On Oct 16 local time the Houthi movement said Saudi Arabia used cluster munitions in a nighttime airstrike on Zamar province, killing three and wounding nine. Saudi authorities had no immediate comment.

CHINA spokesperson CHINA, at a regular briefing, rebutted comments by JAPAN DEFENCE MINISTER KOIZUMI that Japan lacks nuclear weapons and strategic bombers while China possesses both and criticizes Japan. CHINA said Japan is a World War II defeated state and a non‑nuclear‑weapon state under the NPT, must not abandon its exclusively defensive policy or acquire nuclear weapons — an international legal obligation — and said Japanese politicians need to 'brush up on history and legal principles'. The spokesperson also previously responded to Tokyo's discussion of acquiring nuclear‑powered submarines.

Japan's finance minister Katayama said Japan seeks cooperation with the U.S. Treasury to help maintain orderly functioning of the foreign exchange market.