The Breakfast Table

Saudi Arabia is in a fight with the Houthis, a group that controls Sanaa and parts of north-west Yemen. Yemen is the country just south of Saudi Arabia. A truce set up by the United Nations in 2022 mostly held for years. It has now collapsed.

The Houthi leader calls the attacks tit-for-tat. He says the policy is “airports for airports, ports for ports.” That came after Sanaa’s airport was hit. The Saudi-backed Yemeni government says that strike aimed to stop an Iranian plane from landing there.

Saudi aviation officials counted at least 20 deaths and 356 injuries at airports between October 6 and 11. The worst strike hit Riyadh’s main airport on October 10 and killed at least 12 people. On Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition said it stopped a missile fired toward Riyadh.

Jantar Mantar is a well-known spot in New Delhi where people have gathered to protest. A Delhi Police order dated October 11 says it is no longer a protest site. The order names Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground in East Delhi instead.

The order says it follows advice from a committee set up by the Home Ministry. The Indian Youth Congress president, Uday Bhanu Chib, has asked the Delhi High Court to overturn the change. Police told the court the decision was based on a Supreme Court order of October 9.

The change came as protests over voter lists grew. The Supreme Court has linked a petition by opposition leaders about the voter-list revision to another case. Both are due to be heard on October 27.

Leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party, a protest group, were detained near Jantar Mantar after trying to enter the site.