Trump Signs Russia-Iran Sanctions Law; Houthi Threat Triggers Riyadh Alerts

President Trump has signed legislation imposing expanded sanctions on Russia — covering officials, financial institutions, energy, and trade — while simultaneously extending existing Iran sanctions. Hours after the signing, Saudi civil defense issued air-raid alerts across Riyadh, the first such activation since the recent Houthi escalation cycle, before issuing an all-clear. The Houthis' military spokesperson had claimed to have foiled unspecified 'criminal attempts' in Sanaa and vowed a response targeting Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, South Korea's presidential office clarified that President Lee Jae-myung's public ruling-out of troop dispatches into foreign wars was not a formal rejection of Trump's reported Hormuz deployment request — though the New York Times characterized it as exactly that. The U.S. State Department separately approved a possible $2.68 billion air-defense arms sale to Ukraine.