High-level talks began in New York involving Trump and Xi while missile and drone attacks targeted Riyadh.
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Updated sep 25
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High-level talks began in New York involving Trump and Xi while missile and drone attacks targeted Riyadh.
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Attacks targeted Riyadh while Trump and Xi held high-level talks in New York.1 source
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The entities involved
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Riyadh
capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia
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Houthis
Yemeni Islamist organization
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Donald Trump
American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
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Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012 (born 1953)
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