Houthi drone strikes on Saudi oil infrastructure disrupt global energy supplies, prompting international concern and potential military responses.
Houthi drone strikes on Saudi oil infrastructure disrupt global energy supplies, prompting international concern and potential military responses. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Saudi Arabia has been forced to suspend some oil shipments to Europe after drone attacks damaged its key East-West oil pipeline , which had provided a crucial alternative to the heavily disrupted Strait of Hormuz. Iraqi terrorists are suspected of carrying out the attack, while Iran -backed Houthi forces have continued targeting shipping in the Red Sea, disrupting a major route for global oil and commodity trade. DETAIL: Saudi officials told European customers Tuesday that some oil loadings at the Red Sea port of Yanbu had been suspended and that some…Open
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire at private homes following a Russian air attack in Sumy, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Ukrainian Emergency [...]
Courtyard of the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia – wiki commons Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published September 16, 2026 Saudi Arabia says its air defenses intercepted and destroyed a drone launched [...]
The Russian drone strike that hit a train near Ukraine’s border with Poland as a group of former Western officials travelled out of the country is a clear escalation by Moscow. Ukraine’s railway network said it believes former CIA chief David Petraeus, former UK prime minister Boris Johnson and other dignitaries who were all nearby, either at the local railway station or on trains, were likely targeted. But, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says the attack shows “how desperate Putin has become” to break the resolve of Ukraine’s allies. This comes as a NATO fighter took down a drone in Lithuania. Ukraine blamed the incursion on Russia. 0:00 Trump blames Ukraine for high diesel prices 0:35 Russia strikes train near Ukraine-Poland…
CAIRO (AP) — A crucial Saudi oil pipeline that was struck in an attack will mostly be out of service for weeks as the damage is repaired, two regional officials said Monday, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized more islands along Red Sea shipping routes in a new blow to Saudi Arabia’s oil exports. Oil prices gained more than 2% amid growing worries about global petroleum supplies as the new developments squeeze the ability of Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter, to get its crude to market. The Iran war has forced the kingdom to shift its exports away from the Persian Gulf, since Iranian attacks have stifled shipping through the gulf’s sole exit, the Strait of Hormuz. Read more:…
Oil prices jumped and stock futures fell slightly on concerns that energy supplies from the Persian Gulf would be further diminished by a drone attack on a critical pipeline in Saudi Arabia.
