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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US forces exit Iraq as the last coalition troops leave Erbil, ending Operation Inherent Resolve amid fears militias and Islamic State could fill a vacuum.
A guided bomb in a Kharkiv apartment strike injured 22 people, including six children, as Russian attacks across Ukraine killed eight people the day before.
Venezuela Supreme Court reform panel agreed by the interim government and opposition, as rights groups report 39 political prisoners freed after Caracas talks.
Sudan army captures Sodari in North Kordofan from the RSF, extending a westward push toward Darfur amid prisoner-killing claims and RSF defections to the army.
Russia strikes Kyiv data centers and Kyivstar’s headquarters as daytime drone attacks kill three in Sumy and Kharkiv and injure nine in Ukraine’s capital.
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.
Yemen government forces intensified Yemen Taiz Houthi fighting with air and ground assaults as Saudi defenses downed missiles and drones bound for Riyadh.
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.
Overnight Israel Lebanon strikes hit Tyre and Nabatieh after the IDF said a Hezbollah explosive drone targeted troops, straining the June framework deal.
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.
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.
China and Russia protested Japan’s Typhon drills on Kyushu; Guo Jiakun called it a strategic offensive weapon as systems may move to post-drill storage.
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.
Russia hit Kyiv with overnight ballistic missiles on Sep 24 after Zelenskyy’s UN speech, killing about two and wounding eight near a maternity hospital.
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.
North Korea test-fired cruise missiles from a new naval destroyer, with Kim Jong Un overseeing the launch, according to state media and international reports.
Wilmington, Delaware, September 22, 2024 — President Joe Biden welcomed the leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) — an influential partnership
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