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  "id": 13434303,
  "title": "Loud blast heard at Riyadh airport as airlines cancel more flights",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/loud-blast-heard-at-riyadh-airport-as-airlines-cancel-more-flights-13434303",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T14:12:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40443571/loud-blast-heard-at-riyadh-airport-as-airlines-cancel-more-flights"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A powerful explosion was heard at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, according to eyewitnesses and officials familiar with the incident. The blast occurred amid a surge in missile attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels. Neither the Saudi government's media office nor the civil aviation authority provided immediate statements.\n\nIn response to the attack, King Khalid Airport advised passengers to reach out to their respective airlines to verify flight statuses before traveling. Several major airlines, including Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways, suspended or canceled numerous flights between their home bases and Riyadh. Some of these cancellations persisted into Monday.\n\nThe Saturday blast followed a series of assaults on Riyadh airport earlier in the week. Those attacks resulted in four deaths, multiple injuries, inflicted damage to a Saudia aircraft, and produced smoke that obscured the facility. These assaults compelled multiple airlines to suspend or abort services to the Saudi capital, just prior to Riyadh's scheduled hosting of significant energy and investment gatherings.",
  "summary": "RIYADH: A loud blast was heard at the airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Saturday, an eyewitness and people briefed on the matter said, amid an escalation of missile strikes on the kingdom by Yemen’s Houthi group. The Saudi government’s media office and the Saudi civil aviation authority did not immediately respond to requests for comment. King Khalid International Airport urged passengers to…",
  "key_points": [
    "Powerful explosion heard at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday",
    "Saudi airlines Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways cancel numerous flights",
    "Saturday blast follows earlier attacks resulting in four deaths and damage"
  ],
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        "published": "2026-10-10T13:19:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Riyadh airport attacked again and evacuated as explosions rock the Saudi capital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/riyadh-airport-attacked-again-and-evacuated-as-explosions-rock-the",
        "published": "2026-10-10T13:55:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Loud blast heard at Riyadh airport as airlines cancel more flights",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/loud-blast-heard-at-riyadh-airport-as-airlines-cancel-more-flights",
        "published": "2026-10-10T14:19:25.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Saudi Gazette",
        "title": "Riyadh airport urges passengers to confirm flight status before departure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/riyadh-airport-urges-passengers-to-confirm-flight-status-before",
        "published": "2026-10-10T14:27:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Riyadh airport attacked again, loud blast heard two days after Houthi strike kills 3",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/riyadh-airport-attacked-again-loud-blast-heard-two-days-after-houthi",
        "published": "2026-10-10T14:32:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Loud blast heard at Riyadh airport as airlines cancel more flights",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/loud-blast-heard-at-riyadh-airport-as-airlines-cancel-more-flights-13441536",
        "published": "2026-10-10T15:08:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Multiple people wounded in blast at Riyadh airport, say eyewitnesses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/multiple-people-wounded-in-blast-at-riyadh-airport-say-eyewitnesses",
        "published": "2026-10-10T15:46:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Evacuations and injuries reported at Riyadh airport after another alleged Houthi attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/evacuations-and-injuries-reported-at-riyadh-airport-after-another",
        "published": "2026-10-10T15:48:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Blast at Riyadh airport prompts evacuation, travel warning",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/blast-at-riyadh-airport-prompts-evacuation-travel-warning",
        "published": "2026-10-10T16:01:27.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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