The U.N. Security Council said recent military escalation, attacks and threats from the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen “risk further expanding the conflict, threatening maritime security and international trade.”
In a statement, the council's 15 members called for “practical cooperation” to prevent the Houthis from acquiring arms, military training, financing and other military-related assistance needed to carry out their attacks, which have targeted Saudi Arabia and territory in Yemen along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The message came as Saudi Arabia warned of a “hostile aerial threat” and issued a string of emergency alerts across the kingdom, including in its capital, late Friday and early Saturday, according to The Associated Press.
No casualties were reported after the alerts were lifted. However, Reuters released an image showing smoke from the fuel storage depot at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
Saudi authorities didn't say what prompted the alerts or the cause of the audible explosions, but they previously reported intercepting incoming Houthi missiles and drones.
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The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said Saturday that the USS Abraham Lincoln has arrived in Guam following a lengthy deployment in the Middle East in support of the U.S.-Iran war.
“Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group 3, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., and the embarked staffs of Carrier Air Wing 9 and Destroyer Squadron 21, arrived in Guam for a brief logistics stop,” the 7th Fleet said.
“The stop on Naval Base Guam marks CSG-3 personnel’s first return to American soil in nine months, during which personnel will be afforded on-base liberty,” it added.
USNI News reported Saturday that the USS Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for 302 days and is currently making its way to the U.S. west coast.
Images are emerging Saturday showing black smoke rising near King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after the country warned locals of potential “danger.”
"An alert has been issued by the National Platform for Early Warning in Emergency Situations in the city of Riyadh to warn of a danger," the Saudi Civil Defense agency wrote on X late Friday, before adding in a follow-up post that "the danger has been lifted from the city of Riyadh."
Reuters reported Saturday that one of its journalists in Riyadh heard booms in the area before the all-clear message was given.
The warning for Saudi Arabia’s capital came days after the country said it destroyed a Houthi drone that tried to enter the airspace near the city of Mecca.
The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have been targeting Saudi Arabia during the U.S. war against Tehran.
{{#rendered}}The Israel Defense Forces said Saturday that it struck infrastructure belonging to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group after two of its soldiers were injured in southern Lebanon.
“The strike was conducted in response to a Hezbollah explosive device in the Security Zone, that lightly injured 2 IDF soldiers that were in an IDF engineering vehicle,” it said.
“Among the targets struck were observation posts and infrastructure from which Hezbollah terrorists operated to advance and execute attacks against IDF soldiers,” Israel’s military added.
Iran has killed a man who was convicted of sharing missile site intelligence to Israel during last year’s “12-day war,” a report said.
Hossein Pedaran was hanged after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld his death sentence on charges of espionage and intelligence cooperation, Reuters reported Saturday, citing Iran’s Mizan news agency.
Iranian authorities claimed Pedaran gave information over to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, Reuters added.
The Department of War said "Operation Rising Lion — also known as the Iran-Israel war — was an armed conflict between those two countries in which Israel launched a number of surprise attacks on key Iranian facilities, both nuclear and military.”
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar told his Iranian counterpart Saturday that “dialogue and diplomacy remain the only viable means to ensure peace and stability in the region.”
Pakistan has acted as a key mediator between the U.S. and Iran during Operation Epic Fury.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Dar and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, during a phone call Saturday, “agreed to maintain close cooperation and to meet in New York on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly.”
Dar also “stressed the importance of uninterrupted energy supplies and the safe and expeditious passage of ships, particularly given their implications for developing countries and global supply chains.”
{{#rendered}}China is urging the U.S. and Iran to resume negotiations as Iranian officials and media increasingly look to Beijing as a potential diplomatic bridge between Tehran and Washington, according to Iran International.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi during talks in Beijing on Wednesday that China was prepared to play a "constructive role" in resolving international disputes.
Wang also called on Washington and Tehran to rebuild their negotiating mechanism and hold substantive consultations on unresolved issues.
Araghchi said after the meeting that decisions made in consultation with China would "decide future strategic balance in the region, with immeasurable knock-on effects."
The discussions come ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington next week. China has not publicly offered to mediate directly between the U.S. and Iran, according to Iran International.
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President Donald Trump plans to use his upcoming U.N. General Assembly address to make the case that Iran must be prevented from obtaining a nuclear weapon, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz said Friday.
The president will also discuss the administration's efforts in Gaza, including its 20-point peace plan, Waltz told reporters.
Trump's U.N. visit will include a meeting with leaders from six Gulf Arab countries as Washington weighs its next steps in the war with Iran.
Waltz said Trump is also scheduled to hold meetings with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
The president is set to address the General Assembly next week as world leaders gather in New York.
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