Saudi Information Minister Salman Al-Dosari said the kingdom was prepared for various scenarios, regardless of their likelihood, and stressed that life continued normally despite repeated Houthi militia attacks.

Al-Dosari said, “Life in the kingdom, praise be to God, continues normally.”

“Increasing readiness does not mean anxiety; rather, it reflects the state’s preparedness for various scenarios, whatever the likelihood of their occurrence,” he added.

Several Arab region air carriers have suspended or cancelled flights to and from King Khalid International Airport following deadly Houthi attacks that disrupted operations at the facility in Riyadh, the Saudi capital.

The airport, Saudi Arabia’s second-busiest after Jeddah, temporarily suspended operations Saturday after an attack killed 13 people and injured more than 300. Another attack Sunday killed one person and injured more than 10 others.

Bahrain’s Gulf Air announced Monday that its flights to and from Riyadh had been cancelled from Oct. 12 to Oct. 17.

Saudi Arabia says the danger has passed in the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait after an earlier Civil Defence alert warned of a potential threat.

The alert comes against a backdrop of Houthi militia threats and attacks, with the group previously claiming to have targeted an airbase in Khamis Mushait with ballistic missiles and drones.

Oil prices rose on Monday as Houthi militia launched additional strikes on Saudi Arabia, adding to worries about tight global supplies heading into the northern hemisphere winter.

Several powerful explosions rattled the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday night following a series of Houthi militia attacks at the Riyadh airport in recent days that have killed at least 18 people.

Oil prices rose about two percent, while global equity markets posted mixed results as investors looked ahead to major US corporate earnings and economic data later in the week.

Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said evening that an injured crew member had been medically evacuated from the merchant vessel JOHN K after a fire broke out in its engine room.

An Omani Royal Air Force helicopter carried out the evacuation in coordination with the center, about 44 nautical miles off the South Al Batinah governorate, it said on US social media company X.

The injured crew member was airlifted for medical treatment. The center did not specify the cause of the fire or the severity of the injuries.

Yemen’s Houthi militia said they had targeted an air base in Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia with a drone and Riyadh airport with a ballistic missile.

The claims came amid heightened tensions following a series of reported Houthi attacks on Saudi airports.

Saudi authorities had not immediately confirmed the latest claims.

Several powerful explosions rattled the Saudi capital Riyadh, just moments after a text message sent to residents' mobile phones warned of an aerial threat.

"The area is under a hostile aerial threat. Please remain calm, stay indoors or in a safe place away from windows and doors," read the message.

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthi militia said that its forces intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Iran-backed group at the capital Riyadh.

"Interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards Riyadh," Major General Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for the coalition, wrote on X.

Foreign ministers from 29 countries have condemned what they described as Iranian attacks on their countries and partners, backing the UK’s attribution of Iranian involvement in an incident last month at a Royal Air Force base.

In a joint statement published by the British Foreign Office, the ministers condemned “in the strongest terms” activities including lethal plotting, arson, sabotage, cyberattacks, and other hybrid operations.

The signatories include the US, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, alongside other European countries.

Iran's Ambassador to Britain, Seyed Ali Mousavi, denied any Iranian role in a suspected plot targeting RAF Fairford air base in Britain, saying Tehran was willing to cooperate with British authorities in investigating the issue, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported.