Saudi Arabia Vows Conferences Will Continue After Deadly Riyadh Airport Attack

Organisers of major Saudi conferences said the events will proceed as scheduled, even after a deadly attack on a Riyadh airport. Yemen's Houthi movement followed the attack with a renewed warning that it may target Saudi airports again, raising the stakes for the kingdom's push to position itself as a global business and investment hub. The decision to continue signals Saudi authorities do not want the incident to disrupt the flow of international business travel and investment conferences that underpin the country's economic diversification plans. But the renewed Houthi threat leaves open the question of whether further attacks could force a change of approach. No markets or companies were named in connection with the incident, and the near-term business impact remains unclear.