Weekend news roundup: Riyadh airport hit again as Isaias moves north
A second strike at Riyadh’s airport, Hurricane Isaias and a Justice Department inquiry led the news on Oct. 10-11, 2026.
By Frankie Delgado · News Reporter
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The weekend news roundup October 11 2026 begins in Riyadh, where a projectile struck a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, according to the Saudi-led coalition as reported by the Associated Press. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority confirmed that people were injured, NBC News reported, but did not give a figure for the new attack.
The incident came a day after a deadly assault on the same airport. Accounts of Saturday’s toll differed as information emerged: AP reported 12 deaths, while NBC reported at least 13; NBC said more than 300 people were injured. The airport attacks were the weekend’s most immediate escalation.
What were the biggest news stories this weekend?
Hurricane Isaias was the major U.S. weather story. The storm made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday as a Category 2 hurricane, then weakened and headed north toward Appalachia and the mid-Atlantic, NBC News reported.
At least four deaths were linked to Isaias, according to NBC and Reuters. Power-outage counts changed as crews and weather conditions changed: NBC reported nearly 400,000 customers in Florida and Alabama without electricity, while Reuters put the figure at about 670,000. Heavy rain brought flood concerns in western North Carolina, while forecasters warned that parts of North Carolina and Virginia could see tornadoes, NBC reported.
In Washington, the Justice Department opened an inquiry into CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News after the networks temporarily stopped providing White House pool coverage of President Donald Trump. NPR and AP said the department cited possible antitrust-law issues. An investigation is not a finding that any network broke the law.
Another claim remained unsettled Sunday. Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire, but Kyiv said attacks were continuing, according to AP. NBC reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the purported agreement was news to him. The competing statements did not establish that a ceasefire was in force.
What else was developing?
Trump said the United States was considering joining Saudi military operations against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels following the Riyadh attacks, NBC reported. Separately, lawmakers from both parties criticized a plan concerning Russian diesel, Reuters and AP reported. Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, told NBC that he believed the policy could be unlawful.
For readers catching up after the Oct. 10-11 weekend, the key distinction is that the Riyadh strikes, the storm damage and the Justice Department inquiry were reported developments, while the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire remained disputed.
This story draws on original reporting from NBC News.