Thursday, October 15, 2026

Cargo vessels sunk in Hormuz as Iran attacks continue

Iran war live: Cargo vessels sunk in Hormuz as Iran attacks continue

By Leila Minkara and Umut Uras

One ship is taken down by a projectile while another sinks after hitting a sea mine as attacks on the Strait of Hormuz continue and traffic slows dramatically.
The UN warns the escalating conflict in Yemen has cut off life-saving food assistance to 800,000 people with hospitals overwhelmed by wounded people from front-line fighting.
Saudi Arabia’s civil defence agency says one person is wounded by falling debris after the kingdom downed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards Riyadh.
Yemen’s Houthis threaten to keep targeting Saudi airports and oil sites in the coming days following their attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities in Dhahran and Riyadh, as well as King Khalid International Airport.

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Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted Riyadh airport with ballistic missile
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis say they targeted Riyadh’s international airport with a ballistic missile, hours after the Saudi-led coalition reported an interception of one fired towards the capital.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces … were able to target King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi enemy’s capital, Riyadh, with a ballistic missile, and the hit was accurate,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement.
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WATCH: Palestinian collective uses art to connect Gaza and occupied West Bank
A Palestinian exhibition opening simultaneously in Bethlehem and Gaza has a novel way of highlighting and challenging Israeli restrictions that prevent artworks, people and products from moving between the two locations.
Watch our video below:
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Palestinian collective uses art to connect Gaza and the West Bank
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Two people killed in Israeli air attack on Gaza’s Khan Younis
Two Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli drone struck a vehicle north of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Wafa reported that a woman was also injured in the attack and was transferred to Nasser Medical Complex.
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Yemen government forces say they launched 2,309 ‘targeting operations’ against Houthis
The Yemeni government forces have said they carried out 2,309 “targeting operations” against the Houthis as part of their “Dawn of Yemen” military campaign to recapture Houthi-held territory across Yemen.
The operations were conducted by the government forces using combat aircraft, drones, artillery and rocket launchers, and destroyed 460 Houthi military vehicles, according to claims made by the forces’ spokesperson, Majeed al-Nuzaili.
Al-Nuzaili said air strikes in Taiz continue to thwart the Houthis’ efforts to “compensate for losses and reorganise their forces”.
This image taken from video released on October 5, 2026, by the Yemeni government-allied Southern Giants Brigades [File: AP]
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Saudi Arabia postpones exhibition tennis tournament after Houthi attacks
The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority says that the Six Kings Slam men’s tennis tournament, which was scheduled for next week, has been delayed after Yemen’s Houthis carried out several deadly attacks on the kingdom.
“The Six Kings Slam tournament has been postponed due to logistical reasons and will now take place on December 27,” Turki Alalshikh announced on X.
The tournament is now scheduled from December 27-30, according to a statement Alalshikh shared from the government’s Riyadh Season cultural and sport series, which organises the event.
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Israel, US sign deal for Israeli military to acquire 12 attack helicopters
Israel’s Ministry of Defence has announced an agreement with the US Pentagon to acquire 12 Boeing-manufactured Apache attack helicopters for the Israeli military.
According to the ministry, the helicopters are scheduled to be delivered at the beginning of the next decade and are “of the ‘Echo’ variant, the newest and most advanced model of the helicopter”.
“The agreement was tailored through a joint Israeli-American effort to meet the needs of the State of Israel,” it said.
An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile towards southern Lebanon, March 23, 2026 [Ariel Schalit]