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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Geopolitics and business report, Oct. 29, 2026: oil dips on Iran talk, Shell posts record refining margins, Russian diesel heads to U.S. and Lagarde exits.
China sent its Manila defense attaché to the ADMM-Plus in Cebu, its lowest-level delegation since 2010; Teodoro said Beijing's complaints are not ASEAN's position.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Oct. 29, part of a burst of strong quakes around Mindanao that led Sarangani to suspend classes.
Thailand opened registration for a People's Solar program offering 1 million homes THB50,000 each toward rooftop panels, funded by more than THB70 billion in borrowing.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro led an ASEAN aid mission to Shan State and Naypyitaw, targeting more than 11,000 households through November.
Taiwan's security chief posted a map of 53 Chinese vessels, 34 of them warships, from southern Japan to the Philippines. China calls it routine training.
A large fire sent smoke over west Tehran on Oct. 29. Posts tie it to the Mehr Darou drug plant; the fire department cites a building site. Cause unknown.
Strait of Hormuz mines: Iran's IRGC claims three tankers hit mines on an unauthorized route; CENTCOM says the main lanes are clear. The claim is unverified.
Christine Lagarde will step down as ECB president on Feb. 7, 2027, nine months early. EU leaders begin choosing her successor; here's how the process works.
North Korea ballistic missiles flew about 250 km from Wonsan on Oct. 29, Seoul said, its 17th launch this year, a week after the South offered border talks.
U.S.-Japan AMRAAM missile production: Koizumi and Hegseth agreed in Cebu to build an assembly plant in Japan for F-35 missiles. Site and timing not yet set.
A Dnipro railway station drone strike killed 14 on a platform by the Zaporizhzhia train, officials said, hours after Ukraine sent 613 drones toward Moscow.
Geopolitics and business report for Oct. 28, 2026: oil climbs on Iran strike reports, war costs hit $47 billion, UK wartime budget, Israeli markets slide.
Defeated Brazilian candidate Flávio Bolsonaro landed in Miami Oct. 28 via Argentina and Ecuador after Brazil's Supreme Court canceled his passports.
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