Houthi rebels threatened a "swift and painful" response against U.S. interests across the Middle East on Monday if President Donald Trump joins Saudi military strikes against the group, AFP reported.
"If the US becomes involved in the aggression against Yemen, we will not deliberate over the decision to respond, rather, there will be a swift and painful response targeting the US and all its interests in the region," Houthi political bureau member Mohammed Al Bukhaiti told the European news agency.
Bukhaiti also warned "all employees and workers at Saudi oil facilities and airports to stay away from these sites, as they have become legitimate targets".
The threats followed the group's deadly attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which killed at least 13 people and wounded hundreds more.
Trump condemned the Riyadh attack Monday, stating it was unacceptable.
"The Houthis are misbehaving very badly. They're misbehaving very badly. No good," the president told reporters at the White House.
Trump, who described the airport attack as "not acceptable," also confirmed that he had spoken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Meanwhile, explosions were again reported over Riyadh on Monday night, with the Saudi-led coalition saying it had intercepted a Houthi missile. The Houthis claimed another attack on the airport.
Bukhaiti had also told AFP the attacks were intended to warn the crown prince "that he can no longer wage aggression against Yemen from a safe position."
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Oil prices fell in early morning trading in Asia on Tuesday after surging nearly $2 per barrel the day before, Reuters reported.
Investors weighed supply disruptions threatened by attacks on Saudi Arabia against the potential influx of Russian diesel.
Brent crude dropped 61 cents, or 0.57%, to $106.04 a barrel by midnight GMT after closing Monday at $106.65, its highest mark since Sept. 15.
Meanwhile, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude slipped 47 cents, or 0.5%, to $93.27.
An agreement between President Donald Trump and Russia would allow Russian diesel to reach international markets, alongside a temporary U.S. waiver of sanctions on Russian fuel.
{{#rendered}}Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander-in-chief, Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, warned foreign nations Monday against interfering in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.
"No extra-regional power has the right to threaten, maintain a hegemonic presence, or interfere in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf," Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said, according to the IRGC.
A growing number of empty supertankers are avoiding the Persian Gulf following recent Iranian attacks on regional maritime infrastructure, Bloomberg reported Monday.
Citing tanker-tracking data, the outlet reported that at least 10 supertankers and multiple Suezmax vessels have halted their journeys or diverted from Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, a key oil hub used to transfer crude oil outside the Strait of Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia has launched an investigation into why its air defenses failed to intercept a barrage of Houthi missiles and drones that struck Riyadh’s international airport, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 300, The Associated Press reported Monday.
Citing officials, the outlet said initial findings signal the Houthis launched multiple drones to overwhelm the system before firing a mix of cruise and ballistic missiles at King Khalid International Airport.
The probe is focused on blind spots after the Houthi weapons traveled more than 620 miles to reach the capital without an early warning.
According to one official, the attack posed a significant challenge to the kingdom's U.S.-made Patriot missile defense systems because the Houthis have advanced weapons equipped with warheads capable of changing direction midflight.
{{#rendered}}A 14-year-old boy was killed and 24 students and teachers were injured on Monday when unexploded Hezbollah ordnance detonated during a hike near Israel's northern border with Lebanon, The Times of Israel reported.
The Israel Defense Forces said the explosive was a cluster munition left over from a Hezbollah rocket attack.
Investigators said a student picked up the munition and placed it in a backpack before it exploded minutes later. Police offered a conflicting account, saying it detonated in the boy's hands.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cleared his schedule to visit the injured in hospital, while Israeli officials moved to suspend school hikes near the northern border.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected Britain’s claims on Monday linking Tehran to September's terror plot targeting RAF Fairford, calling the accusations "unfounded."
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham had said that the plot was "highly likely" coordinated in Iran and "almost certainly" directed by the Revolutionary Guards during an address to the British Parliament.
Tehran argued that London relied on speculative language without providing evidence, accusing the U.K. of attempting to distract from its role in U.S.-Israeli military actions against Iran, Iran International reported.
OpenAI annnounced Oct. 8 that it had disrupted a covert Iranian influence operation that used artificial intelligence to generate social media comments, fabricate journalist personas and pitch articles to global media outlets.
Using English and Persian, the actors used ChatGPT to create stories and pitches focused on the U.S.-Iran and Israel-Iran conflicts.
OpenAI said in a statement that it assigned the campaign a score of 4 on its six-point influence operation scale, pointing to its success in getting AI-generated content published in mainstream and syndicated news outlets.
Between July 2025 and October 2026, the operation successfully placed nearly 100 articles under fictitious bylines — such as "Noah Lamington" and "Sophia Gonzalez" — in publications including International Policy Digest, Eurasia Review and Common Dreams.
{{#rendered}}The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said Monday it destroyed ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-aligned group as fighting between the two sides continued.
“Interception and destruction of two ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards Khamis Mushait,” Col. Turki Al-Maliki, the coalition's official spokesman, said on X.
Earlier Monday, coalition forces also said they had destroyed another missile launched by the Houthis toward Riyadh.
President Donald Trump did not rule out further military action against Iran on Monday, downplaying Tehran's military capabilities while predicting the war would end soon and oil prices would plunge.
Asked by a reporter whether the U.S. would take action against Iran after Britain and its allies linked Tehran to the terror plot at RAF Fairford, Trump said Washington would see.
“We're going to see,” Trump told reporters outside the White House, before adding, “There's plenty of action... When you say action against Iran. They have no Navy. They have no air force right there. Inflation now is 301%.”
Trump also predicted a swift end to the war, saying oil prices would then fall sharply.
“As soon as the war with Iran ends, which will be very soon with Iran, the oil will drop like a rock, and it's going to end very soon,” Trump said.
President Donald Trump confirmed a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday while sharply criticizing recent Houthi strikes on regional targets.
Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn, Trump criticized ongoing Houthi attacks in the region.
“The Houthis are misbehaving,” Trump said before departing the White House Monday for Joint Base Andrews. “They're misbehaving very badly.”
Turning to Tehran, Trump reaffirmed his administration’s position: “I just know Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and that's now happened. They're never going to have a nuclear weapon.”
{{#rendered}}The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said it received a report that a tanker was struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
“A verified source has reported that a Products Tanker has been struck by an unknown projectile whilst conducting an outbound transit,” the maritime authority said on X.
Authorities are investigating, and ships have been advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a 38-year-old Iranian professional mountaineer, Human Rights for Sport said.
The group said Iranian security forces had raided Ali Sina Mostafavi’s home in April and beat him.
Branch 1 of the Kerman Revolutionary Court had originally sentenced Mostafavi to death.
“His sentence was confirmed on 28/09/2026 by Branch 41 of the Supreme Court,” the rights group said on Facebook.
“He has a history of climbing several peaks in Iran, as well as climbing the peaks of Island Peak and Kalapatar in Nepal, and has also attempted to climb Ama Dablam,” the group added.
Mostafavi's case is part of a broader crackdown on prominent Iranian athletes following widespread protests.
Saudi aviation authorities extended the shutdown of King Khalid International Airport (RUH) through Oct. 17 on Monday following a series of deadly missile and drone strikes targeting the capital’s main airport.
The official Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) extends the suspension of flight operations as civil aviation inspectors and security forces assess damage and work to restore airspace safety across the region.
“The closure impacts nearly 700 flights per day,” Flightradar24 said on X.
The decision comes after a weekend of escalating violence, including a Houthi strike Saturday that killed 13 people and injured more than 300, followed by another strike Sunday that killed one person.
{{#rendered}}British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that the September terror plot targeting RAF Fairford was highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran and "almost certainly" directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
“We will not tolerate these threats on our soil,” Burnham said Monday in parliament.
“We will crack down on Iran's use of criminal networks, using our full range of powers to target them and their funding streams, and we will bring further sanctions to restrict the capacity of Iran and the IRGC to do us harm,” he added.
The remarks came as the United States, Britain and other allies condemned Iran in a joint statement.
“The UK has also concluded this event demonstrates the IRGC’s continued willingness to project hostile activity beyond its borders through covert networks and proxy actors.”
“Any attempt by Iran to threaten, silence, intimidate, harass, harm, or coerce people on our territories through proxies or any other means is unacceptable,” the statement said.
Iran's ambassador to Britain, Seyed Ali Mousavi, denied Tehran's involvement in the suspected plot targeting air base after being summoned to the British Foreign Office on Monday.
Iran has deployed combat and support units along its borders to ensure security, according to Iranian state media.
Brig. Gen. Ali Jahanshahi, commander of the Iranian Army Ground Forces, announced the deployment in an Oct. 10 interview with Mehr News Agency, the semiofficial, state-sponsored news outlet.
"The bulk of the ground force units are stationed on the borders of the northwest, west, southwest, east, northeast and southeast of the country, especially on the Makran coast, and by God's grace they enjoy very good readiness," Jahanshahi claimed.
According to Mehr, the forces positioned along the borders include special forces, rapid reaction, special operations, mechanized and artillery units, all backed by operational support.
Jahanshahi said that Tehran had taken "significant measures" to overhaul its defenses following joint strikes by Israel and the United States in 2025.
"We revised operational plans, modified our combat structure and organization, and prioritized equipping units with new weaponry featuring precision-strike, smart, and network-enabled capabilities," Jahanshahi told the outlet.
Saudi Arabia issued an urgent early warning Monday, alerting residents in Riyadh to a possible "hostile threat."
"Early warning platform: Potential hostile threat in Riyadh. Follow safety instructions," the Saudi Civil Defense said on X.
Officials advised residents to remain alert and follow emergency safety protocols as defense forces assessed the situation.
The warning came amid reports of multiple booms across Riyadh, with Reuters reporting that a witness heard three loud explosions.
{{#rendered}}Thick black smoke billows into the sky from an oil tanker after a reported attack near the Strait of Hormuz.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss economic sanctions on Iran and Russia, maritime tension in the Gulf of Oman and Treasury policies facing criticism from Democratic politicians.
Former Deputy National Security Advisor KT McFarland joined 'Fox & Friends' to react to the Houthi rebel attack on a Saudi airport and discusses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accusing Russia of breaking an energy ceasefire.
{{#rendered}}Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss economic sanctions on Iran and Russia, maritime tension in the Gulf of Oman and Treasury policies facing criticism from Democratic politicians.
Former Deputy National Security Advisor KT McFarland joined 'Fox & Friends' to react to the Houthi rebel attack on a Saudi airport on Monday.
This is an excerpt from an opinion article by Fox Ali Shihabi, a Saudi author and political analyst.
Some in Washington would like to believe the Houthis are somebody else’s problem. It is easy to understand why. America is already deeply engaged in the war with Iran, and there is little appetite for widening the battlefield with the midterm elections approaching. The Houthis have also cynically given Washington a reason to limit its involvement by signaling that American shipping will not be targeted.
But Yemen is not a separate conflict. The Houthis — a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization aligned with Iran and armed and supported by Tehran — are waging a campaign against Yemen’s Saudi-backed government that forms part of the same regional confrontation.
The good news is that the war is beginning to move in the right direction for the Yemeni government, although the battle will be challenging and, like all battles, will have its ups and downs. Government forces, supported by Saudi air power, have expelled the Houthis from some strategically important areas around the Bab el-Mandeb and are demonstrating their capacity to operate effectively. These gains remain vulnerable, but the battlefield momentum is encouraging.
It also changes the calculation of American involvement. The United States is already providing Saudi Arabia with intelligence and targeting support while stopping short of direct strikes. That assistance is valuable. American satellites and other surveillance systems can help locate missile batteries, drone facilities, command centers and mobile launchers.
Direct American air power could make that intelligence considerably more effective. U.S. aircraft can operate directly within American intelligence, surveillance and targeting networks, allowing information gathered by satellites and other sensors to move rapidly through the sensor-to-shooter chain. Saudi aircraft can also receive sophisticated U.S. and allied targeting information, including through interoperable systems, but intelligence shared with a partner may require additional dissemination, release and command steps before reaching the aircraft assigned to strike. Even a short delay matters when a mobile missile launcher can fire, relocate and disappear within minutes.
Placing American aircraft directly inside this sensor-to-shooter loop could therefore shorten the time between detecting and attacking a target. A limited American role could concentrate on mobile missile launchers, drone facilities and other time-sensitive assets rather than expand into a large or open-ended campaign. It would allow intelligence Washington is already collecting and sharing to be exploited with greater speed and effect.
Direct U.S. Air Force involvement would therefore be very helpful, but it is not critical to the campaign’s success. Saudi Arabia has the aircraft, intelligence capabilities and resources necessary to support the Yemeni government, while Yemeni troops are proving capable of conducting the ground fighting themselves. Washington, however, could make the campaign faster and more effective without assuming responsibility for the war.
{{#rendered}}Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei claimed Oct. 8 that U.S. and Israeli strikes had failed to undermine Iran's domestic security forces, praising police personnel for resisting attacks launched in February under Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion.
Khamenei's remarks on X also came as the U.S. Army released a new battlefield identification guide to help American troops recognize members of Iran's conventional military, known as the Artesh, whose ground forces were estimated by the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security in June at 350,000 personnel.
"The criminal US-Zionist enemy's desperate efforts and malicious attacks on the pillars of social order and security, which are unparalleled throughout history, have not caused the courageous personnel of the Police Force to waver even a fraction in their mission," Khamenei wrote in a statement.
Khamenei specifically praised Iran's Law Enforcement Command, known as FARAJA, accusing the United States and Israel of targeting the institution responsible for maintaining domestic order.
"The focus and persistence of the criminal US-Zionist enemy in striking at the Police Force at its various levels, from its highest command levels down to those who are on the frontline, has only served to underscore the paramount importance of this institution more than ever," he wrote.
Iran's security apparatus comprises three principal branches: the Artesh, responsible primarily for conventional territorial defense; the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), tasked with protecting the Islamic Republic and projecting military power; and FARAJA, responsible for domestic law enforcement and internal security.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Emma Bussey.
Fox News political analyst Reince Priebus discusses the Michigan U.S. Senate race between Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and GOP nominee Mike Rogers following their debate on "One Nation."
El-Sayed made national headlines when he refused to say whether Iran or Israel is a greater threat to the U.S.
Foreign policy expert Harley Lippman weighed the possibility of potential U.S. responses to attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on "Fox Report."
Attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and others have killed at least 20 people, sparking international condemnation and potential U.S. military responses against Iran-backed Houthi forces.
{{#rendered}}The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned U.S. airlines on Sunday to exercise extreme caution when operating in or over Saudi airspace, citing heightened security risks from ongoing military conflict and navigation system disruptions, Reuters reported.
The FAA notice to airmen (NOTAM), effective through Dec. 10, follows a series of strikes targeting Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital, including renewed attacks over the weekend.
"Threats could pose a potential risk to aircraft at all altitudes, including overflight, the arrival, and departure phases of flight," the FAA stated.
Data from flight-tracking service Flightradar24 also showed significant disruptions at three major Saudi airports, including King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, where operations were reportedly suspended following the strikes.
Ground operations at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam were reportedly suspended, with no departures recorded over a two-hour period and only three arrivals logged over four hours.
King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah also experienced significant flight disruptions, with 156 flights canceled, representing 20% of scheduled flights, and 374 delayed, accounting for 49% of scheduled flights, Flightradar24 said.
Fox News' Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
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