Two officers killed after a Saudi National Guard reconnaissance helicopter crashed in the Najran region due to a technical malfunction, the Saudi-led coalition said.

The coalition's spokesperson confirmed that the AH-6i helicopter crashed inside Saudi territory, killing both crew members.

Eight Yemeni soldiers killed in fighting with Houthis militia in the southern province of Lahj, the Yemeni internationally recognised government forces said.

The army-affiliated Tur al-Bahah Military Axis said the soldiers died on the al-Maqatirah front, without providing further details.

Earlier, Houthi militia shelling killed three civilians, including two women, and injured five others in neighbouring Taiz province, according to a government office.

The Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed drones in the Riyadh region and Eastern Province, its spokesperson said.

The coalition confirmed the interceptions but provided no further details about the drones' origins or intended targets.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed concern over an attack on American photojournalist Heidi Levine in the occupied West Bank, urging Israel to "crack down" on violence in the territory.

"We're very disturbed by those images and what we're seeing," Rubio said on Saturday.

The Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Riyadh region, its spokesperson said.

The coalition confirmed the interception and destruction of the unmanned aircraft.

Palestine called for urgent international action after illegal Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats and church representatives near Taybeh, east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the delegation included French and Belgian consuls, a Polish representative and Catholic Church officials.

A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian consular vehicle was damaged, the ministry said. It condemned the incident as “organised settler terrorism,” saying Israel is protecting the attackers and calling for international accountability.

Saudi Civil Defence announced that the danger has passed in Abha and Khamis Mushait, as residents of Riyadh received a mobile alert early Sunday warning of a "hostile aerial threat" following days of Houthi militia attacks from Yemen.

The alert urged residents to stay indoors and away from windows and doors before being lifted minutes later.

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called on Israel to arrest and prosecute those responsible for attacking Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine in the occupied West Bank, describing the assault as a "despicable act of terror".

Levine was hospitalised with broken vertebrae after being beaten while covering the Palestinian olive harvest.

Egypt's parliament will hold an emergency session on Sunday after President Abdel Fattah el Sisi asked lawmakers to authorise support for Saudi defences against attacks by Houthi militias if the kingdom requests it.

Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognised government in its civil war with the Houthi militia.

Egyptian president says any deployment would require parliamentary approval as fighting intensifies between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi militia.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said that its forces intercepted and destroyed four drones.

"We intercepted and destroyed four drones over the past few hours in the Riyadh, Eastern and Southern regions," spokesperson Turki al-Maliki wrote on X.

Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a convoy of European diplomats and beat up a visiting French mayor, in a new escalation of violence during the Palestinian olive harvest, witnesses and diplomats said.

The 78-year-old mayor said masked settlers yelled defamatory comments about France, kicked him and hit him with iron bars as he joined Palestinian olive farmers in the occupied West Bank alongside the top French and Belgian representatives as well as a Polish diplomat.

Washington is prepared to act swiftly if Tehran does not abandon its “nuclear ambitions” through negotiations, the US defence secretary says.

An explosion at the Popular Mobilisation Forces headquarters in Baghdad killed one member of the Iraqi paramilitary group and wounded four others, according to a security and a medical source.

The group earlier said a stockpile of obsolete ammunition had exploded.

A small boat carrying seven people fired two shots at an LNG tanker 140 nautical miles southeast of Yemen’s Al Mukalla, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.

The tanker’s armed security team fired two warning shots, forcing the boat to change course. UKMTO urged vessels to exercise caution while authorities investigate.

“Iran does not accept coercion, threats and intimidation and will not relinquish its sovereign rights under pressure. But it remains ready for dialogue based on mutual respect and credible guarantees,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

He said Iran negotiated “in good faith” over the past two years, but claimed diplomatic efforts were repeatedly followed by military attacks, creating “deep mistrust” over restarting negotiations without guarantees against a recurrence. Nevertheless, Araghchi said, Tehran has kept the door to diplomacy open.

“We have presented a set of conditions, and the other side has also presented a set of conditions. We are now waiting to see whether the conditions we announced will be accepted by the Americans,” Yaqoub Rezazadeh, a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said.

He said the contacts were being conducted with the involvement of Qatar and Oman.

Israeli forces entered an area in the western countryside of Syria’s Daraa province, according to the country’s state-run SANA news agency.

A force consisting of two Israeli military vehicles entered the Wadi al-Ruqqad area, SANA reported.

IRGC Navy said the tanker was carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil and had switched off its positioning and radar systems while attempting to use an “unauthorised” route.

The mine strike caused a major explosion in the vessel’s engine room, leaving the tanker immobilised, the statement said.

Yemen's Houthi militia announced the release of 159 pro-government fighters under an amnesty announced after they seized swathes of land in a major offensive last month.

The prisoners had "voluntarily surrendered themselves without fighting" as the group captured strategic positions along the Red Sea, Houthi official Abdelqader al-Murtada told a press conference in Sanaa.

The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed the unilateral release of 159 prisoners and said it had given support by organising interviews and health checks, contacting families and helping arrange transport.