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.
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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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Zimbabweans arrested Russia Ukraine war case: South Africa charged nine men under its mercenary law after arrests at OR Tambo airport and a Bruma hotel.
Congo soldiers sentenced to death: a Walikale military court condemned 66 troops for cowardice and mutiny, taking the total since 2025 to at least 381.
Rosneft has limited gasoline sales in several Russian regions amid Ukrainian refinery strikes, Russian media reported Nov. 9, per the Kyiv Independent.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Berlin has exhausted its capacity to send Ukraine more Patriot systems for now, according to a Nov. 7 report.
A Saudi Aramco building in Riyadh was damaged Nov. 8 by falling shrapnel, the energy ministry said, after Saudi-led forces intercepted Houthi missiles.
Yemeni officials told AFP Syria will send about 3,000 troops against the Houthis. Damascus called reports of troops sent “entirely unfounded” on Nov. 7.
A U.S. aircraft fired on the stern of the St. Kitts-flagged M/V Huda in the Gulf of Oman on Nov. 7 after it tried to break the Iran blockade, CENTCOM said.
CENTCOM set up Task Force Iron Gate on Nov. 7, a Tampa team of about 20 tracking weapons and illicit cargo crossing Iran's land borders and the Caspian.
The Pentagon announced about $1.6 billion in contracts on Nov. 6, including two $500 million Army Corps emergency deals and $222 million for USS Gridley.
A Pentagon task force trained Air Force defenders and Secret Service agents on Bumblebee V2 and Paladin counter-drone systems at MacDill AFB in October.
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao toured Blount Island in Florida on Nov. 4, where the Marine Corps readies equipment for ships and sites worldwide.
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