Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at deadly Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom’s scaled-back diplomatic mission in East Jerusalem, and trade talks between China and the European Union.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a ballistic missile at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday in an effort to force Saudi Arabia to shut down its airspace. The assault marked the Iranian proxy group’s second consecutive day of strikes on the facility, with a drone attack the day before killing at least one person. Material damage was reported following the incident, and Lufthansa and Air India both announced that they were suspending flights to the Saudi capital.

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at deadly Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom’s scaled-back diplomatic mission in East Jerusalem, and trade talks between China and the European Union.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a ballistic missile at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday in an effort to force Saudi Arabia to shut down its airspace. The assault marked the Iranian proxy group’s second consecutive day of strikes on the facility, with a drone attack the day before killing at least one person. Material damage was reported following the incident, and Lufthansa and Air India both announced that they were suspending flights to the Saudi capital.

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia began in late July, and in recent weeks, the rebel group has only accelerated its assault on critical infrastructure, including oil refineries, and Muslim holy sites. This week, explosions have rocked several cities in southern Saudi Arabia, killing at least three people and wounding dozens of others. Debris from an intercepted Houthi missile also reportedly hit a Saudi medical complex and a kindergarten.

Yemen’s internationally recognized, Saudi-led coalition has responded with a counteroffensive. Dubbed “Dawn of Yemen,” the operation aims to retake the territory that the rebel group has seized along the Red Sea coast,........

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