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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TBR War Room, Nov. 3: Taiwan reports 49 Chinese military aircraft in 24 hours, the most of 2026, as the carrier Liaoning operates in the western Pacific and a mystery vessel sits inside Scarborough Shoal.
TBR War Room, Nov. 3: Russia fires 289 drones and 76 missiles at Ukraine, injuring at least 73 at a Kharkiv hospital and cutting power to 180,000 in Zhytomyr. Abu Dhabi talks set for Nov.…
TBR War Room, Nov. 3: a U.S. jet destroys an IRGC missile launcher on Qeshm Island, Iran claims three tankers hit mines in Hormuz, and talks stall over who moves next.
Poland sends police, soldiers and counterterrorism units to the Kaliningrad border after warnings armed groups could cross, while Germany's Leopard tank brigade builds up next door in Lithuania.
Iran says talks with the U.S. continue after three days of Qatari mediation ended without a breakthrough, as Tehran puts a two-day Hormuz plan on the table and Trump weighs strikes after the midterms.
Zelensky says Russia is preparing a massive strike on Ukraine's energy grid as the U.S. votes, after 364 Russian drones in about 25 hours and a fifth Ukrainian strike on a Samara oil hub.
Geopolitics and business report, Nov. 2, 2026: Ryanair warns of 20% fare hikes, Gulf money backs Apollo and OpenAI, and Binance bleeds $3.64B after a hack.
PowerSchool breach Seoul data: 15,666 records were exposed at 3 international schools that still use the system. The hacker was sentenced in Massachusetts.
Terror arrests in Moscow and South Korea followed U.S. tips: Russia's FSB says it held a teen over a park plot; Korean police arrested a man in an ISIS case.
Japan defense spending could reach ¥80 trillion over five years from 2027, 1.8 times the current plan, Sankei and Reuters report, with ¥29T in fixed costs.
A Global Disinformation Index study found two AI models repeated Russian state claims in 70% of answers, as Russia and Ukraine reported alert-app hacks.
An explosives-laden truck blew up near an army base in Planadas, Tolima, killing four people including a baby and injuring 17, Colombian officials said.
Two projectiles hit a tanker 72 nautical miles off Khafji as Iran's Guards claimed their mines struck two tankers near Hormuz. Axios reports on Netanyahu.
A 55-article China Criminal Procedure Law amendment had its first reading Nov. 2, with state media citing presumption of innocence and detention limits.
Bundestag spyware alert: Apple warned German MPs and ministers of mercenary spyware attacks from Oct. 29. What BSI says, what the tools can do, and the history.
Ebola death toll in DR Congo hits 5,372 with 10,414 cases and a fatality rate above 50%. Charts on the trend, provinces, past outbreaks and donor pledges.
India voter roll deletions top 130 million, Reuters reports, as Rahul Gandhi led a Ramlila Maidan rally demanding Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign.
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