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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UK sanctions Iran-linked figures over the RAF Fairford plot as PM Andy Burnham says the IRGC almost certainly directed it. Tehran denies any involvement.
Iran fortifying nuclear sites at Natanz and Pickaxe Mountain, WSJ reports, as a lawmaker says Israel's Dimona could be targeted if Iran is bombed again.
China sanctions Paraguay and Belize ministers over Taiwan ties with asset freezes and entry bans. Both governments refuse to back down; Washington objects.
The IMF Middle East GDP forecast now sees a 0.3% contraction in 2026 as Hormuz stays disrupted, with Kuwait, Iraq and Qatar facing double-digit declines.
Russia energy ceasefire update: no Ukrainian power sites hit overnight Oct. 13, but ballistic missiles struck Kyiv and four died in Kharkiv. What changed.
Pakistan’s contested role in Saudi-led Houthi airstrikes grows under the Mecca Pact; Soufan/NYT cite jets while some Pakistani ministries dispute the reports.
Sudan’s army said air defenses shot down a hostile Sudan Blue Nile drone near Wad al-Mahi after it entered from Ethiopia amid intensifying RSF fighting.
The EU Russia sanctions package adopted Oct. 12 adds about 1,569 listings—826 companies and 743 executives—targeting Moscow’s military-industrial complex.
Zelensky told the Warsaw Security Forum the Trump energy ceasefire was already violated as Russia kept striking Ukrainian energy sites after the U.S. claim.
Trump says Russia and Ukraine agreed to an energy ceasefire. Zelensky says he wasn't told, Moscow hasn't confirmed, and strikes continue. What we know.
The first Kenya Ebola case, a man who traveled from Congo via Uganda, died Oct. 5. Officials trace 66 contacts as Congo's Bundibugyo outbreak tops 8,700 cases.
Lai Ching-te said the record Taiwan defense budget of NT$1.1 trillion for 2027 aims to deter war, not provoke China, in his Oct. 10 National Day speech.
The Trump Zelensky rift deepened Oct. 10 as Trump said Ukraine needs a new president after Zelensky condemned the US deal easing sanctions on Russian diesel.
A US jet disabled the cargo ship Ocean Molica in the Gulf of Oman for running the Iran blockade, CENTCOM said, as tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Riyadh airport attack killed 12 and wounded 309 at King Khalid airport on Oct. 10; the Saudi-led coalition vows a response as Trump weighs joining strikes.
Nidal Hasan execution: what is confirmed on the Dec. 3 Fort Hood date, what is undecided on a livestream, the appeals record and the pending habeas question.
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Russia and Brazil's 2026 election: what Abin, the TSE, the OAS and researchers have said, what is documented on Nova Resistência and what is unverified.
Nepal Bhote Koshi flood update: official dead and missing counts, the Rs 559 billion rebuilding plan, the cause under study and the China data-sharing dispute.
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