New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Two other people were injured, including a Saudi woman and a Pakistani resident who is in critical condition, in the western province of Taif, the civil defense said in an update on X. The debris also damaged vehicles and buildings. The statement didn't give details on when exactly this happened.

On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia said the Iran-backed Houthi rebels had tried to attack Mecca, Islam's holiest city, with a drone that it said was intercepted. The Houthis denied the accusation.

In a recent lightning advance in Yemen that's escalating tensions regionally, the rebels seized a key port city and strategic islands in the Red Sea, threatening to further disrupt international shipping already affected by the Iran war...