Saudi Arabia ⁠and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading Middle East war created new threatst o global oil supplies.

RIYADH: Attacks attributed to the Houthis, the Yemeni government and its Saudi backers killed at least five people on Thursday (Sep 17), as fighting rocked the Arabian Peninsula after the Iran-backed group made lightning gains in a fresh offensive.The three sides have been locked in increasingly violent excha

RIYADH: Attacks attributed to the Houthis, the Yemeni government and its Saudi backers killed at least five people on Thursday (Sep 17), as fighting rocked the Arabian Peninsula after the Iran-backed group made lightning gains in a fresh offensive.The three sides have been locked in increasingly violent excha

Saudi Arabia said its air defenses intercepted a Houthi drone south of the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia has asked China to press Iran to rein in the Houthis as attacks inside the kingdom intensify. The outreach underscores rising risks to Red Sea shipping and regional energy routes as Washington holds back.

The Saudi civil defense says debris from an intercepted Houthi drone has killed one person and injured two others.

Sept 17 - A Yemeni living in Saudi Arabia was killed on Thursday in the interception of a drone, which the kingdom's civil defence said was launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis. Read more at straitstimes.com.