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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Venezuela Supreme Court reform panel agreed by the interim government and opposition, as rights groups report 39 political prisoners freed after Caracas talks.
Iran Hormuz plan rejected by Trump; Araghchi says Tehran is fully prepared for war to resume but still awaits a formal U.S. reply via Qatar, Oman and Pakistan.
Cambridge intersection safety program starts with Mass Ave at Albany, Vassar, and Hampshire at Prospect after seven traffic deaths in four years citywide.
Allston post office closure proposal from USPS faces Boston City Council, Markey, and Breadon pushback after reversing a 2025 neighborhood reopen pledge.
Taipei said Washington understands its defense needs as a $14 billion Taiwan arms package stays on hold after the Trump-Xi summit, following a 2025 record sale.
In rare Germany Russia Lavrov talks at the UN, Berlin pressed Moscow to end the Ukraine war, halt hybrid attacks on Europe, and reopen Black Sea grain routes.
Boston Housing Accelerator Fund will competitively award up to $35M in low-cost construction loans for shovel-ready housing with affordable units by 2027.
Healey supplemental budget Boston filing creates a MassHealth stabilization fund inside a $2.24B package as lawmakers race to close the FY2026 books now.
The US is withholding Sudan’s al-Burhan UN visa unless he accepts Massad Boulos’s 90-day ceasefire, as State questions SAF and RSF leaders’ legitimacy.
Iran’s Pezeshkian called Trump a bully at UNGA while signaling dialogue readiness and Hormuz reopen terms tied to lifting a blockade and frozen assets.
River Street Bridge Boston hit-and-run Tuesday knocked a six-foot wall section into the Charles River; MassDOT installed a barrier and called the span safe.
Boston urban rat summit convenes experts Sept. 23–24 as officials tout the Rodent Action Plan while 1,700-plus 311 rodent reports remain open citywide.
An MBTA bus stabbing in Roxbury may bring charges against both men after a Dorchester rider says he was stabbed defending a harassed woman on Route 22.
A Charlestown explosive device detonated during a Monday BPD standoff; the man was seriously injured and charged with possessing and discharging explosives.
MBTA Green Line shutdown Sept. 26–Oct. 4 replaces rail with shuttle buses as the T solicits $120M in multi-year contracts amid ongoing rider disruptions.
Boston City Councilors move to close surveillance ordinance loopholes after BPD license plate reader and social media tool disclosures. What changes next.
Ethiopia Tigray fighting resumed on Sept. 23, 2026, straining the Pretoria peace deal as UN chief Guterres urged restraint while leaders spoke at UNGA.
Ukraine presses an energy ceasefire with Russia at the UN on Sept. 23, 2026, after Zelenskyy meets Trump and Burnham amid deadly drone strikes on Kyiv.
What the IRGC is: how Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps formed after 1979, what its Quds Force does, and why Western governments accuse it of backing militants.
Analysts and military officials say the IRGC's 'Axis of Resistance' network, including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, has lost reach in the last two months.
Wilmington, Delaware, September 22, 2024 — President Joe Biden welcomed the leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) — an influential partnership
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