Biden's National Security Council will discuss Iran before Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with the foreign ministers of Germany, France and the U.K.
Officials later reported another explosion close to a palace in the city where the Cabinet members were transferred following the airport attack.
More than 100 health workers, vaccinators and security officials involved in polio vaccination have been killed since 2012.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi forces on Monday said they fired a missile at and struck the Jeddah facility. Saudi authorities later confirmed the attack.
Iran will more easily be able to sell weapons to its proxies, analysts say, including Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Nearly half of the 200 million young Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have considered leaving their country, as the Covid-19 pandemic cripples economies and fuels unrest across the region, according to a new survey.
Yemen's warring parties have agreed to exchange 1,081 detainees and prisoners in talks in Switzerland, United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths said on Sunday.
Socotra, a UNESCO World Heritage site due to its unique natural environment, is located in the shipping lane linking Asia to the Europe via the Red sea and Suez Canal.
The coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East is likely to remain under control despite the easing of restrictions in recent weeks, as long as strict social distancing continues to be enforced, experts told CNBC.
The United States welcomes the announcement by the Saudi-led coalition of a ceasefire in Yemen, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV channel reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker.
Famines of "biblical proportions" are becoming a serious risk as the coronavirus crisis threatens to double the number of people nearing starvation, a U.N. body has warned.
His group "committed unconscionable violence against civilians in Yemen and sought to conduct and inspire numerous attacks against the United States and our forces," NBC News reports.
Despite ongoing unrest in the Middle East, Ahmad Al-Khatib, chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, said the kingdom is "very safe" and he doesn't see the disorder impacting tourist numbers.
The U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top commander showed Tehran that it can't get away with its provocations, Saudi Prince Turki Al-Faisal said.
There's a limited upside in oil prices, amid a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy as global oil supply exceeds demand, said David Bailin, CIO of Citi Private Bank.
It's been four days since the U.S. precision drone strike that killed Iran's Quds army commander Qasem Soleimani. Thankfully, we have not seen the outbreak of World War III as of yet. But we have learned three valuable lessons.
Qasem Soleimani's killing could trigger Iranian proxy attacks and cyber sabotage against the U.S. and its allies.
The Iranian response could come in "many different guises, many different places at any time," Gerald Feierstein, former U.S. ambassador to Yemen, said.
The kingdom aims to bring international and domestic visits to Saudi Arabia to 100 million annually by 2030.
Saudi Arabia has the right to defend itself against any further strikes, Raab added.
