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Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claim deadly attacks on Saudi airport

Riyadh’s airport was hit twice over the weekend with deadly strikes that killed at least a dozen people, including one American, officials say. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed the attacks. Holly Williams reports. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claim deadly attacks on Saudi airport #Iranianbacked #Houthi #rebels #Yemen #claim #deadly #attacks #Saudi #airport

Passenger terminal in Riyadh airport hit again, a day after deadly strike killed 12

Yemen’s Houthis issued a new threat to Saudi Arabia’s airspace on Sunday after an attack on the kingdom’s international airport in Riyadh killed at least 12 people, including a U.S. citizen, and wounded hundreds of others. Hours later, a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen said a projectile struck a passenger terminal at King Khalid […]

At least 12 killed, over 300 injured after strike on Riyadh airport, Saudi officials say

At least 12 people were killed, and over 300 were injured after a strike at Riyadh’s international airport in Saudi Arabia, officials said. At least 12 killed, over 300 injured after strike on Riyadh airport, Saudi officials say #killed #injured #strike #Riyadh #airport #Saudi #officials

At least 12 people killed, more than 300 injured in strike on Riyadh airport, Saudi officials say

At least 12 people, including one American, were killed and 309 others injured in a strike Saturday on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, according to Saudi officials. Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said those killed included four Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshis and one person each from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Sudan. Those injured […]

Iran’s Houthi allies kill 3 in strike on Saudi airport as Trump rules out pre-midterms strikes

Three Saudi citizens were killed and several other people “of different nationalities” were wounded in attacks targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia Airlines aircraft, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said Friday. Thursday’s attack was the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom and allied forces in neighboring Yemen launched a major military […]

FlyDubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into airport, shouldn’t have been cleared to fly to Israel, sources say

The Omani co-pilot who allegedly attempted to hijack a FlyDubai flight to Israel told interrogators in the United Arab Emirates last week that he planned the attack even before he was employed by the Emirati airline more than a year ago, according to an Israeli official.  He had intended to crash the FlyDubai jet into […]

Japanese Airports Get Pocket Tips, a Compression Machine That Turns Airport Clothes Into Palm-Sized Cubes

Photo credit: SoraNews24Pocket Tips looks like an ATM and works like a one-minute clothes press. SJOY, a Tokyo apparel startup founded in 2019, built the machine so travelers fold garments into a mold, set them inside, press a button, and take back a compact cube as small as one seventh the original bulk. A thin […]

ISIS-K member sentenced to 20 years in prison in case tied to deadly 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing

A member of an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization, which took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country. […]

Indonesia volcano eruption cancels hundreds of flights at major airport hub

A volcanic eruption in Indonesia on Sunday has forced the cancellation of all flights at the capital city’s airport as volcanic ash drifted across the western parts of the country. No casualties were reported and no evacuation orders were issued as the nearest settlement is more than 10 miles away, but authorities warned people to […]