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Saudi Arabia's civil defence agency said on Wednesday that four people -- two women, a man and a child -- were wounded, (File/AFP)
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Firstpost•14-10-2026, 06:26
Global News Roundup: Aramco Fire, School Shooting, and Bank Penalty
  • •Saudi Arabia reported a limited fire at an Aramco building and four wounded in Riyadh due to intercepted Houthi missile debris.
  • •A teacher was killed in a school shooting in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, causing panic among students.
  • •Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Downing Street to reaffirm Britain's support.
  • •Bank of America was fined over 1.2 billion dollars by the US Treasury Department for failing to report suspicious transactions.
  • •An OpenAI software engineer named Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested for allegedly planting a recording device in a conference room.

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An attack on an Aramco building in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia caused a limited fire. Additionally, falling debris from intercepted Houthi missiles wounded four people in Riyadh.

The US Treasury Department fined Bank of America more than $1.2 billion for violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. The bank failed to properly report over $5 billion in suspicious transactions.

An OpenAI software engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, was arrested on allegations of secretly planting a hidden audio recording device inside an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco headquarters.