Oct 18 - A reconnaissance AH-6i helicopter crashed in the Najran region of Saudi Arabia, killing its two crew members, the Saudi-led coalition's spokesperson Major General Turki al-Maliki said in a statement on Sunday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Riyadh's Kingdom Centre skyscraper on Sunday (Oct 18) ordered remote work for office tenants until further notice following repeated Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.

The UN Security Council “condemned in the strongest terms continued and escalatory Houthi attacks against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” and criticised attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

Trump endorsed Netanyahu in past elections, and in November he sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog asking him to pardon the prime minister on corruption charges.