Sunday, October 11, 2026

• Saudi Arabia: The Civil Aviation Authority announced that 12 people were killed and 309 injured in the attack on King Khalid Airport in Riyadh — among the dead were 4 Saudis and 8 residents including a Sudanese, in addition to an American, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian, a Palestinian and Bangladeshis. (Source: Saudi Civil Aviation Authority via Reuters and CNN Arabic)

• The Houthis today renewed their warning to airlines against using Saudi airports — this is the third attack on the airport in a week. (Source: Reuters)

• Riyadh: The 25th World Petroleum Congress kicked off today. (Source: Reuters, citing the Saudi Ministry of Energy)

• Trump intends to speak with Mohammed bin Salman and is studying Washington joining strikes on the Houthis; the Saudi market fell 1% today. (Source: The Times)

• The Qatar Stock Exchange closed down 1.45% at 8874.73 points; QNB completed a $2.5 billion syndicated loan with the participation of 25 banks. (Source: QNA via Lusail)

• The UAE National Guard rescued 22 crew members of an oil tanker after a fire in Gulf waters yesterday, Saturday. (Source: Reuters)

• Suspension of flights to Riyadh: Emirates, Etihad, Qatar Airways, flydubai, Kuwait Airways and Lufthansa (until October 16) and Air France and KLM (until October 31) — 291 flights cancelled within 24 hours. (Source: Reuters/Gulf News/The Times/FlightAware)

• Kuwait participated in the tenth ministerial meeting of the preparatory committee for the Gulf Economic and Development Affairs Authority in Manama. (Source: KUNA via FANA News)

• Oman: Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Asaad bin Tariq heads to Brussels to lead Oman's delegation at the first Gulf-European summit on Wednesday; a 4.1 earthquake in Duqm with no damage; a tropical storm approaching the Arabian Sea. (Source: Oman News Agency via Al-Watan)

• Reactions to the Riyadh attack: Qatar condemned it (a grave violation of sovereignty), and the UAE, Egypt, Palestine and the Muslim World League announced solidarity; Rubio condemned it and confirmed the death of a US citizen. (Source: CNN)

— Editorial Team