Deadly bombardment of Riyadh’s international airport threatens crown prince’s plans to turn kingdom into finance and events hub

The US president risks harming Ukraine to curb prices driven up by his own war

Alexus Grynkewich says Russia’s ‘hybrid’ war is unsettling even if conflict is not imminent

At last, the French and the Germans are getting serious about standing up to Beijing’s mercantilism

Widening unrest takes aim at election integrity and threatens prime minister’s legitimacy

International oil company chiefs stay away from energy congress after airport attacks

Also in this newsletter: Don’t ban US tech without financial support, says Warsaw

Announcement followed deal with Putin as US president tries to contain impact of higher fuel costs ahead of midterm elections

Foreign minister Radosław Sikorski says risk of casualties is rising as Moscow escalates sabotage campaign on European soil

Research for the FT shows major economies are withstanding the Iran shock but concerns about rising public debt will loom over IMF and World Bank meetings

Auto sector welcomes ‘understanding’ reached with Beijing but other industries warn China’s huge trade surplus will persist without further action

UK prime minister calls for European voters to be better informed about Kremlin-backed efforts to disrupt democratic process

Ukrainian strikes have triggered worst petrol shortages since collapse of the Soviet Union but diesel supplies are stable

BP and others skip World Petroleum Council meeting after 12 killed in Houthi attack

Military-backed national government suspends Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administration led by former cricket star’s party

Yemen’s Iran-backed militants have evolved from insurgency into potent armed force

But it requires Brussels to prioritise creative destruction over protectionism

Visits fall in hotspots such as Cancún, Tulum and Puerto Vallarta as US travellers go elsewhere

Abhijeet Dipke of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party was freed by a court order as police tightened security in New Delhi

Mounting interest payments restrict headroom to revive domestic demand, say experts