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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Florida charged Raúl Castro, 95, with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder over the 1996 downing of two exile planes. Cuba called it a political ploy.
About three in four Alberta voters chose to stay in Canada, rejecting a path toward a binding separation vote. Premier Danielle Smith speaks Tuesday evening.
Saudi Arabia postponed its Oct. 26-29 investor summit to 2027 as the Houthis claimed six new attacks on Aramco facilities, airports and military sites.
France imposes overnight curfews at Place de la République and Les Halles in Paris and for minors in central Nice after riots led to nearly 2,400 arrests.
Rubio says troops are "surging on both sides" of the frontier, weeks after fighting resumed in Tigray and Eritrean forces were reported inside Ethiopia.
Sixteen ballistic missiles and 269 drones hit Ukraine overnight, damaging more than 10 energy facilities, as Kyiv and Washington clash over missing early warnings.
Three ballistic missiles hit a government training camp near Ataq in Yemen's Shabwa province, killing at least 18, in the latest Houthi strike on the south.
Iran war update for Oct. 19, 2026: Trump's warning, a third IRGC mine claim in Hormuz, oil above $105, Iran's ceasefire plan and Lavrov's Tehran visit.
Europe protests spread from France to Milan, Lisbon, Brussels and Liège on Oct. 17, with clashes, arrests and a Lisbon tent camp. Country-by-country facts.
Hormuz war-risk premiums rose from about 0.25% of a ship's value before the Iran war to 6% to 10% in October. How the cover works and what a transit costs.
Rioters looted shops in Paris, burned Lyon's tourist office and stormed Marseille's town hall, a day after Macron urged calm. Arrests, reactions, context.
Oct. 17 French protests saw looting and 272 arrests. What's confirmed about gun shop looting, the 2023 Marseille case, and France's A-D gun categories.
A WSJ report says IRGC officers help the Houthis aim missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia. Tehran and the Houthis deny Iranian involvement.
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