{
  "id": 11455613,
  "title": "Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia to hold emergency talks on Houthi attacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/pakistan-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-to-hold-emergency-talks-on-houthi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T14:00:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pakistan-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-hold-emergency-talks-houthi-attacks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia are set to hold emergency talks next week to discuss Houthi attacks on the kingdom. The talks will be held under the \"Mecca Joint Defence Agreement\", a pact signed by the three countries in August. Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced the meeting, stating that Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia will be the top agenda item.\n\nThe agreement was signed several weeks before the Houthis began attacking Saudi Arabia. According to Dar, more than six other countries have expressed interest in joining the agreement.\n\nA separate incident in Saudi Arabia saw a collision on the Taif-Riyadh highway result in the deaths of five female teachers and their driver, bringing the total death toll to six, according to Gulf News. Meanwhile, the National Center for Meteorology has forecast ongoing thunderstorms in most regions of Saudi Arabia from Friday through next Tuesday, as reported by Ajel English.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "published": "2026-10-02T08:17:22.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "Saudi Gazette",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/saudi-arabia-denies-reports-of-suicide-bomber-at-grand-mosque-in-11421100",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/lopetegui-says-qatar-ready-to-face-saudi-arabia-in-gulf-cup-semi-final",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:34:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}