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In Short: Meanwhile, tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate. Iran-backed Houthi insurgents in Yemen have been attacking targets in Saudi Arabia, prompting civil defense alerts in several southern Saudi cities, including Mecca for the first time.

Analysts suggest that the appointment of Suahasil Nazara signals a shift towards achieving economic growth targets more prudently, while maintaining fiscal discipline. Nazara's task will be to balance these goals, analysts say.
A wedding ceremony in Sirik, Iran, was reportedly hit by shrapnel from a missile, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, which called it a 'war crime'. The same day, US Central Command reported firing missiles in response to attempted attacks on American forces, stating it never targets civilians.
BBC Verify confirmed that a telecommunications tower near Kuhestak's coast was destroyed, and other videos showed severely damaged houses about 130m north of the tower.
Electric motorcycles are gaining popularity in certain parts of the world, despite slower-than-expected growth in electric car and truck sales, prompting some governments to reconsider clean fuel targets.
What this adds
The sources have not established the exact number of strikes launched by Saudi Arabia or their specific targets.
What's confirmed
- Analysts suggest that the appointment of Suahasil Nazara signals a shift towards achieving economic growth targets more prudently, while maintaining fiscal discipline. Nazara's task will be to balance these goals, analysts say.
- A wedding ceremony in Sirik, Iran, was reportedly hit by shrapnel from a missile, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, which called it a 'war crime'. The same day, US Central Command reported firing missiles in response to attempted attacks on American forces, stating it never targets civilians.
- BBC Verify confirmed that a telecommunications tower near Kuhestak's coast was destroyed, and other videos showed severely damaged houses about 130m north of the tower.
- Electric motorcycles are gaining popularity in certain parts of the world, despite slower-than-expected growth in electric car and truck sales, prompting some governments to reconsider clean fuel targets.
What's still developing
- JAKARTA: A widespread restructuring inside Indonesia’s finance ministry, and a public disagreement with sovereign wealth fund Danantara over the use of its profits were the latest possible reasons prompting President Prabowo Subianto to sack Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa as finance minister after months of growing calls for his removal, said analysts.
- The U.S, Russia, and China, however, have explored other means of weaponry outside of the treaty, such as targeting the satellites of adversaries to hurt their military communications, surveillance and navigation capabilities.
- Saudi officials did not confirm the number of strikes launched, or their targets.
- Sisi said on Monday that Egypt supports Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Arab states, and stated his “complete rejection and condemnation” of attacks that threaten Saudi sovereignty.
- The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen continued attacking targets in Saudi Arabia on Monday, prompting Saudi authorities to issue civil defense alerts in several southern cities — including, for the first time, the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
- The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) - a humanitarian group - said shrapnel from a missile hit the ceremony at a home in Sirik on Tuesday, prompting Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei to declare it a "war crime".
- Trump targets aeroplane maker again, accusing Canada of unfair practices and threatening to block sales in the US.
- Trump has imposed a series of tariffs on Canadian products, prompting retaliatory actions.
- She writes for energy websites and covers several other industries, as well as writing… While electric car and truck sales have grown more slowly than expected in recent years, prompting governments to rethink clean fuel targets and automakers to slow the pace of EV production, electric motorcycles are becoming increasingly popular in certain parts of the world.
- This has hit some regions of the world harder than others, disproportionately affecting low-income countries.
- The hard drive from the laptop dropped off at a Delaware repair shop in 2019 contained thousands of emails documenting Hunter Biden’s international business dealings, as well as intimate photographs and videos revealing his cocaine and alcohol addiction, prompting scrutiny by Republican lawmakers into the father and son.
- But other traders were less fortunate, as about 80% of traders who bought $LAPTOP on launch day lost money, according to blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps, which estimated that more than 15,000 wallets ended up in the red.
