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Houthi rebels fired missiles toward Riyadh that were intercepted after the Saudi-led coalition struck a fuel depot near the Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, escalating the cross-border exchange. A Saudi Aramco office building was also hit in Dhahran, in eastern Saudi Arabia, following further coalition strikes on Houthi "vital assets" in Yemen. The attacks follow earlier strikes on Riyadh's international airport that killed at least 13 people, the deadliest such strike on Saudi soil in more than a decade, and the Houthis have repeated threats of a "painful" response if the U.S. joins the fight.

President Trump, who is weighing joining Saudi Arabia in strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis, said Tuesday he believes the group is deliberately trying to drive up oil prices ahead of next month's U.S. elections.

President Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" meant to halt strikes on Russian and Ukrainian energy infrastructure, but Ukraine says Russian attacks on power plants and gas facilities have continued. Russian ballistic missiles struck a key power plant in Kyiv on Tuesday, President Zelensky said, adding that the strike came with "no early warning from our partners." In a separate interview with NPR, Zelensky said Ukraine wants peace but will keep striking Russia until Moscow honors the ceasefire, and that the U.S. had warned it could cut off weapons and intelligence sharing, though that hasn't happened.

A separate Trump deal allowing Russian diesel imports has drawn bipartisan backlash in Washington: six Democratic and six Republican senators sent a letter urging Trump to rescind the deal, calling it a "betrayal" of Ukraine, as European allies also object.

The Vatican confirmed Tuesday that tests found Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer, after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung in an operation that lasted roughly 90 minutes. The Vatican said the surgery was successful with no complications.

Leo, the first American pope, will remain hospitalized for at least a week, with all audiences canceled until Oct. 20. His older brother, Louis Prevost, who lives in Florida, is also being treated for a blood cancer, multiple myeloma, his wife told CBS News.

A merchant ship sank off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast overnight after being hit in a drone attack that also damaged a second vessel, the Ukrainian-owned Chelsea 3. Six crew members were rescued, but 10 remain missing, Bulgaria says.

Bulgaria's prime minister said he suspects Russia was behind the attack and summoned the Russian ambassador over the incident.

Protests in New Delhi over revisions to India's voter rolls, which have removed more than 130 million names, escalated over the weekend. Police detained at least 35 journalists covering the demonstrations, and leaders of the "Cockroach" protest movement were detained Tuesday after climbing over barricades to enter a protest site in central Delhi.

Opposition parties marched to India's Supreme Court demanding the resignation of the election chief, saying the revised lists favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party.

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Kabila has been named leader of a new rebel coalition alongside M23, which controls much of eastern DR Congo. Kabila had previously denied having links to the group.

The alliance has raised fears of renewed fighting and confrontation with President Tshisekedi's government.