The Brief

Houthi rebels said they targeted the Saudi capital with ballistic missiles, with a reported strike on a fuel depot near Riyadh airport causing flight delays; Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile aimed at the capital, according to the BBC and PBS NewsHour.

A Saudi-led coalition said its defenses intercepted a Houthi missile fired at Riyadh, Al Jazeera reported, in the first air raid alert there since fighting between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia escalated. Turkiye said it was ready to assist Saudi Arabia militarily amid the intensifying attacks, Al Jazeera reported.

Iran has sent conditions to re-engage in talks and end its war with the United States via Qatar, and is awaiting a response from President Trump, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told Al Jazeera.

The Democratic Republic of Congo began vaccinating health workers against Ebola as the death toll from the outbreak rises, with about 50,000 frontline staff set to receive a vaccine targeting a different Ebola strain and 20,000 enrolled in a one-year clinical trial, according to Al Jazeera.

Health workers and other front-line responders are being prioritized to receive the Ervebo vaccine, which was effective in past outbreaks caused by a different, more common type of the virus, PBS NewsHour reported.

Russians went to the polls to elect lawmakers to the State Duma, the country's first nationwide parliamentary vote since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than four and a half years ago, according to NPR. For the first time, the election was also held in Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the invasion began.

Russian officials reported "powerful" cyberattacks on the vote's second day, according to Al Jazeera, in an election featuring virtually no opposition and considered all but certain to secure the Kremlin's political dominance.

Cuba's national power grid collapsed again, leaving millions of people without electricity, according to the BBC, CBS News and Al Jazeera.

The outage marks at least the sixth nationwide blackout this year, following a U.S.-imposed energy blockade, Al Jazeera reported. One resident told CBS News there is "no way to know" when power will be restored.

Hundreds gathered at the University of Cape Town for a vigil honoring victims of femicide, after nine women were found murdered in the same area in recent weeks, according to Al Jazeera, the BBC and NPR.

Women in the Kempton Park area have since held protests demanding action, and police have urged women to avoid walking or running alone, particularly in isolated areas, the BBC reported. South Africa has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world, and the recent killings have left the country traumatized.