World News Roundup Sunday
World news roundup for Sunday covers explosions in Riyadh coinciding with preparations to reopen the airport, Algerian approval to send troops to Niger, 40 Iranian sailors seeking medical treatment in Sri Lanka, funeral of Karak church victims in Jordan, tensions affecting France, Ukraine, and Iran, and elections starting in Serbia, Bulgaria, and Brazil.
World news roundup for Sunday covers several international events. Riyadh witnessed new explosions coinciding with Saudi authorities' preparations to reopen its international airport after two weeks of closure, despite ongoing Houthi attacks from Yemen. The Saudi-led military coalition announced intercepting ten ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis towards the southern region of the country. In Israeli affairs, the Bank of Israel criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement hinting at the possibility of using digital currencies and developing an alternative economy to circumvent international sanctions. In Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said any resumption of war with Israel and the United States would not change his country's positions. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called for launching a campaign to reduce gas consumption by at least 10 percent, amid officials' expectations of supply shortages as winter approaches. Iranian armed forces targeted bases of the Komala Kurdish separatist group in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with drones. Officials reported that at least 40 Iranian sailors working on sanctioned oil tankers requested medical treatment in Sri Lanka.