American and global marketplace" followed by 500,000 tonnes in November and another million after that.

It is understood the US Treasury is suspending sanctions on Russian diesel exports until 7 April as part of the deal, but other assets like those in American banks are still frozen.

In his Truth Social post, Trump added that a further three million tonnes of Russian diesel would be delivered "within a short period", dependent on the condition of its refineries, which have been attacked by Ukraine.

Putin later said Russia, which introduced a ban on diesel exports earlier this year, was willing to supply both the US and global markets with oil and petroleum products, but his statement did not specify amounts.

In a post on social media, Zelensky said Russia would repay the diesel with "further terror".

"We count on America's fair support for our defence of life, for our defence of people in Ukraine – and on the United States having a correspondingly strong conversation with Russia. A strong one, not a weak one," he wrote.

Analysts, however, have questioned whether Russia is capable of providing that quantity of diesel and the extent to which doing so will ease prices for American consumers.

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