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DEVELOPING · 6 OCT → 31 OCT 2026 · 26 EDITIONS · 111 OUTLETS

Macron visits Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks prompt US staff departures

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 55 111 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 13 Oct 12:23 UTC · Deadly Riyadh Airport Attacks Disrupt Travel and Raise Sports Concerns 13 Oct 18:18 UTC · Singapore, India and US tighten Saudi travel guidance after airport attacks 14 Oct 06:14 UTC · Singapore and India issue advisories after deadly attacks on Saudi airports 14 Oct 12:18 UTC · Saudi airport attacks prompt travel warnings and flight suspensions 14 Oct 20:30 UTC · Saudi attacks disrupt flights, sports and investment events 15 Oct 00:18 UTC · Saudi attacks prompt travel warning and disrupt flights, sports and business events 15 Oct 06:12 UTC · Countries tighten Saudi Arabia travel advice after deadly Houthi attacks 15 Oct 12:16 UTC · Travel warnings and disruptions widen after Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia 15 Oct 18:18 UTC · New attacks in Saudi Arabia prompt travel warnings and event disruptions 16 Oct 00:15 UTC · Saudi Arabia faces renewed explosions, security alerts after Houthi attacks 16 Oct 06:16 UTC · Saudi attacks prompt security alerts, sports postponement and diplomatic calls 17 Oct 00:14 UTC · Security warnings and event disruption follow attacks across Saudi Arabia 17 Oct 12:17 UTC · Egypt seeks authorization to defend Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate 17 Oct 18:13 UTC · Egyptian Parliament to Consider Authorizing Defense of Saudi Arabia 18 Oct 06:11 UTC · Egypt’s parliament to consider authorising defence support for Saudi Arabia 18 Oct 12:11 UTC · Egypt pledges defensive support for Saudi Arabia amid renewed Houthi attacks 18 Oct 18:12 UTC · Egypt pledges support for Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks continue 19 Oct 12:13 UTC · Egypt pledges support for Saudi Arabia as parliament delays defence vote 20 Oct 12:15 UTC · UK deploys fighter jets as Egypt offers Saudi Arabia defensive support 21 Oct 18:17 UTC · Saudi Arabia intercepts drones as allies bolster defensive support 22 Oct 00:12 UTC · Allies bolster Saudi defenses as Houthi attacks intensify 22 Oct 06:10 UTC · US orders staff departures as Houthi attacks escalate in Saudi Arabia 24 Oct 12:18 UTC · Macron visits Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks prompt US staff departures

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 20 HEADLINES

  1. 13 Oct, 12:23 UTC

    Deadly Riyadh Airport Attacks Disrupt Travel and Raise Sports Concerns

  2. 13 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    Singapore, India and US tighten Saudi travel guidance after airport attacks

  3. 15 Oct, 00:18 UTC

    Saudi attacks prompt travel warning and disrupt flights, sports and business events

  4. 15 Oct, 06:12 UTC

    Countries tighten Saudi Arabia travel advice after deadly Houthi attacks

  5. 15 Oct, 12:16 UTC

    Travel warnings and disruptions widen after Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

  6. 15 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    New attacks in Saudi Arabia prompt travel warnings and event disruptions

  7. 16 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    Saudi Arabia faces renewed explosions, security alerts after Houthi attacks

  8. 16 Oct, 06:16 UTC

    Saudi attacks prompt security alerts, sports postponement and diplomatic calls

  9. 17 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    Security warnings and event disruption follow attacks across Saudi Arabia

  10. 17 Oct, 12:17 UTC

    Egypt seeks authorization to defend Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate

  11. 17 Oct, 18:13 UTC

    Egyptian Parliament to Consider Authorizing Defense of Saudi Arabia

  12. 18 Oct, 06:11 UTC

    Egypt’s parliament to consider authorising defence support for Saudi Arabia

  13. 18 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    Egypt pledges defensive support for Saudi Arabia amid renewed Houthi attacks

  14. 18 Oct, 18:12 UTC

    Egypt pledges support for Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks continue

  15. 19 Oct, 12:13 UTC

    Egypt pledges support for Saudi Arabia as parliament delays defence vote

  16. 20 Oct, 12:15 UTC

    UK deploys fighter jets as Egypt offers Saudi Arabia defensive support

  17. 21 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    Saudi Arabia intercepts drones as allies bolster defensive support

  18. 22 Oct, 00:12 UTC

    Allies bolster Saudi defenses as Houthi attacks intensify

  19. 22 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    US orders staff departures as Houthi attacks escalate in Saudi Arabia

  20. 24 Oct, 12:18 UTC

    Macron visits Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks prompt US staff departures

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Saudi Arabia · 16 outlets
  • 13 people wounded · 3 outlets
  • Civil Aviation · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Red Sea · from 15 Oct 14:00, 6 outlets
  • Saudi Aramco · from 14 Oct 09:07, 4 outlets
  • Abdel Fattah · from 17 Oct 15:38, 4 outlets
  • Eastern Province · from 17 Oct 16:13, 4 outlets
  • Donald Trump · from 15 Oct 14:00, 3 outlets
  • Suez Canal · from 17 Oct 17:49, 3 outlets
  • Tel Aviv · from 15 Oct 14:00, 2 outlets
  • Since Yemen · from 18 Oct 00:05, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people wounded: 12 (2 from 11 Oct 11:34) → 13 (3 from 13 Oct 13:10)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.