Saudi Arabia issued emergency alerts on Thursday, warning of potential danger in Yanbu, the kingdom's strategically important Red Sea oil export hub, as Houthi attacks continue to raise security concerns across the region. The latest developments come as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group intensifies attacks on Saudi Arabia, opening another front in the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran. In a major development, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen announced that it had destroyed a missile launched by the group towards Medina, one of Islam's holiest cities. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense issued emergency alerts for Sharurah, a southeastern area bordering Yemen, highlighting growing security concerns along the kingdom's southern frontier. With Yanbu's strategic importance to global oil exports, the latest warnings have heightened concerns over regional security, energy infrastructure and the potential wider consequences of the escalating conflict.

Iran has turned US President Donald Trump's midterm election setback into a public celebration. Thousands gathered in Tehran for anti-US and anti-Israel demonstrations, cheering as images of Trump, US Vice President JD Vance and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were burned. Iranian officials have portrayed the Republican Party's losses as a political setback for Washington. Trump has acknowledged that the Iran war played a role in the election outcome, while continuing to defend the US military campaign. With Democrats taking control of both chambers of Congress, Trump's military decisions could face greater scrutiny. But Tehran is warning against expectations of a major shift in American policy.