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Houthis Claim Strikes on 6 Sites in Saudi Arabia, Including International Airport and Aramco Facilities In a statement, the Houthi rebels claimed, "This is in retaliation for recent ruthless attacks by Saudi Arabia that caused dozens of casualties, including women and children." According to the statement, the Houthi rebels fired ballistic and conventional missiles to precisely strike a refinery in Ras Tanura and state-run oil company Aramco facilities in Abqaiq. SBS Oct 30, 2026 5:36 AM

Rain in Parts Until Morning; Caution Advised for Foggy Commute On Friday, October 30, the weather across the country will be mostly cloudy, turning chilly with morning lows dropping to 5°C . SBS Oct 30, 2026 5:29 AM

12 European Countries to Jointly Release 42.6 Million Barrels of Strategic Petroleum Reserves by Early Next Year Countries including Germany, France, and Italy announced in a joint statement on the 29th, local time, that they plan to release strategic petroleum reserves, including 20.5 million barrels of diesel, by the end of January next year. SBS Oct 30, 2026 5:25 AM

Microsoft Issues $25 Billion in Corporate Bonds Amid AI Investment Race, Returning to Market After 9 Years Bloomberg reported on the 29th, local time, that Microsoft has set out to issue US dollar-denominated corporate bonds worth at least $25 billion, or approximately 33.5 trillion won. SBS Oct 30, 2026 5:16 AM

Trump Dismisses Polls as 'Completely Fake,' Says Election Day Is the Real Poll President Donald Trump speaking at a rally in South Carolina U.S. President Donald Trump continued his regional campaign trail on the 29th local time, five days ahead of the U.S. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:57 AM

Gyeonggi Bus Labor and Management Reach Dramatic Wage Agreement; Strike Canceled, Buses Run Normally As a result, the labor union withdrew its scheduled general strike, avoiding the anticipated traffic chaos during the metropolitan morning commute. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:47 AM

Trump Calls Brazilian Presidential Election 'Disgraceful' and a 'Humiliation' for Citizens U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized the outcome of Brazil's presidential election, won by left-wing leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, calling it a disgrace for the country. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:20 AM

Putin Says He Does Not Want War With Europe, Supports Measures to Restore Relations Russian President Vladimir Putin distanced himself on the 29th from projections that Russia would expand the war into Europe. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:05 AM

"Chinese Female Executive Drinking with Jensen Huang is Information-Gathering Chinese Spy" The enterprise NetThunder, which posted this photo on social media, introduced Alice Huang as "Megaspeed Chairwoman Alice Wong." It has been revealed that a Chinese government spy approached NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to gather information, and that President Donald Trump took no particular action despite receiving a report on the matter. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:02 AM

Gyeonggi Province Bus Labor and Management Reach Wage Deal, Normal Service Resumes From First Trains As both sides found common ground just hours before the first buses were scheduled to run, a feared traffic chaos during the metropolitan commute was averted. SBS Oct 30, 2026 3:36 AM