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Officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday
By Andrew Mills and Ariba ShahidOct 26 (Reuters) - Top officials from Mecca Pact countries Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are to meet Iran's leaders in Tehran on Monday in their first high-level contact since the kingdom became a pressure point in the wider Iran conflict.Saudi Arabia will be represented by Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan by army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Turkey by intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, Saudi and Iranian officials said.
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Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil pumping stations, Riyadh airport as fighting intensifies
Oct 26 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West crude oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport, as rising hostilities choke oil supplies andthreaten to erupt into a larger conflict.The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said earlier it had destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in the capital Sanaa, including one used to fire a missile towards Riyadh that the coalition said it had intercepted.There was no immediate Saudi confirmation of the Houthi attacks.
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Jordan Arrests Three Suspects in Deadly Church Attack
Jordanian security forces have arrested three suspects in connection with an attack on a church that killed nine people, state television reported on Monday. The attack, in which gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church on Friday in the village of Hamoud in Karak governorate, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of the capital Amman, also wounded 40 others. The shooting lasted several minutes, witnesses said.