The Saudi-led coalition has targeted the Yemen Petroleum Company’s Sabah central station, a fuel depot on the outskirts of Sanaa. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Saudi authorities said they were fending off drone and missile attacks after a weekend of confrontation with the Houthi militia in Yemen, whose patrons Iran offered to mediate.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said it was facing a new barrage of incoming fire on Monday (Oct 12) and that Riyadh airport would remain shut for now, days after Saturday's deadly missile strike on a departure terminal that was claimed by Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed an attack targeting Riyadh's international airport on Monday, after a Saudi-led coalition said it had shot down a missile over the capital.

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said in response that the United States should "stop sending the wrong signals to Taiwan separatist forces".

BEIJING: Chinese sanctions against ministers from Paraguay and Belize over their diplomatic relations with Taiwan were "a warning to others", Beijing said Monday (Oct 12), taking aim at two of the democratic island's few remaining allies.

The measures against Paraguay's Communications Minister Gustavo Villate and Belize's Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca include the freezing of their property and assets in China, visa denials and the banning of organisations in China from doing business with them.

China imposed sanctions on officials from Paraguay and Belize over their support for Taiwan, the first time Beijing has used such moves against diplomatic partners of the self-ruled island.