Türkiye’s parliament has ratified the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia by 279 votes to 119, formalising a trilateral pact under which an armed attack against one member would be treated as an attack against all three. The agreement provides for military coordination, intelligence sharing and mutual defence assistance, while any deployment of Turkish troops to Saudi Arabia would require separate parliamentary approval.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed at least 30 people and wounded eight others at a crowded market in Yemen's Taiz province. Yemeni government-aligned authorities have disputed the Houthis' account, while the Associated Press says it could not independently verify responsibility for the attack.
Satellite imagery shows Iran rebuilding damaged missile bases and expanding underground military facilities as Tehran prepares for possible renewed US-Israeli airstrikes. The reconstruction comes amid growing speculation about further American military action and political divisions in Washington over the war's consequences.
The US has sanctioned an Indian couple and several companies for allegedly operating fraudulent maritime registries and helping Iran’s shadow tanker fleet transport oil while evading international sanctions.
The Saudi-led coalition says it has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile allegedly launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis towards the Madinah region, while the group has denied targeting the holy city, insisting its attacks are limited to Saudi oil facilities and military bases.
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that the Iran war and rising gasoline prices contributed to the Republican Party's defeat in the 2026 midterm elections, but insisted he would make the same decision again, while Iran's leadership warned that renewed US military strikes would trigger a much wider conflict.
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have claimed a ballistic missile attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, while the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has delivered four truckloads of medical supplies to hospitals in the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz for the first time since September 23.
The death toll from the October 10 Houthi missile attack on Riyadh International Airport has risen to 14 after another Indian national died from his injuries in a hospital, the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday.
Trump acknowledges that the Iran war and rising gasoline prices contributed to the Republican Party’s defeat in the 2026 midterm elections, while Vice President JD Vance directly blames the conflict for the party’s loss of congressional control, raising questions about the future of US foreign policy and Vance’s potential 2028 presidential ambitions.
