October 16, 2026
Ali Mustafa and Mahmoud Sayed
Ali Mustafa and Mahmoud Sayed
- Acting Oil Minister Hamid Bovard says Iran “will take precise, appropriate retaliatory measures at the right time to counter enemy threats” to its energy facilities.
- The Saudi-led military coalition in
Yemen says it intercepted a ballistic missile launched towards the Saudi city of Yanbu, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and three drones in the southern and Riyadh
regions.
- Iran’s navy says a “violating tanker” has “caught fire” after it “turned off its tracking systems and attempted to cross the prohibited area in the Sea of Oman”.
- Washington Post calls for investigation after its photojournalist was among several people injured during a pogrom by settlers amid multiple attacks on olive pickers in villages in the occupied West Bank.
