🇸🇦🇺🇸🇾🇪 | The US has so far resisted Saudi requests for direct military intervention against the Houthis beyond intelligence support, sources say — Reuters

🇪🇬🇸🇦 | Saudi Arabia's crown prince met with Egypt's president at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments — SPA

🇱🇾 | Libya's NOC says it has halted production and operations at three oil fields after a group of guards illegally shut a valve on a major pipeline — Libya Herald

🇨🇳🇮🇷 | Iran's foreign minister will pay an official visit to China on Wednesday for talks with his counterpart on bilateral relations as well as regional issues — IRNA

🇺🇳🇷🇺🇺🇦 | The UN says it is considering moving aid supplies in Ukraine underground to avoid Russian strikes, which have hit 10 of its warehouses this year — Reuters

🇰🇵🇷🇺 | Russian Post says it is resuming deliveries of letters, postcards, parcels and cecograms to North Korea following a six-year hiatus — Interfax

🇸🇦 | Oil loadings at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu have been suspended, shipping industry sources say — Reuters

🇰🇷🇺🇸 | South Korea is expected to discuss its possible military deployment to the Strait of Hormuz with the US during regular defense talks this week — Yonhap

🇪🇹🇮🇹 | Ethiopia is in negotiations with three Italian banks for €400 million in loans to complete the delayed 1,800-megawatt Koysha Dam — Bloomberg

🇮🇶🇦🇪 | The trading arm of Abu Dhabi's ADNOC has purchased millions of ​barrels of discounted crude from Iraq's state-owned oil firm, sources say — Reuters

🇹🇼🇺🇸 | The first two of the four MQ-9B UAVs acquired by Taiwan from the US made their maiden test flights at Hualien Air Base on Monday, a source says — CNA

🇲🇱🇷🇺🇹🇷 | The FLA has disclosed direct contacts with Russia's Africa Corps and called for dialogue with Turkey to help find a political solution in Mali — MEE

🇮🇳🇸🇦 | India could see its crude oil import bill rise if Saudi Arabia's shutdown of the East–West Crude Oil Pipeline were to last beyond a few days — ThePrint

🇦🇲🇷🇺 | Russia's foreign ministry says it expects Armenia to honor the "relevant bilateral agreements" governing the 102nd Military Base in Gyumri — TASS

🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷🇺🇸 | The US Navy is considering procuring warships built in allied countries such as Japan and South Korea to keep pace with China's naval buildup — Nikkei Asia

🇽🇰 | Hashim Thaçi, Kosovo's former president, has been found guilty of four counts of war crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison by a court in The Hague — RTK

🇴🇲🇺🇸🇾🇪 | American officials and Houthi representatives met in Muscat over the weekend for a meeting facilitated by Oman, sources say — Reuters

🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷 | Estonia says it is "in discussion" with France to join the forward-deployed nuclear deterrence initiative, after Finland decided to participate — AFP

🇸🇦🇾🇪 | The Houthis say they shot down a Chinese-made Wing Loong II UAV belonging to Saudi Arabia over Marib Governorate in western Yemen — statement

🇯🇵🇷🇺 | Russia's foreign ministry says Japan should "behave decently" instead of seeking the resumption of visa-free visits to the Kuril Islands — TASS

🇩🇪🇱🇻 | Germany's military says it will deploy four Eurofighter jets to Latvia for airspace protection during the parliamentary elections on October 3 — statement