Saudi Arabia pumped 10.563 million barrels a day in October, OPEC said, as the U.S. average gas price fell to $3.94, its first time under $4 in months.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has passed 11,000 cases and 5,387 deaths, its health ministry said Nov. 11, as Kenya began a 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status.
Spain held its first general strike in 14 years on Nov. 11 over housing costs. Masked groups clashed with police in Barcelona as 120,000 marched in Madrid.
Cost of living by country for mid-2026: the most expensive and cheapest nations, the biggest changes over the year and official inflation, with charts.
Russia hit six major power substations overnight, Kyiv said, a second night of strikes that left outages in eight regions and darkened city streetlights.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large prisoner exchange as Abu Dhabi talks ended Wednesday with no breakthrough. Envoys go to Moscow and Dublin Thursday.
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Iran blockade: CENTCOM says 144 vessels redirected as of Oct. 31 with USS George Washington enforcing the port cordon. Charts, key figures and analysis inside.
Netanyahu trial update: ex-attorney general Mandelblit testifies in election week as the pardon request stays frozen and a 2028 judicial deadline looms.
Israel coalition talks: parties holding 56 seats back Gadi Eisenkot and 46 back Netanyahu as Herzog opens consultations and a Haredi faction withholds support.
Geopolitics and business report, Nov. 4, 2026: defense stocks slide, Iran warns Washington, euro inflation hits 4% and China tightens its grip on rare earths.
Karak church attack trial opens in Jordan: three men face terrorism charges, including nine counts of terrorist acts causing death, after a funeral shooting.
China's FX reserve requirement rises to 6% from 4% on Nov. 15 as a record $938.1B trade surplus lifts the yuan; New Jersey warns ports on Russian diesel.
Colombia surrender law passed the House 95-10, offering sentence cuts of up to 50%, as a second police officer died after the Algeciras motorcycle bomb.
A North Korea missile launch from Sondok may be its third ballistic launch in a week, as Kim Yo Jong rebuffs talks and Taiwan unfreezes 74 budget items.
Ukraine nuclear power plants cut output after Russian substation strikes; the Komyshuvakha toll hit 37 and Latvia called a U.N. Security Council meeting.
The Houthi siege of Taiz has cut off a city of 1.5 million for 30 days, Saudi Arabia issued 3 danger alerts, and Egypt and Germany push Iran diplomacy.
Ukraine reported 208 clashes on Nov. 3, heaviest on the Kostiantynivka axis, as Russia launched 310 drones overnight at energy sites. A Yaroslavl refinery was reportedly hit.
Iran daily briefing, Nov. 4, 2026: two more Isfahan protesters hanged, Khamenei on the midterms, Hormuz clashes, 147% factory inflation and campus sit-ins.
Iran hanged two more Isfahan protesters Nov. 3, bringing executions in the Alikhani Square case to nine, as rights groups cite torture and a retrial order.
Czech public media staff struck as thousands rallied against a Babiš plan to end licence fees and cut TV and radio funding about 15%. What the bill does next.
EU defense readiness for 2030 is at risk despite record €418 billion spending, the Commission warns. A €500 billion enablers gap and what Brussels proposes.
Spain transport minister Óscar Puente resigned over the Urda crash that killed 69, after a safety-system failure. What changes before the Nov. 29 election.
Eurozone inflation rose to 4% in October, highest since 2023, as energy prices jumped 20.8%. Italy hit 5.6%. Charts by country and what it means for the ECB.
Israel election results certified: an audit of 9,069 polling stations found no fraud. Netanyahu's bloc has 53 seats, Eisenkot's 48. Charts and what comes next.
Russia launched 310 long-range drones at Ukraine overnight into Nov. 4, hitting energy sites in six regions and forcing emergency power cuts, including in Kyiv.
Democrats will control Congress from January. They say they want to end the Iran war and roll back tariffs, but analysts say Trump will still dominate foreign policy.
Iran war, Nov. 4: Trump calls the Qeshm strike minor but says the U.S. may do "something large" as Iran rejects the U.S. reply on Hormuz. What we know.
The EU issued 72-hour preparedness guidelines Nov. 3 after the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Luxembourg launched campaigns telling households to keep water, food, medicine and a radio.
Trump says the U.S. will stop paying Israel about $4 billion a year after 2026 under a deal with Netanyahu. It is unclear which funding he meant; the current aid pact runs through 2028.
Tusk says Poland stopped a possible Russian provocation on the Kaliningrad border after border guards saw people with flashlights near Sępopol just after midnight. No one crossed.
Ukraine war: Kyiv loses water after Russian strikes knock out three of DTEK's five thermal plants, the Komyshuvakha toll rises to 33, and Merz promises Zelensky winter air defense and energy aid.
TBR War Room, Nov. 3: drone strikes hit three more Sudanese substations, Sudan accuses Ethiopia at the UN over 187 drones, RSF defections in Blue Nile, and Uganda begins leaving Somalia.
TBR War Room, Nov. 3: Rubio meets Venezuela's foreign minister on a three-phase transition plan, Cuba's grid meets only a third of demand, Colombia reels from a truck bombing, and U.S. boat strikes reach 72.
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