Saudi Arabia's defense ministry said air defence forces intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militants toward Riyadh in the early hours of Sept. 19 local time. Saudi-led coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said Houthis also attempted strikes on Bish, Taif, Farasan and Yanbu, and that those attacks were intercepted by Saudi air defences. Maliki accused the Houthis of sustained attacks on Saudi cities and civilian infrastructure and said the coalition would take measures i

An international study including researchers from Uppsala University estimates Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets lost about 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice between 1979 and 2023, equivalent to a global mean sea level rise of just over 3 cm. The study shows a clear acceleration: Greenland shifted from near mass balance in the 1970s to average losses of roughly 60 Gt/yr in the 1980s and about 264 Gt/yr in the 2010s. Antarctic losses rose from roughly 48 Gt/yr in the 1980s to about 202 Gt/yr in the 2010s, with West Antarctica contributing the largest losses. Researchers say consecutive years of above‑average summer temperatures driving widespread surface melt are a major factor in the increased mass loss.

Syrian state news agency reported on the 19th that an explosion on the 18th at a garrison of transitional government forces in eastern Deir ez-Zor province killed 11 personnel from the transitional government’s defense ministry.