Watch: Saudi Arabia airport attack kills Indian; MEA condemns repeated attacks |Above the Fold|Oct 22, 2026

An Indian national is killed and two others injured in an attack on Dammam airport in Saudi Arabia, as attacks on key infrastructure raise concerns over the escalating conflict in West Asia. Also in focus: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to strengthen bilateral ties; the Delhi Police Crime Branch summoning Cockroach Janata Party leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde; nationwide protests planned against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls; India’s objection to a UN report describing Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company as an India-based criminal group; and The Hindu editorial, “Peace for progress”, on the need for stronger regional cooperation against terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.