@sitmon60: Houthi attacks on two Saudi airports killed three people, Trump says the US will not attack Iran before the midterms, and a Russian glide bomb killed 33 people on two buses in Kramatorsk. 1) Saudi Arabia and Yemen: Saudi aviation officials say Houthi-claimed attacks on the Abha and Riyadh airports killed three people and wounded 36. The Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed 82 targets in Yemen in reply. Yemen's government says it captured Mocha and Dhubab on Monday, but a Future Warfare Magazine analysis says a Houthi counterattack on 5 and 6 October won back ground around Dhubab and halted the advance, though it found "insufficient evidence" of a full Houthi reconquest. The government says it repelled the attack, and AFP's military sources on both sides report no major change on the ground. The UN says the fighting has displaced more than 200,000 people. 2) Iran: Trump says the US is having "productive discussions" with Iran and will not attack it before the midterm elections on November 3, while the blockade stays in "full force." The post came a day after US media reported that Washington was preparing renewed military action. Iranian state media says Tehran will not give up uranium enrichment or hand over its stockpile. 3) Ukraine: Ukraine's emergency service says a Russian glide bomb hit two minibuses in Kramatorsk on Thursday morning, killing 33 people. Zelensky says Russia struck "an ordinary public transport stop" and that the strike "will not go without our response." All public transport has been stopped in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. There was no immediate comment from Moscow, which denies targeting civilians. Also today: A drone set fire to a Yandex data centre in Russia's Ryazan region, and the company says it has stopped operating · The US embassy in Moscow issued a health alert over the Irkutsk lab worker's death, though Russia has not confirmed she had plague. Do you think Trump will hold off on Iran until the midterms? Sources: France 24, Al Jazeera, Future Warfare Magazine, Yemen Monitor, The National, The Globe and Mail, Kyiv Independent, NBC News, The Moscow Times. Map lines are schematic. #Yemen #SaudiArabia #Iran #Ukraine #Russia

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