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Pakistani resident killed, dozen injured in new attack on Saudi airport

One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a new attack ​Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300. Saudi-led coalition forces in ‌Yemen said an unidentified projectile had targeted Riyadh's international airport Terminal 4 on Sunday, causing a fire. A Pakistani resident was killed and eleven people were wounded, the Saudi civil aviation authority said. #Statement | Follow-up on the attack targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.#GACA pic.twitter.com/L7aaMrvj9P — هيئة الطيران المدني (@ksagaca) October 11, 2026 Coalition forces also said Saudi air defences had intercepted a cruise missile in the vicinity of King Khalid International Airport. They later added that a drone had been intercepted and destroyed in the country's Eastern Province, and a ballistic missile launched towards Khami...
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Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after flood triggered by landslide, 5 missing

Nepali authorities urged villagers on Sunday to move to safer places after ​a flood in a river in the central part of the ‌country swept away several houses and infrastructure, but there were no reports of any casualties. Two women and three men were out of contact, the national disaster authority said. The ​army said a further 49 people, including a foreigner, had been ​rescued. They did not give the person's nationality. A landslide in Chumnubri ⁠village in Gorkha district, about 100 km (62 miles) west of Kathmandu, blocked ​the Budhi Gandaki River, leading to downstream flooding, authorities said. The Budhi Gandaki is ​a tributary of the Trishuli River, downstream from another tributary where a glacier collapse caused a catastrophic flood in August that killed 1,457 people, with thousands still missing. "We have asked ​villagers living along the river banks downstream to evacuate and remain safe," ​said Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, the Gorkha district's most senior bureaucrat. Read More: Resilience in the age of climate breakdown The flood swept away about a ‌dozen ⁠houses and two suspension bridges and damaged a hydroelectric project camp, carrying some of the construction equipment away, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said. The flooded river carrying muddy sludge was rising and had washed away a highway bridge ​connecting Gorkha with the ​neighbouring Dhading district, ⁠said Dharam Raj Uprety, chief of the Authority. National disaster authorities alerted people living along the river in the Gorkha, ​Tanahun, Chitwan, East Nawalparasi and West Nawalparasi districts about ​the flood. "Please ⁠help ensure that people in at-risk areas are moved to safe locations in time and assist search and rescue operations as needed," the National Disaster Risk Reduction ⁠and ​Management Authority said in a social media post. Officials ​said army and police rescue personnel had reached the area and were also monitoring the situation ​from a helicopter.

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