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The Saudi-led coalition has frequently intercepted drones and missiles launched by the Houthi movement in Yemen.
A coalition spokesman, Major General Turki al-Malki, said the drone was intercepted in the region surrounding Mecca, Islam’s holiest city and a destination for millions of Muslim pilgrims each year.
In a statement, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree denied carrying out any operations targeting Mecca, saying the group’s military operations target Saudi oil facilities and military bases.

The European Parliament Trade Committee delegation visited Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai. Lange, the head of the delegation, said that China regards Europe as a strategic partner and has reached consensus with China on issues such as export restrictions on hybrid vehicles, aiming to resolve trade conflicts through dialogue and prevent escalation of the situation.
On October 30, President Xi Jinping held talks with German President Steinmeier in Beijing. The two sides reached a consensus on China-Germany all-round strategic partnership, economic and trade cooperation and China-EU relations, emphasizing adhering to openness, inclusiveness, mutual benefit and win-win results, and jointly safeguarding free trade and international order.

The U.S. government is investigating Singaporean company Megaspeed and its executive Huang Le on suspicion of helping China circumvent high-tech bans to obtain Nvidia chips. Huang Le’s personal dealings with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have raised concerns in the United States about his collection of internal information and national security risks. Nvidia and Megaspeed both deny any violations.

During his visit to China, German President Steinmeier met with Xi Jinping and Li Qiang in Beijing. He called for reducing the trade surplus between Germany and China, emphasized fair market access, and urged China to jointly safeguard the rules-based international order to deal with global geopolitical pressures.

On August 30, 2026, a Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran for talks with Iranian officials to discuss bilateral relations and the regional situation. Previously, US media reported that US Vice President Vance sent a letter to Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Rezaei through Qatar, with the intention of seeking to restart US-Iran peace talks and avoid the Trump administration taking military action against Iran after the midterm elections.

Irish Prime Minister Martin announced that he will establish a dedicated agency to study and prepare for the possibility of future unification with Northern Ireland. The agency will develop a constitutional structure to deal with the growing discussion on unification after Brexit, and plans to propose preliminary plans before the end of this year.